How to Reset this timer?

GodLikesYou · August 14, 2023, 1:31pm

im trying to reset this timer when a specific part is touched.

local localplayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local gui = localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("Timer"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel")
local run = game:GetService("RunService")

local function starttimer(starttime)
	local Timer = run.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
		local Elapsed = os.clock(starttime) - starttime
		local Minutes = math.floor(Elapsed / 60)
		local Seconds = math.floor(Elapsed % 60)
		local Milliseconds = (Elapsed % 1) * 100
		gui.Text = string.format("%.2d:%.2d.%.2d", Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds)
	end)
end

game.ReplicatedStorage.ChangeTimer.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("ObbyName"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel").Text = "Blue"
	localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("ObbyName"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel").TextColor3 = Color3.new(0, 0.0509804, 1)
	local starttime = os.clock(0)
	starttimer(starttime)
end)

i tried doing textlabel.Text = “00:00.00” but it doesnt reset

ZayerRBX · August 14, 2023, 1:39pm

Returns the Heartbeat connection in your starttimer function then simply disconnect your event by doing this:

local localplayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local gui = localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("Timer"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel")
local run = game:GetService("RunService")

local function starttimer(starttime)
	local Timer = run.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
		local Elapsed = os.clock(starttime) - starttime
		local Minutes = math.floor(Elapsed / 60)
		local Seconds = math.floor(Elapsed % 60)
		local Milliseconds = (Elapsed % 1) * 100
		gui.Text = string.format("%.2d:%.2d.%.2d", Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds)
	end)

    return Timer -- returns the connection
end

game.ReplicatedStorage.ChangeTimer.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("ObbyName"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel").Text = "Blue"
	localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("ObbyName"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel").TextColor3 = Color3.new(0, 0.0509804, 1)
	local starttime = os.clock(0)
	local timerEvent = starttimer(starttime)

    timerEvent:Disconnect() -- Stop the timer then set your text to 00:00.00
end)

GodLikesYou · August 14, 2023, 1:46pm

so i added another remoteevent called resettimer

local localplayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local gui = localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("Timer"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel")
local run = game:GetService("RunService")

local function starttimer(starttime)
	local Timer = run.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
		local Elapsed = os.clock(starttime) - starttime
		local Minutes = math.floor(Elapsed / 60)
		local Seconds = math.floor(Elapsed % 60)
		local Milliseconds = (Elapsed % 1) * 100
		gui.Text = string.format("%.2d:%.2d.%.2d", Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds)
	end)
	return Timer
end

game.ReplicatedStorage.ChangeTimer.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("ObbyName"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel").Text = "Blue"
	localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("ObbyName"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel").TextColor3 = Color3.new(0, 0.0509804, 1)
	local starttime = os.clock(0)
	starttimer(starttime)
end)

game.ReplicatedStorage.ResetTimer.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	local starttime = os.clock(0)
	local timerEvent = starttimer(starttime)
	timerEvent:Disconnect()
	gui.Text = "00:00.00"
end)

is this what im supposed to do? bc it still doesnt work

ZayerRBX · August 14, 2023, 1:53pm

Here you create a new timer, the objective of disconnecting your first timer, here is the corrected code:

local localplayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local gui = localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("Timer"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel")
local run = game:GetService("RunService")

local function starttimer(starttime)
	local Timer = run.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
		local Elapsed = os.clock(starttime) - starttime
		local Minutes = math.floor(Elapsed / 60)
		local Seconds = math.floor(Elapsed % 60)
		local Milliseconds = (Elapsed % 1) * 100
		gui.Text = string.format("%.2d:%.2d.%.2d", Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds)
	end)
	return Timer
end

local currentTimer -- Look at this line
game.ReplicatedStorage.ChangeTimer.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("ObbyName"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel").Text = "Blue"
	localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("ObbyName"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel").TextColor3 = Color3.new(0, 0.0509804, 1)

	local starttime = os.clock(0)
	currentTimer  = starttimer(starttime) -- Look at this line
end)

game.ReplicatedStorage.ResetTimer.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	currentTimer:Disconnect() -- Look at this line
	gui.Text = "00:00.00"
end)```

Try to see the difference, I don't have more time to explain to you immediately, if you don't understand, say so, me or someone else will answer you later.

ZayerRBX · August 14, 2023, 1:54pm

The main difference is that we use the same variable for your two events: “currentTimer”

ZayerRBX · August 14, 2023, 1:58pm

RunService.Heartbeat is.
The function doesn’t return os.clock but the RBXScriptConnection given by RunService.Heartbeat.

dudezwithattitudez · August 14, 2023, 1:59pm

Ohhh, I think I see it now, mb.

ZayerRBX · August 14, 2023, 2:00pm

However the if statement is a good improvement cause in my code I didn’t check if a timer has been started, creating an error when we reset the timer before creating it.

GodLikesYou · August 14, 2023, 2:04pm

this is my current code

local localplayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local gui = localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("Timer"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel")
local run = game:GetService("RunService")

local function starttimer(starttime)
	local Timer = run.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
		local Elapsed = os.clock(starttime) - starttime
		local Minutes = math.floor(Elapsed / 60)
		local Seconds = math.floor(Elapsed % 60)
		local Milliseconds = (Elapsed % 1) * 100
		gui.Text = string.format("%.2d:%.2d.%.2d", Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds)
	end)
	return Timer
end

local currentTimer

game.ReplicatedStorage.ChangeTimer.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("ObbyName"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel").Text = "Blue"
	localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("ObbyName"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel").TextColor3 = Color3.new(0, 0.0509804, 1)
	local starttime = os.clock(0)
	currentTimer = starttimer(starttime)
end)

game.ReplicatedStorage.ResetTimer.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	currentTimer:Disconnect()
	gui.Text = "00:00.00"
end)

am i doing something wrong here? cuz its still not working

dudezwithattitudez · August 14, 2023, 2:10pm

Alright, I think I got it.

Try this script out (Client Sided, inside of the timerGui):

local localplayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local gui = localplayer.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("Timer"):FindFirstChild("TextLabel")
local run = game:GetService("RunService")

local Timer

local function starttimer(starttime)
    Timer = run.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
		local Elapsed = os.clock(starttime) - starttime
		local Minutes = math.floor(Elapsed / 60)
		local Seconds = math.floor(Elapsed % 60)
		local Milliseconds = (Elapsed % 1) * 100
		gui.Text = string.format("%.2d:%.2d.%.2d", Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds)
	end)
end

starttimer(1)

game.ReplicatedStorage.ChangeTimer.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	local starttime = os.clock(0)
	starttimer(starttime) 
end)

game.ReplicatedStorage.ResetTimer.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	if typeof(Timer) == "RBXScriptConnection" then
		if Timer.Connected then
			Timer:Disconnect()
			Timer = nil
			
			print("disconnected")
			gui.Text = "00:00.00"
		end
	end
end)

Then, this is the script to reset the timer
(Server Script, inside of ServerScriptService):

local t = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").ResetTimer
local globalplayer

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	task.wait(5)

	print("reset")
	t:FireClient(plr)
end)

Just tried it out in studio and its working fine.

system · August 28, 2023, 2:11pm

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