How to use wait in RunService

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#1

Please read the title before answering this question.
I do not want to be told to use the while wait option
I just want to know how i can use wait in runservice just like how you can use wait in a While True function. If there is no possible way just inform me about it. Any Help is appreciated!

#2

Are you thinking about this??

game:GetService("RunService").Stepped:wait()

or…

game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(function()
        print("lol rip dev console")
end)
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#3

Nope, as in a code similar to this

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
wait(1)
end)

and it would actually wait one second, this is just an example its just possible like that

#4

The second option is more of it but i want to see if its possible to use wait in it

#5

Something like this I believe

local debounce = false

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	if debounce then
		return
	end
	debounce = true
	wait(1)
	print("This prints every second")
	deboune = false
end)

Basically, debounce, not sure why this is necessary when a while loop suffices, unless it is required to wait at some point

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#6

It’s possible for sure, I just wouldnt see why you would do that.

After all, it would just be easier to use while wait(1) do

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#7

Remember doing the white wait would cut off the rest of the script since it would not execute anything under it.

#8

oh! thats your issue?

easy fix

spawn(function()
while true do
wait(1)
print("THIS SCRIPT IS NOT YIELDING :D")
end
end)
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#9

Can’t you coroutine the while loop?

coroutine.wrap(function()
	while true do
		wait(1)
		print("One second")
	end
end)()
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#10

This works so thanks and i believe the 4th 5th and 6th line can be merged into 1

#11

I’ll test it out and see if its more efficient

#12

Don’t use spawn or coroutine.wrap too frequently

but yes spawn and coroutine.wrap are kinda the same thing

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#13

Yes it can but I generally space them out since I prefer the readability

Also spawn can be considered the same as coroutine.wrap but spawn waits until the next cycle, which basically means a wait() and then it executes what you want, which can be a problem as a wait() can be longer than expected, whereas a coroutine doesn’t have this issue I believe

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#14

most of my scripts use spawn because i use it for recoil in a fps game I’m making so thats an exception

#15

Thanks for both of you guys help this will be useful to me in the long run!

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#16

Glad to be of help! iIf you have anymore issues don’t be afraid to make another post!