How would I go about scripting the SERVERSIDE of a countdown UI?

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#1 
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
script.Parent.Close_Button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	script.Parent:Destroy()
end)
local CountdownTime = script:WaitForChild("Value")
TweenService:Create(script.Parent, TweenInfo.new(0.4), {
	Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 0.15, 0)
}):Play()
coroutine.wrap(function()
	while true do
		CountdownTime.Value = CountdownTime.Value - 1
		script.Parent.Timer_Label.Text = tostring(CountdownTime.Value) .. " seconds"
		task.wait(1)
		if CountdownTime.Value == 0 then
			break
		end
	end
	script.Parent:Destroy()
end)()

I completed the ClientSide of my countdown command gui, but I can’t figure how I can create the serverside which clones the countdown template and puts it in startergui, with the title being “Username’s Countdown”.

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#2

you can just use a remote event that when it is called will give everyone the countdown

example:

local gui = script.gui
local remote = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").RemoteEvent
remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, countdown)
	for _,plr in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()) do
		local clone = gui:Clone()
		clone.Parent = plr.PlayerGui
		for i = 1,countdown do
			clone.countdown.Text = plr.Name.."'s countdown: "..countdown - i
			wait(1)
		end
		clone:Destroy()
	end
end)

messy code but you get the idea

#3

How would I detect who sent it?

game.Players.LocalPlayer.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
	local sm = msg:split(" ")
	local countdown = sm[2]
	game.ReplicatedStorage.Countdown:FireServer(plrig, countdown)
end)

local script

#4

if it is local then it would just be game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name

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#5

No, I meant when firing the server.

#6

if it is from the remote then the first argument is the player so the first argument.Name

#7

This is my firing server code.

game.Players.LocalPlayer.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
	local sm = msg:split(" ")
	local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
	local countdown = sm[2]
	game.ReplicatedStorage.Countdown:FireServer(plr, countdown)
end)
#8

It doesn’t show the correct countdown times. I set it to 200.

#9 
local gui = script.Template
game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Countdown.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, countdown)
	for _,plr in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()) do
		local clone = gui:Clone()
		clone.Parent = plr.PlayerGui.GameplayGui.CountdownGui
			clone.Top_Bar.TextLabel = plr.Name.."'s countdown: "
			clone.CountdownHandler.Value = countdown
			wait(1)
		clone:Destroy()
	end
end)
#10

Replace clone.CountdownHandler.Value = countdown
with

for i = 1,countdown+1 do
clone.CountdownHandler.Value = countdown-i+1
wait(1)
end
#11

Attempt to perform arethmatic on instance and number??

#12

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#13

show me the script so I can see what instance it is trying to add, I tested it and it worked on my studio

#14 
local gui = script.Template
game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Countdown.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, countdown)
	for _,plr in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()) do
		local clone = gui:Clone()
		clone.Parent = plr.PlayerGui.GameplayGui.CountdownGui
			clone.Top_Bar.TextLabel.Text = plr.Name.."'s countdown: "
		for i = 1,countdown+1 do
			clone.CountdownHandler.Value = countdown-i+1
			wait(1)
		end
		clone.CountdownHandler.Enabled = true
	end
end)
#15

It isnt the actual script itself but the arguments being passed into the remote that is causing this. Try replacing countdown with tonumber(countdown) to see if that does anything (by this I mean the 2 last countdowns)

#16

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local gui = script.Template
game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Countdown.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, countdown)
	for _,plr in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()) do
		local clone = gui:Clone()
		clone.Parent = plr.PlayerGui.GameplayGui.CountdownGui
			clone.Top_Bar.TextLabel.Text = plr.Name.."'s countdown: "
		for i = 1, tonumber(countdown)+1 do
			clone.CountdownHandler.Value = tonumber(countdown)-i+1
		end
		clone.CountdownHandler.Enabled = true
	end
end)
#17

oh, all else I can think of is making sure CountdownHandler is an intvalue

#18

No, it’s the client side script that handles countdown label, destroying ita fter the countdown is over, etc.

Under that, “Countdown” is a value.

Note: I fixed the script to fix the values, but it still displays the same error.

#19

Additionally, it’s a numbervalue.

#20

Is the client side script replicated for all clients? if not then that may be your problem, If it is on 1 client it means the server cant access it