Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0 not working

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#1

This is the code:
I want the character to remain still when the function is ran, wait for the loop to finish, and then be able to continue walking once ReturnToSpawn:FireServer() happens.

local function ReturnToSpawnFunc()
	
	Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
	print(Humanoid.WalkSpeed)
	
	ReturnToSpawnGui.Parent.Enabled = false
	ReturnToSpawnGui.Enabled = true
	local TimeToCount = 11
	
	while task.wait(1) and TimeToCount > 0 do
		print("e")
		TimeToCount -= 1
		CountdownSound:Play()
		countdown.Text = TimeToCount .." seconds"
	end

	ReturnToSpawnGui.Enabled = false
	countdown.Text = ""

	ReturnToSpawn:FireServer()
	
	Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16
end

script.Parent.ExitButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(ReturnToSpawnFunc)
script.Parent.ExitButton.MouseButton2Click:Connect(ReturnToSpawnFunc)

character is defined earlier with:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

Now, when testing, when the ReturnToSpawnFunc() is ran the player is still able to move even though Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0? I KNOW it is 0 BECAUSE it the Humanoid.WalkSpeed print prints out “0”.

Some help on this issues please.

Thanks in advance.

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#2

I believe the character is still moving because you’re setting the walk speed on the local client/script, not the server. The server doesn’t acknowledge the walk speed change for the client, so the character still moves.
You’d need to change the walk speed on a server script so both the client and server agree, but other than that I think it’s fine.

#3

I don’t remember how I did it but this worked before without making any server sided stuff?

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#4

I would still recommend making the walk speed change to a server script anyway. I think it’s safer the server and client agree if you want to do what you’re doing, otherwise you might get some janky behavior or inconsistencies.

#5

But how am I going to get the Humanoid in a ServerScript ?

I need the local player for that right?

#6

playeradded → characteradded → player + character + humanoid + gui

edit: i just noticed the textbutton events

#7

I can see you’re using FireServer(), so you’re talking to a server script anyways. Considering remote events are passed the Player instance, you can get the character with Player.Character.

Server Script (in like server script service or something)

local Remote = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("StopMoving")
function StopMoving(player)
    local Character = player.Character
    local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
    Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
end

Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(StopMoving)

Where your client script is

That said, you’d need to add a remote before the loop started.

local StopMovingRemote = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("StopMoving")

local function ReturnToSpawnFunc()
	StopMovingRemote:FireServer() -- server sets walkspeed to 0
	print(Humanoid.WalkSpeed) -- client agrees

    ReturnToSpawnGui.Parent.Enabled = false
	ReturnToSpawnGui.Enabled = true
	local TimeToCount = 11
	
	while task.wait(1) and TimeToCount > 0 do
		print("e")
		TimeToCount -= 1
		CountdownSound:Play()
		countdown.Text = TimeToCount .." seconds"
	end

	ReturnToSpawnGui.Enabled = false
	countdown.Text = ""

	ReturnToSpawn:FireServer() -- use the server script here to fix the walkspeed
                               -- using a similar method to the other one
end

script.Parent.ExitButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(ReturnToSpawnFunc)
script.Parent.ExitButton.MouseButton2Click:Connect(ReturnToSpawnFunc)
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#8

Thanks both of you for the help. I’ll give this a try tomorrow.

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#9

This worked perfectly, thank you very much.

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