Is there a way to create loops in the middle of a script but still make it continue while the loop is running?

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#1

I’m trying to make a Script where I start a loop inside the Script and continue while the loop is still running. I already tried coroutines and task.spawn, but these don’t seem to work, is there any other way?

Example:

-- random code before this

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local plrAmount = #Players:GetPlayers()
local var = true

local function x()
    while var do
        task.wait()
        var = false
        if plrAmount < 12 then
           -- ...
        end
        var = true
    end
end

-- task.spawn(x())
-- or
-- local crx = coroutine.create(x())
-- coroutine.resume(crx)
-- don't work

-- code after this should run while the loop is running
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#2

Well task.spawn should work for this:

local function x()
    print("Before")
    task.spawn(function()
        while var do
            task.wait()
            var = false
            if plrAmount < 12 then
               -- ...
            end
            var = true
        end
    end)
    print("Loop still running")
end
#3

Use coroutine, spawn, or task.spawn. Coroutine is preferred for handling threads (the object that is returned from coroutine.create).

#4

This doesn’t work because you only need to point it to a function in memory like this

task.spawn(x)
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#5

Try using Croutine for it. Look into it I’m not going to go into a full in-depth tutorial today. I hope this answers your problem.

#6

personally i use coroutine.wrap for this, but there are other ways. idk what coroutine.create or coroutine.resume do because i never had to use them but this is what i would do

coroutine.wrap(function()
    --do stuff here
end)() -- make sure you put that there otherwise it wont run
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#7

Thanks so much, this worked for me!