I have a loading screen, that loading screen fires a bindable event that a local script receives
when that local script receives the event, it’s supposed to do cool things, but it’s not even receiving the fire
very weird?
script that fires:
game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCoreGuiEnabled(Enum.CoreGuiType.Chat, false)
game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCoreGuiEnabled(Enum.CoreGuiType.PlayerList, false)
local contentProvider = game:GetService("ContentProvider")
local rStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local tService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local tweenParameters = TweenInfo.new(
0.5,
Enum.EasingStyle.Linear,
Enum.EasingDirection.Out
)
-- Path to events;
local events = rStorage:WaitForChild("Events")
local fromClient = events:WaitForChild("FromClient")
local functionalityEvents = fromClient:WaitForChild("Functionality")
local bindableEvents = events:WaitForChild("Bindable")
-- Events;
local menuOnLoad = bindableEvents:WaitForChild("MenuOnLoad")
local loadCharacter = functionalityEvents:WaitForChild("LoadCharacter")
-- Player variables;
local plr = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
plr.CameraMode = Enum.CameraMode.LockFirstPerson
local plrGui = plr.PlayerGui
-- Cloned instances and assets to load;
local ui = script:WaitForChild("LoadingScreen"):Clone()
local assets = game:GetDescendants()
ui.Parent = plrGui
-- Gui elements;
local quotes = ui:WaitForChild("Quotes")
local frame = ui:WaitForChild("Frame")
local icon = ui:WaitForChild("Icon")
-- Tables;
local quoteChances = {
["The dead scream louder in silence."] = 10,
["Monsters aren’t born—they’re remembered."] = 10,
["Every corpse hides a lost story."] = 10,
["The dead rose when humanity fell."] = 10,
["We fear them because they were us."] = 9,
["Survival means stepping over loved ones."] = 10,
["They were us; we’ll be them."] = 10,
["The apocalypse reveals hollow souls."] = 10,
["The living haunt the dead, not the other way."] = 10,
["Hope dies faster than flesh."] = 10,
["Peepee Poopoo."] = 1
}
-- Functions;
local function SelectQuote()
local totalChance = 0
for _,chance in pairs(quoteChances) do
totalChance += chance
end
local rng = math.random(1,totalChance)
for quote, chance in pairs(quoteChances) do
rng -= chance
if rng <= 0 then
return quote
end
end
end
local function CycleQuotesWhileLoading()
while not game:IsLoaded() do
quotes.Text = SelectQuote()
task.wait(5)
end
end
local function LoadGame()
task.spawn(CycleQuotesWhileLoading)
-- preload while game isn't loaded
while not game:IsLoaded() do
local success, result = pcall(function()
contentProvider:PreloadAsync(assets)
end)
if not success then
warn("Failed to load asset: " .. result)
end
end
warn("Assets loaded!")
-- once loaded, tween everything
local frameTween = tService:Create(frame, tweenParameters, {BackgroundTransparency = 1})
local iconTween =tService:Create(icon, tweenParameters, {ImageTransparency = 1})
local quotesTween = tService:Create(quotes, tweenParameters, {TextTransparency = 1})
frameTween:Play()
iconTween:Play()
quotesTween:Play()
-- fire events
menuOnLoad:Fire()
warn("yes i have fired")
loadCharacter:FireServer()
-- enable the main menu
plrGui:WaitForChild("Menu").Enabled = true
-- wait for tween to complete, destroy the ui and enable core gui elements
frameTween.Completed:Wait()
ui:Destroy()
game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCoreGuiEnabled(Enum.CoreGuiType.Chat, true)
game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCoreGuiEnabled(Enum.CoreGuiType.PlayerList, true)
end
local function Setup()
quotes.Text = SelectQuote()
LoadGame()
end
-- Runtime;
Setup()
script that receives:
local rService = game:GetService("RunService")
local lService = game:GetService("Lighting")
local rStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local tService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local players = game:GetService("Players")
-- Lighting elements;
local blur = lService:WaitForChild("Blur")
local atmosphere = lService:WaitForChild("Atmosphere")
-- Path to events;
local eventsFolder = rStorage:WaitForChild("Events")
local bindableEvents = eventsFolder:WaitForChild("Bindable")
local fromClient = eventsFolder:WaitForChild("FromClient")
local functionalityEvents = fromClient:WaitForChild("Functionality")
-- Events;
local menuOnLoad = bindableEvents:WaitForChild("MenuOnLoad")
local joinOrLeaveMatch = functionalityEvents:WaitForChild("JoinOrLeaveMatch")
-- Player variables;
local plr = players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = plr:GetMouse()
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
-- Gui elements;
local menuGui = script.Parent
local mainFrame = menuGui:WaitForChild("MainFrame")
local buttonInfoFrame = mainFrame:WaitForChild("ButtonInfoFrame")
local infoLabel = buttonInfoFrame:WaitForChild("Info")
local quotesFrame = mainFrame:WaitForChild("QuotesFrame")
local quoteLabel = quotesFrame:WaitForChild("Quotes")
local mainButtonsFrame = mainFrame:WaitForChild("MainButtonsFrame")
local effectFramesFolder = menuGui:WaitForChild("EffectFrames")
local soundsFolder = menuGui:WaitForChild("Sounds")
-- Effect frames;
local blinkFrame = effectFramesFolder:WaitForChild("Blink")
local vignetteFrame = effectFramesFolder:WaitForChild("Vignette")
-- Sounds;
local buttonHoverSound = soundsFolder:WaitForChild("ButtonHoverSound")
local menuMusicSound = soundsFolder:WaitForChild("BGMusic")
-- Menu room;
local menuRoom = workspace:WaitForChild("MenuRoom", 1) or rStorage:WaitForChild("MenuRoom", 1)
local menuCameraParts: Model = menuRoom:WaitForChild("CameraParts")
-- Values;
local cameraSwayFrequency = 2
local cameraSwayAmplitude = 0.1
-- Tables;
local quoteArray = {
"They're the shadow you can't outrun.",
"Fear the quiet ones; they hear everything.",
"In the dark, we're all the same prey.",
"They warned you to not look back.",
"The monsters never left; they just changed faces.",
"It's not death you should fear, but what follows.",
"I was never here, and yet, you'll never forget me.",
"Silence speaks the loudest before the scream.",
"Your fear is their playground.",
"They're the nightmare you can't wake up from.",
"The light won't save you, it only shows them where you are.",
"Every breath you take is borrowed time",
"You're not alone in the dark, you just wish you were.",
"Don't worry, the worst is yet to come.",
"The dead don't rest, and neither will you.",
"There's a thin line between sanity and the abyss, you're about to cross it.",
"When the shadows move, it's already too late.",
"You'll never know the last moment you were safe.",
"Your fate is already written, just in the dark.",
"They come alive when the lights go out.",
}
local buttonInfoDictionary = {
PlayButton = "Play the game.",
ClassesButton = "Pick one that fits you.",
TraitsButton = "Decide who you are.",
ShopButton = "Customize your looks.",
SanctumButton = "<s>Coming soon.</s>",
SettingsButton = "Alter your experience."
}
-- Functions;
-- cycles quotes in quoteLabel while the menu UI is active
local function CycleQuotes()
while menuGui.Enabled do
local randomIndex = math.random(1, #quoteArray)
local quote = quoteArray[randomIndex]
quoteLabel.Text = quote
task.wait(6)
end
end
-- alters camera and lighting for a better experience
-- runs whenever the player loads into the game (menuOnLoad gets received)
local function OnPlayerLoaded()
print("Ass")
-- set camera mode to third person to allow mouse movement
-- but set min and max zoom distance to 8 to avoid absurd things
plr.CameraMode = Enum.CameraMode.Classic
plr.CameraMaxZoomDistance = 8
plr.CameraMinZoomDistance = 8
-- alter lighting
blur.Enabled = true
blur.Size = 9
atmosphere.Density = 0.7
atmosphere.Offset = 0
-- play menu music
menuMusicSound:Play()
-- get main camera part
local mainCameraPart = menuCameraParts:FindFirstChild("Main")
-- if it doesn't exist, warn and return
if not mainCameraPart then
warn("Main camera part wasn't found!")
return
end
-- bind the camera
rService:BindToRenderStep("BindMenuCamera", Enum.RenderPriority.Camera.Value, function()
-- calculate offset
local offset = math.sin(tick() * cameraSwayFrequency) * cameraSwayAmplitude
-- set camera cframe
camera.CFrame = mainCameraPart.CFrame + Vector3.new(offset, 0, 0)
end)
end
-- sets up hover and activated connections for all the buttons that are visible on the main gui
local function SetupConnections()
for _, button: ImageButton in mainButtonsFrame:GetChildren() do
if not button:IsA("ImageButton") then continue end
-- on button hovered
button.MouseEnter:Connect(function()
-- play the sound
buttonHoverSound:Play()
-- setup tween parameters and goal
local labelTweenParams = TweenInfo.new(
0.3,
Enum.EasingStyle.Linear,
Enum.EasingDirection.Out
)
local labelTweenGoal = {Position = UDim2.fromScale(0, 0)}
-- create the tween
local labelTween = tService:Create(infoLabel, labelTweenParams, labelTweenGoal)
-- set the text color of the hovered button to black to allow readability
local buttonTextLabel = button:FindFirstChildOfClass("TextLabel")
-- if there is no text label, warn, return
if not buttonTextLabel then
warn("Unable to find a TextLabel in " .. button.Name)
return
end
buttonTextLabel.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(0,0,0)
-- play label tween
labelTween:Play()
-- destroy the tween once it's completed
labelTween.Completed:Once(function()
labelTween:Destroy()
end)
end)
-- on button hover ended
button.MouseLeave:Connect(function()
infoLabel.Position = UDim2.fromScale(-0.137, 0)
-- get text label
local buttonTextLabel = button:FindFirstChildOfClass("TextLabel")
-- if no text label, warn, return
if not buttonTextLabel then
warn("Unable to find a TextLabel in " .. button.Name)
return
end
-- reset text color
buttonTextLabel.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255,255,255)
end)
-- on button activated
button.Activated:Connect(function()
-- activate blink effect
blinkFrame.Visible = true
-- create fade out tween
local fadeOutTweenParams = TweenInfo.new(
0.6,
Enum.EasingStyle.Linear,
Enum.EasingDirection.Out
)
local fadeOutGoal = {BackgroundTransparency = 1}
local fadeOutTween = tService:Create(blinkFrame, fadeOutTweenParams, fadeOutGoal)
-- play the tween
fadeOutTween:Play()
-- setup a :Once() to destroy it once it finishes
fadeOutTween.Completed:Once(function()
blinkFrame.BackgroundTransparency = 0
blinkFrame.Visible = false
fadeOutTween:Destroy()
end)
-- get the name of the button and remove "Button" from it
local buttonName = button.Name
local splitButtonName = string.split(buttonName, "Button")
local updatedName = splitButtonName[1]
-- find the camera part to use inside the menu room
local cameraPart: BasePart = menuCameraParts:FindFirstChild(updatedName)
-- if no camera is found, warn, return
if not cameraPart then
warn("No camera part with the name " .. updatedName .. " was found in the menu room!")
return
end
-- unbind menu camera and rebind it to the new part
rService:UnbindFromRenderStep("BindMenuCamera")
rService:BindToRenderStep("Bind" .. updatedName .. "Camera", Enum.RenderPriority.Camera.Value, function()
-- calculate offset
local offset = math.sin(tick() * cameraSwayFrequency) * cameraSwayAmplitude
-- apply cframe
camera.CFrame = cameraPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(offset, 0, 0)
end)
end)
end
end
-- Runtime;
menuOnLoad.Event:Connect(OnPlayerLoaded)
SetupConnections()
print("am i even running??")
YES, the prints run (except for the one inside the OnPlayerJoined function
