Make the text inside a Billboard Gui different for each player

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#1

So I want to make the text inside a TextLabel in a BillboardGui different for each player. I have tried making a LocalScript inside the TextLabel that automatically changes the text, but the script didn’t fire. By the way the BillboardGui is in a part inside the Workspace.

#2

Could you please show the script?

#3

Here it is:

function start()
	while true do
		local price = 10000 * (game.Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats.Rebirths.Value + 1)
		script.Parent.Text = "$" .. abbreviate(price)
		print(abbreviate(price))
		wait(1)
	end
end

game.Loaded:Connect(start)

I tried using the loop by itself, making it a function and firing it by itself and firing it when the game loads. Nothing seems to work.

#4

I also tried printing the price to see if it fired, but it didn’t output anything.

Edit: Hearbeat doesn’t seem to work either:

game["Run Service"].Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	local price = 10000 * (game.Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats.Rebirths.Value + 1)
	script.Parent.Text = "$" .. abbreviate(price)
	print(abbreviate(price))
	wait(1)
end)
#5

Is abbreviate a function?

#6

Yes, it just turns a number from 1000 to 1K for example. I’ve used it tho inside other LocalScripts and it worked perfectly.

#7

Does the heartbeat function run? Trying printing in it. Also make sure that it’s a local script.

#8

No, it doesn’t, everything in the output console is just some random debug print.

#9

I see the issue, Local Scripts don’t run inside workspace. Try adding StarterCharacterScripts and making a variable connecting to the Billboardgui textlabel.

#10

The thing is that it has to be different for everyone…

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#11

I know Local Scripts don’t change for everybody only the client.

#12

Won’t connecting a variable from StarterCharacterScripts show the same value to the whole server? It’s supposed to show the price of a rebirth to everyone separately, and the prices change depending on the rebirth you’re at.

#13

No. Server-Scripts replicate to everyone, While local scripts only replicates to the client. It creates a copy for each player. Local Scripts will always replicate to the client. Local Scripts can’t be added in some places such as ServerScriptService, ServerStorage, Workspace.

#14

Could you show me an example on connecting the variable to the BillboardGui? I never tried doing that before since I never ran into this.

#15

Sure! It’s just like any other variable.

local BillBoardGui = game.Workspace.Part.BillBoardGui
local TextLabel = BillBoardGui.TextLabel

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#16

Oh yeah! And if I change the text from the LocalScript inside StarterCharacterScripts will it run individually?

#17

Yup!

#18

Im trying it rn, letting you know if it works.

Edit: It works!! Tysm! I marked it as the solution.

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