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Dear All, I hope everyone is fine. I want to ask if it is possible to make a timer that runs even or that runs when an Roblox player is inactive. Actually, I am making a game in which I want to run a timer that will let user to unlock things… Let’s say after 14 minutes.
Is it possible?? Any help would highly be appreciated!
I have already tried tweaking the normal way, but found lua is Very limited. i even tried looking at how different languages deal with it, but they go as far, as to having a calendar the game reads and tells by that. it would be amazing if i could get some help on the issue! This will support many future developers and hopefully release tons of new features all around games. This question is mainly to developers who make daily timers. how do you do that??
I would include scripts if i even had an idea how to do it. I understand its forbid to ask for full scripts but it would be most helpful. even just saying a method of how instead would be very useful. Thanks!
You would probably use Os.Time. It finds out the time since january long ago.
local StartTime = os.time()
wait(10)
local EndTime = os.time() - StartTime
print(EndTime) -- The time that has passed.
This would print 10 because 10 seconds have passed since we have checked the first and second time. You don’t have to be in game because os.time() adds 1 second globally.
Also sorry if my scripting is just sad. im really new at studios and got accepted into the forums recently. Iv been trying my best to fit in but i just trash my reputation
alright. i defined a couple more things and fixed all of the errors. my only problem now is that the gui timer isnt changing and im unsure of how to connect it, since im using my only known method…
You can try this. It worked for me ( I also use it to make players unlock things).
--=============================================
--=========SCRIPT=============================
--=============================================
local PlayerData = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("PlayerData")
--Save Data Function
local function saveData(player)
if player:FindFirstChild("ItemsUnlocked") then
local inventory = {}
for i, v in pairs (player.ItemsUnlocked:GetChildren()) do
table.insert(inventory,v.Name)
end
local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
PlayerData:SetAsync(player.UserId.."ItemsUnlocked",inventory)
end)
if success then
print("Data Saved")
else
print("Error")
end
end
if player:FindFirstChild("ItemAwaiting") then
local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
PlayerData:SetAsync(player.UserId.."ItemAwaiting",player.ItemAwaiting.Value)
end)
end
if player:FindFirstChild("UnlockWaitTime") then
local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
PlayerData:SetAsync(player.UserId.."UnlockWaitTime",player.UnlockWaitTime.Value)
end)
end
if player.ItemAwaiting.Value ~= nil then
pcall(function()
local timeval = os.time()
PlayerData:SetAsync(player.UserId.."LastTimeLeft",timeval)
end)
end
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local ItemAwaiting = Instance.new("StringValue")
ItemAwaiting.Name = "ItemAwaiting"
ItemAwaiting.Parent = player
local ItemWait = Instance.new("IntValue")
ItemWait.Name = "ItemWaitTime"
ItemWait.Parent = player
local unlocked = Instance.new("Folder")
unlocked.Name = "ItemsUnlocked"
unlocked.Parent = player
local savedData
pcall(function()
savedData = PlayerData:GetAsync(player.UserId.."ItemAwaiting")
end)
if savedData ~= nil then
player.ItemAwaiting.Value = savedData
else
player.ItemAwaiting.Value = ""
end
local savedData
pcall(function()
savedData = PlayerData:GetAsync(player.UserId.."ItemWaitTime")
end)
if savedData ~= nil then
player.ItemWaitTime.Value = savedData
else
player.ItemWaitTime.Value = nil
end
local timenow = os.time()
local data
pcall(function()
data = PlayerData:GetAsync(player.UserId.."LastTimeLeft")
end)
if data ~= nil then
local timegone = timenow - data
player.ItemWaitTime.Value = player.ItemWaitTime.Value - timegone
else
print("NO SPELL")
end
local ItemsUnlocked = PlayerData:GetAsync(player.UserId.."ItemsUnlocked")
if ItemsUnlocked then
for i, item in pairs (ItemsUnlocked)do
local stringValue = Instance.new("StringValue")
stringValue.Name = item
stringValue.Parent = player.ItemsUnlocked
wait()
end
end
end)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
saveData(player)
end)
game:BindToClose(function(player)
for i,player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
saveData(player)
end
end)
--To unlock an item from a client, create a remote event in ReplicatedStorage named UnlockItem. Fire it with the item's name (string value), item's cost(number value), and the time need to unlock it (integer value) in seconds.
game.ReplicatedStorage.UnlockItem.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,ItemName,ItemCost,ItemTime)
if player.leaderstats.Cash.Value >= ItemCost then
-- if the player has enough cash to unlock this item
if player.ItemsUnlocked:FindFirstChild(ItemName) ~= nil then
-- if the player has not unlocked this item yet
player.leaderstats.Cash.Value = player.leaderstats.Cash.Value - ItemCost
player.ItemAwaiting.Value = ItemName
player.ItemWaitTime.Value = ItemTime
end
end
end)
while true do
wait(1)
for i, v in pairs (game.Players:GetChildren()) do
if v.ItemAwaiting.Value ~= "" then
v.ItemTimeWait.Value = v.ItemTimeWait.Value - 1
if v.ItemTimeWait.Value <= 0 then
v.ItemTimeWait.Value = nil
local newItem = Instance.new("StringValue")
newItem.Parent = v.ItemsUnlocked
newItem.Name = v.ItemAwaiting.Value
v.ItemAwaiting.Value = ""
end
end
end
end
