Hello, I’m Techyfied. I’m making a question based game where - if you press yes button, it will add a value to a intValue (ProbabilityMetre). If you press no button - it will not. But the problem is, even if i press the yes button - The value never changes.
GUIs Location:
Yes button script:
Button = script.Parent
CurrentQuestion = script.Parent.Parent
NextQuestion = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.QuestionThree
Probability = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.ProbabilityMetre
function onClick()
Probability.Value = Probability.Value + 1
print("Added a value to your probability metre!")
CurrentQuestion.Visible = false
wait(1)
NextQuestion.Visible = true
end
Button.MouseButton1Click:connect(onClick)
Value print script inside “Starter” script:
pv = script.Parent.ProbabilityMetre.Value
print("Done! Value is".. pv.. "!!")
I have tested it multiple time, the output is always “Done! Value is0!!”
I’m new to scripting and I am not sure if I could not do a easy task and wasted your time. Thank you for using your valuable time on reading this
One mistake I can already see from your picture is that you’re using regular script. For GUIs, refrain from using server scripts and use local scripts instead, because the GUI changes are specific to each player.
Also make sure you’re checking the GUI which is not the one under StarterGui. Because when player spawns, that GUI will be cloned to each players (under PlayerGui, specifically), so make sure you’re looking at the right spot.
If you don’t want too much work, then I think you’re fine without changing it to local script since it’s a 1 player game (this may or may not pose problem in the future).
As for the value that doesn’t change, you have to playtest in Studio in order for the player instance to come up and lets you see the cloned PlayerGui, and in it you can see if the ProbabilityMetre changed.
You are right they are not supposed to but they actually do run in descendants of PlayerGui. However the only reason server scripts don’t run with GUI most of the time is because people have Filtering Enabled on, which replicates Starter Gui’s components to Player Gui , including scripts.
The Server is not aware of the existance of Server Scripts that are replicated to Starter Gui, this results in Server scripts not working with Gui.
Well, I am really knew to scripting specially functions. I would be really helpful if you tell me where to put the remote event, what to add in which scripts and what should I do more. Thank you.
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@Techyfied
Try using a Local Script instead of a Server script and fire an event containing the value to increment Probability on the Server.
You should have put the value ProbabilityMetre somewhere else, preferably in a folder parented to the player, but this works too.
Local Script for demonstration purposes :
local event = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").IncrementEvent
local Amount = 1
local button = script.Parent
clicked = false
button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
if not clicked then
clicked = true
event:FireServer(Amount)
wait(3) --// cooldown
clicked = false
end
end)
A server script, preferably in Server Script Service :
local event = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").IncrementEvent
event.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, value)
local PlayerGui = player:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui")
local prob = PlayerGui.MainScreen.ProbabilityMetre
prob.Value = prob.Value + value
print("Probability is now"..tostring(prob.Value))
end)
