Need help with making the leaderboard display the amount of distance you walked

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#1

It currently displays 0 as the value but I’d like to make it so it changes the value to the number of studs you’ve traveled.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(p)
	local stats = Instance.new("IntValue")
	stats.Name = "leaderstats"
	stats.Parent = p
	
	local distance = Instance.new("IntValue")
	distance.Name = "Distance"
	distance.Value = 0 -- This is what I want to show how far you've traveled
	distance.Parent = stats
end)
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#2

You would need to frequently checked the player’s current position with their previous position and calculate the length between the 2 positions and add it to the total if the length is greater than 1 stud.

For example:

local function CalculateDistance(character, distance)
	local HRP = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	local Humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	local HasDied = false
	-- If player dies, we use this to break the infinite loop.
	Humanoid.Died:Connect(function() HasDied = true end)
	
	local PreviousPosition = HRP.Position
	repeat
		task.wait(1)
		local distanceTravelled = (PreviousPosition - HRP.Position).magnitude
		if distanceTravelled > 1 then
			distance.Value += distanceTravelled 
			PreviousPosition = HRP.Position
		end
	until HasDied
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local stats = Instance.new("Folder")
	stats.Name = "leaderstats"
	stats.Parent = player
	
	local distance = Instance.new("IntValue")
	distance.Name = "Distance"
	distance.Value = 0
	distance.Parent = stats
	
	local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	-- If the player respawns, will need to run the function again for new character:
	player.Changed:Connect(function(property)
		if property == "Character" then
			CalculateDistance(player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait(), distance)
		end
	end)
	-- Keep this last in the PlayerAdded:
	CalculateDistance(character, distance)
end)

I’m sure there is a better way to go about this but this is just a general idea. Hope this helps!

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