Hello. So, I want this AFK text to appear like this “Username (AFK)” when the player is AFK. But the problem here is that when a player goes AFK the AFK will appear to every single player in the game and making their username the same including the AFK text. Here is the script I did.
Here is a normal script that is located at the ServerScriptService.
--/ Variables
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local Overhead = ServerStorage:WaitForChild("Overhead")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local groupId = "8402934"
local minRank = 125
--/ Functions
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
local clone = Overhead:Clone()
local groupRank = plr:GetRoleInGroup(groupId)
clone.Parent = character.Head
clone.Label.Text = plr.Name
clone.Rank.Text = groupRank
if plr:GetRankInGroup(groupId) >= minRank then
clone.Icon.Visible = true
else
clone.Icon.Visible = false
end
if plr:GetRankInGroup(groupId) == 0 then
clone.Rank.Text = "Customer"
end
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local AfkEvent = Instance.new("RemoteEvent")
AfkEvent.Name = "AFKEvent"
AfkEvent.Parent = ReplicatedStorage
local function setAfk(player, afk)
if afk then
clone.Label.Text = player.Name.." (AFK)"
else
clone.Label.Text = player.Name
end
end
AfkEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(setAfk)
character.Humanoid.DisplayDistanceType = Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
if game:GetService("MarketplaceService"):UserOwnsGamePassAsync(plr.UserId,14217559) then
clone.Parent = character.Head
clone.Label.Text = plr.Name
while true do
local Color = Color3.new(math.random(), math.random(), math.random())
local ColorTween = TweenService:Create(clone.Label, TweenInfo.new(3), {TextColor3 = Color})
ColorTween:Play()
wait(3)
end
end
end)
end)
And here is the Local Script that is located at StarterPlayer > StarterPlayerScripts
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local AfkEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("AFKEvent")
local function focusGained()
AfkEvent:FireServer(false)
end
local function focusReleased()
AfkEvent:FireServer(true)
end
UserInputService.WindowFocused:Connect(focusGained)
UserInputService.WindowFocusReleased:Connect(focusReleased)
because the remote event are being sent for the whole server meaning every player also would be better if you just use a command like /afk or something because i see thats its sending for everyone for some reason or another
just a small tweak
local AfkEvent = Instance.new("RemoteEvent")
AfkEvent.Parent = ReplicatedStorage
local function setAfk(player, afk)
if afk then
clone.Label.Text = player.Name.." (AFK)"
else
clone.Label.Text = player.Name
end
end
The problem is that everytime a player joins and their character loads, the gui will be parented to the characters head which means when you change the text it will happen for everybody because they all have the same gui. (Maybe this is the problem)
Apart from removing the creation of a RemoteEvent from a script and having the RemoteEvent pre-made in Studio, change your function to this:
local function setAfk(player, afk)
if player ~= plr then return end
if afk then
clone.Label.Text = player.Name.." (AFK)"
else
clone.Label.Text = player.Name
end
end
That should fix it. Basically what is happening is that the event is being fired for all clients, and each one is changing their own GUI based on that event. My recommendation is to take this event function outside the PlayerAdded and CharacterAdded functions and modify it to look something like this:
local function setAfk(player, afk)
local label = player.Character.Head.Overhead.Label
if afk then
label.Text = player.Name.." (AFK)"
else
label.Text = player.Name
end
end
The finished script in this scenario should look something like this:
Finished Script
--/ Variables
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Overhead = ServerStorage:WaitForChild("Overhead")
local AfkEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("AFKEvent")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local groupId = "8402934"
local minRank = 125
--/ Functions
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
local clone = Overhead:Clone()
local groupRank = plr:GetRoleInGroup(groupId)
clone.Parent = character.Head
clone.Label.Text = plr.Name
clone.Rank.Text = groupRank
if plr:GetRankInGroup(groupId) >= minRank then
clone.Icon.Visible = true
else
clone.Icon.Visible = false
end
if plr:GetRankInGroup(groupId) == 0 then
clone.Rank.Text = "Customer"
end
character.Humanoid.DisplayDistanceType = Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
if game:GetService("MarketplaceService"):UserOwnsGamePassAsync(plr.UserId,14217559) then
clone.Parent = character.Head
clone.Label.Text = plr.Name
while true do
local Color = Color3.new(math.random(), math.random(), math.random())
local ColorTween = TweenService:Create(clone.Label, TweenInfo.new(3), {TextColor3 = Color})
ColorTween:Play()
wait(3)
end
end
end)
end)
AfkEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, afk)
local label = player.Character.Head.Overhead.Label
if afk then
label.Text = player.Name.." (AFK)"
else
label.Text = player.Name
end
end)
Thank you Mr Batimius. It really worked. I appreciate you a lot and also the other people that comment on my topic. Thank you, everyone. The thing is now solved.
No problem, glad I could help. I updated the reply to include the full code to the efficient way of doing this. Please keep in mind though that I am on mobile so there might be some errors on there. Hopefully this helped you and I recommend you use the efficient way over your previous way.
