How to make a Death Message System showcased in the video below.
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local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local RespawnTime = Players.RespawnTime
local playerMessages = {}
local function OnDeath()
local humanoid = script.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if not humanoid then
warn("Humanoid not found in " .. script.Parent.Name)
return
end
local killer = humanoid:FindFirstChild("creator") and humanoid.creator.Value
local deathMessage = script.Parent.Name .. " was eliminated."
if killer and killer:IsA("Player") then
deathMessage = script.Parent.Name .. " was eliminated by " .. killer.Name .. "."
end
for _, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
local playerGui = player:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui")
if playerGui then
local Gui = script.DiedGui:Clone()
Gui.Parent = playerGui
Gui.DiedText.Text = deathMessage
if not playerMessages[player] then
Gui.DiedText.Position = UDim2.new(0.5, 0,0, -20)
else
local existingMessageCount = 0
for _, child in ipairs(playerGui:GetChildren()) do
if child:IsA("ScreenGui") and child:FindFirstChild("MessageText") then
existingMessageCount = existingMessageCount + 1
end
end
local yOffset = existingMessageCount * 30
Gui.DiedText.Position = UDim2.new(0.5, 0, 0.1, yOffset)
end
playerMessages[player] = playerMessages[player] or {}
table.insert(playerMessages[player], Gui)
task.delay(RespawnTime, function()
if Gui.Parent then
Gui:Destroy()
table.remove(playerMessages[player], 1)
if #playerMessages[player] == 0 then
playerMessages[player] = nil
end
end
end)
else
warn("PlayerGui not found for " .. player.Name)
end
end
end
script.Parent.Humanoid.Died:Connect(OnDeath)
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
if playerMessages[player] then
for _, msg in ipairs(playerMessages[player]) do
msg:Destroy()
end
playerMessages[player] = nil
end
end)
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Here are some steps you could follow, if you need more explained im happy to asisst further;
- Make a ScreenGui and in the Gui a frame. Set the frame size and position to wherever you would like the messages to be. presonally i would use scale but you can choose either scale or offset,
- Add an UiListLayout inside the frame. this will make ui objects in the frame automatically be put in a list format like shown in the video
- Make a textlabel and customise it then store it somewhere of your choice, aslong as it is accesible by the client. This textlabel should look like how you want the messages to look like
- Make a localscript which copies the stored textlabel into our frame and deletes it after a while when someone dies. The local script should also set the text of the textlabel to the correct text. Once again, im willing to help you more on this if you want.
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Is this a relevant layout?
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Yes, That could work. Assuming DiedText is the text which pops up when the player dies
Yes that is correct, how will the Local Script look like?
Let me write something real quick, give me a few minutes
Here is some code:
local Debris = game:GetService("Debris")
local KillMessage = " Was killed by " --Include space infront and on the end
local SecondsUntilDissapear = 4
local SpawnMessage = function(Victim, Killer)
local Clone = script.DiedText:Clone()
Clone.Text = Victim .. KillMessage .. Killer
Clone.Parent = script.Parent
Clone.Visible = true
Debris:AddItem(Clone, SecondsUntilDissapear)
end
--I dont know what system your game uses to detect if a Victim has died but here are some example you can use
--If you can get the signal trough an event:
game.Something.Something.Event:Connect(function(Victim, Killer)
if Killer then
SpawnMessage(Victim, Killer)
end
end)
--If killer is a string attribute of Victim humanoid:
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Victim)
Victim.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Died:Once(function()
local Killer = Character.Humanoid:GetAttribute("Killer")
if Killer then
SpawnMessage(Victim.Name, Killer)
end
end)
end)
end)
also use this layout for this to work:
Names on things dont matter except for “DiedText”
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The Script is based on the Server though… Everybody views the message.
That is true, but the script runs for everyone so it will still work. in this case a localscript is the better option i believe
Can’t I use a Server Script and put inside of StarterCharacterScripts
ServerScripts wont run there. Only LocalScripts will My bad, i tought you said starterplayerscripts
You could do that but that would come with unnecessary performance issues. all gui handling should generally be done on the client
How is this concept?
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local RespawnTime = Players.RespawnTime
local playerMessages = {}
local function OnDeath()
local humanoid = script.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if not humanoid then
warn("Humanoid not found in " .. script.Parent.Name)
return
end
local killer = humanoid:FindFirstChild("creator") and humanoid.creator.Value
local deathMessage = script.Parent.Name .. " was eliminated."
if killer and killer:IsA("Player") then
deathMessage = script.Parent.Name .. " was eliminated by " .. killer.Name .. "."
end
for _, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
local playerGui = player:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui")
if playerGui then
local Gui = script.DiedGui:Clone()
local DiedFrame = Gui:WaitForChild("DiedFrame")
local DiedText = DiedFrame:WaitForChild("DiedText")
DiedText.Text = deathMessage
Gui.Parent = playerGui
DiedFrame.Visible = true
playerMessages[player] = playerMessages[player] or {}
table.insert(playerMessages[player], Gui)
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
task.delay(RespawnTime, function()
if Gui.Parent then
Gui:Destroy()
table.remove(playerMessages[player], 1)
if #playerMessages[player] == 0 then
playerMessages[player] = nil
end
end
end)
end)
else
warn("PlayerGui not found for " .. player.Name)
end
end
end
script.Parent.Humanoid.Died:Connect(OnDeath)
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
if playerMessages[player] then
for _, msg in ipairs(playerMessages[player]) do
msg:Destroy()
end
playerMessages[player] = nil
end
end)
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If any other adjustments are needed feel free to say so, thank you.
I dont really understand how that one is supposed to work since i dont know what creator is and other stuff so i cant help you with that, sorry