OnClientEvent doesn't set number

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#1

Hi!
I’m trying to make event that sets a number.

So my problem is OnClientEvent sets the value only inside the function.
But when I print test outside it prints nil

Script:

local remote = [path]
local test

remote.OnClientEvent:Connect(val)
   test = val
   print(test)
end)
print(test)

In output is like this:

remote.OnClientEvent:Connect(val)
   test = val
   print(test) --prints 5
end)
print(test) -- prints nil

I tried making a table, and insert val in it, but still is nil

#2

first at


remote.OnClientEvent:Connect(val)

the first argument is player, ur code needed to be


local remote = [path]
local test

remote.OnClientEvent:Connect(plr,val)
   test = val
   print(test)
end)
print(test)

and u put print(test) after the Event, that results it will print before the event is changed and test will be 5

#3

Ain’t there no first argument in onclientevent cause you can just do game.Players.LocaPlayer?

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#5

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There no player argument in OnClientEnvet

#7

oh,my mistake, at FireClient() the first parameter is the player, ur problem in the script is the OnClientEvent is called later than the print()

#8

There a existing code:

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local load= game.ReplicatedStorage.Load
local mma

function load.OnClientInvoke(cmd)
	if cmd == "Load" then
		mma = LOAD_MMA()
	elseif cmd == "Unload" then
		mma:Disconnect() --gives a error, (mma is nil)
		mma = nil
	end
end

(sorry im really bad at explaining xd)

#9

i have some questions, why u use

local load= game.ReplicatedStorage.Load

and what it does? cannot u only use



local load = {}

?

and can u show the LOAD_MMA() part because it should be like this(this is a short example)



local function LOAD.MMA()
       local con ; con = workpace.Part.Touched:Connect(function()

       end)
       return con
end)
#10

Load mma is combat script, without any loading.
conn is for loading it.

#11

if the mma don’t return any Connection, it can’t be disconnected

#12

Im using connections in local script, so i can unload them when player dead or something

#13

if it is a tool and player dies, the tool diapears from his hand and the Connection disconnect automatic and can u give me a model or sript with the mma

#14

It’s not a tool, is a function in a module.

#15

can u show the entire function?( the mma function)

#16

What the sence, just a function that doesn’t return anything

#17

if it don’t return anything then that make all to don’t work, it needs to return a Connection if u want to can Disconnect it

#18

Okay, let me try adding a connection into function

#19

after u add a connection, the function needs to return it

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#20

It seems you are confused about how scoping works. I think you will solve this by yourself by just reading this article (at least the ‘Using the “local” statement’ section).

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#21

I finally found a fix, thanks to @mishajones

While I was loading the module, everything I defined was outside the module, so that’s why it wasn’t loading

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