Picking a random function and waiting for the function to finish then continue picking a new one

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1

Alright so I have a script here with two functions that will be called randomly but only if there is not an ongoing “event”/function running. 90% off the script works. It picks a random event once and then no more even when the “event” is done running

Script:

local myFunctions = {}
local dummyTable = {}
local EventBoard = workspace.EventBoard
local FiveNineFour = EventBoard.FiveNineFour
local EventLight = workspace.LightFolder.Pin
local OldLightVal = Color3.fromRGB(213, 115, 61)
local ProximityPrompt = workspace.Station1.StationPart.ProximityPrompt
local OngoingEvent = false
local StatusText = EventBoard.StatusText.SurfaceGui.Frame.TextBox.Text

myFunctions.Event1 = function()
	OngoingEvent = true
	FiveNineFour.Status.Color = Color3.new(1, 0, 0)
	EventLight.Color = Color3.new(1, 0, 0)
	ProximityPrompt.Enabled = true
	StatusText = "One or several stations are experiencing outages"
	
end	
	
	--Waiting for event to stop
	ProximityPrompt.TriggerEnded:Connect(function()
		FiveNineFour.Status.Color = Color3.new(0, 1, 0)
		EventLight.Color = OldLightVal
		ProximityPrompt.Enabled = false
	OngoingEvent = false
	end)


myFunctions.Event2 = function()
	print("Just using this for debugging")
end


for index, func in pairs(myFunctions) do -- loops through the functions table
	table.insert(dummyTable, index) -- adds the index to the dummy table
	-- the index would be something like:
	-- myFunctions.no = function() | "no" would be the index
end


local function EventPick()
	while ProximityPrompt.Enabled == false do
		wait(5)
		myFunctions[dummyTable[math.random(1, #dummyTable)]]()
		
	end

end


	EventPick()
2

As far as I’m aware while loops won’t act again if the condition is false, so I suggest doing:

while true do
	if ProximityPrompt.Enabled == false then
		wait(5)
		myFunctions[dummyTable[math.random(1, #dummyTable)]]()
	else
		wait()
	end
end

And as long as there isn’t anything in the EventPick function, you can put the loop at the end of the script, outside the function.

3

Wow thank you for helping me.
I am a quite new Scripter and I really learned something from this.

Much love

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4

ProximityPrompt:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Enabled")
To optimise the script further.

ProximityPrompt:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Enabled"):Connect(function()
	if ProximityPrompt.Enabled then return end
	--Call a random function.
end)