Round System Stuck in Intermission Loop

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#1

Hi everyone,

I’m working on a Capture the Flag game mode, but I’m running into a problem where the round system keeps going into Intermission repeatedly without starting the actual game

What I’m Trying to Achieve:

  • Players click Play to join the game
  • After a 10 second intermission, the round should start

My Issue?

  • After the intermission, instead of starting the round, it just goes back to another intermission (intermission > intermission > intermission >…)
  • no errors are in the output

What I’ve Checked So Far:

  • intermissionSpawn and gameSpawn are correctly placed in the workspace
  • Flag exists in the workspace.

Part of my script:

here’s a simplified version of the core script:

while true do
	if #activePlayers > 0 then
		local selectedGamemode = { Name = "Capture the Flag" }

		teleportActivePlayers(intermissionSpawn)
		startCountdown("Intermission", INTERMISSION_TIME, selectedGamemode)

		teleportActivePlayers(gameSpawn)
		startCountdownUI()
		startCaptureTheFlag()

		RoundStatusEvent:FireAllClients("RoundEnded", 0, selectedGamemode.Name)
	else
		print("Waiting for players to press Play.")
		RoundStatusEvent:FireAllClients("Intermission", INTERMISSION_TIME, "Waiting for players")
		task.wait(5)
	end
end
#2

Are players being teleported after the countdown is finished?

If im being honest, i really can’t be sure without the code for your functions, but i have a feeling the issue is within the code for the following:

teleportActivePlayers(gameSpawn)
startCountdownUI()
startCaptureTheFlag()

I’d also add a check for if a round is active, only because i have a feeling you’re only removing activePlayers once the round ends, again, i don’t know whats going on in the rest of your code so i can’t be sure.

local isRoundActive = false

while true do
	if #activePlayers > 0 then
		if isRoundActive ~= true then
			isRoundActive = true
			-- Rest of your code
			-- Make sure to set isRoundActive to false once the round ends
		end
	else
		-- Rest of your code
	end
end

Hope to hear from you soon

#3

Are your prints showing in the Output window? If not you have to troubleshoot your code.
Instead of waiting for prints after if checks you should print the variables being used them. If the variable isn’t what you’d expect then you know where to look for the issue.

    print("#activePlayers = ", #activePlayers)
    if #activePlayers > 0 then  
-- rest of code
#4

Thanks for the suggestion! I see what you mean about adding an isRoundActive check to prevent overlapping rounds. That makes a lot of sense, especially since I wasn’t using anything like that before. I’ll try adding it and see if it fixes the intermission loop.

Also, players are being teleported after the countdown, but the round just doesn’t seem to start. I’ll double-check the functions like startCaptureTheFlag() and teleportActivePlayers() to make sure everything is working as expected.

I’ll report back once I test it. Appreciate the help! :slightly_smiling_face: