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I want to figure out why this script suddenly stops working after playing for about 20 minutes -
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I wanted to make a “crazy elevator” styled game but its set in space,…I watched some yt tutorial and got a script from the toolbox, not always reliable but i modified it and it works perfectly!, the timer works, the randomizer for the maps (floors) work and im not getting any errors, the only problem is (like i said in the title) that after playing for about 20 minutes the entire script suddenly stops functioning and i get this error: " ServerScriptService.Elevator Script:85: attempt to index nil with ‘Clone’ " -
What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
I haven’t found anything like this on the dev forum yet so I tried making a script that refreshes the main script every few seconds by cloning it , deleting the original one and setting the clone’s parent to the original script’s parent. It obviously didn’t work and gave the same results.
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This is the script located in serverscriptservice with the name :“elevator script”
-- -- Ajedi32 created the script!
-- Vitorrobloxgames edited Script and instructions!
local Particles = game.Workspace.Particles
local Thruster = game.Workspace.MemeSpaceShip1000.Thruster
--
disasters = {"Noobception","AstralShrek","WorldTripWithAdrien","AstroidsAndTacos","OCEANMAN","CHEEMSvsPIGEON","BANANAS","Uhhh","OneThousandBobux","Banland","SwordFightsOnTheHeights","WOOOOOOOHH","MixUp","Mario","SoftcoreParkour","WereCrashingAAAAH","SpaceRacing","DogOfWisdom","Lemon Demon >:)","AverageFan_VS_AverageEnjoyer","Uhhh_2"} -- This is where you list the names models that you want to use for FLOORS.
-- The list must look like this {"001","002",} and so on.
-- Floor names are case-sensitive and all Floor models must be in the lighting
local RandInstance = Random.new()
local chosenmap = script:WaitForChild("ChosenMap")
countdownTime = 20 -- The ammount of time to wait between each Floor.
disasterTime = 60 -- The ammount of time that the Floor will be in the game before it is removed.
countdownMessage = "Next Stop in %s seconds!" -- The message displayed between disasters. %s will be replaced with the number of seconds left.
disasterMessage = "Floor: %s" -- The message displayed when a disaster occurs. %s will be replaced with the disaster name. Set to nil if you do not want a message
-- Unless you know what you are doing, please leave the below code alone.
items = {}
leaderboard = game.ServerScriptService:findFirstChild("datastore") -- Used to work with my BTS leaderboard
local w = game.ServerScriptService:getChildren()
for i=1,#w do
if w[i].Name == "datastore" and w[i]:findFirstChild("running") ~= nil and w[i]:findFirstChild("points") ~= nil then
leaderboard = w[i]
end
end
for i=1,#disasters do
local item = game.ServerStorage.Maps:findFirstChild(disasters[i])
if item ~= nil then
item.Parent = nil
table.insert(items, item)
else
print("Error! ", disasters[i], " was not found!")
end
end
function sethint(text)
local hint = game.Workspace:findFirstChild("hint")
if (hint ~= nil) then
hint.Text = text
else
print("Hint does not exist, creating...")
hint = Instance.new("Hint")
hint.Name = "hint"
hint.Text = text
hint.Parent = game.Workspace
end
--print("Hint set to: ", text)
end
function removeHint()
hint = game.Workspace:findFirstChild("hint")
if (hint ~= nil) then hint:remove() end
end
function countdown(time)
sethint(string.format(countdownMessage, tostring(time)))
while (time > 0) do
wait(1)
time = time - 1
sethint(string.format(countdownMessage, tostring(time)))
end
removeHint()
return true
end
while true do
countdown(countdownTime)
if leaderboard ~= nil and leaderboard:findFirstChild("running") and leaderboard:findFirstChild("points") then -- For use with my BTS leaderboard.
leaderboard.points.Value = 30 --Points after you survive disasters.
leaderboard.running.Value = true
end
function chooseDisaster()
return items[RandInstance:NextInteger(0, #items)]
end
local m = chooseDisaster():Clone() -----**This is the part that errors after 20 minutes**
if disasterMessage ~= nil then
local msg = Instance.new("Message")
msg.Name = "DisasterMsg"
msg.Text = string.format(disasterMessage, m.Name)
msg.Parent = game.Workspace
wait(3)
msg.Parent = nil
end
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m.Parent = game.Workspace.currentmap
m:makeJoints()
game.Workspace.FakeDoor.Transparency = 1
game.Workspace.FakeDoor.CanCollide = false
Particles.az.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
Particles.bn.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
Particles.cv.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
Particles.df.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
Particles.gh.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
Particles.hj.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
Thruster.az.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
Thruster.bn.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
Thruster.cv.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
print("m added")
-------------------------------------------------------------------
wait(disasterTime)
m:remove()
game.Workspace.FakeDoor.Transparency = 0.4
game.Workspace.FakeDoor.CanCollide = true
Particles.az.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
Particles.bn.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
Particles.cv.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
Particles.df.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
Particles.gh.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
Particles.hj.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
Thruster.az.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
Thruster.bn.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
Thruster.cv.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
local Players = game:GetService('Players')
local Targets = Players:GetPlayers() -- Assigning it as a local is faster.
for _, Player in ipairs(Targets) do
local LowerTorso = Player.Character.LowerTorso
LowerTorso.CFrame = game.Workspace.Model2.sm.CFrame
if Player.Character.LowerTorso == nil then
local Torso = Player.Character.Torso
Torso.CFrame = game.Workspace.Model2.sm.CFrame
end
game.StarterPlayer.CharacterWalkSpeed = 16
end
print("m removed")
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if leaderboard ~= nil then -- For use with the bts leaderboard.
leaderboard.running.Value = false
end
end
chooseDisaster(disasters, RandInstance:NextInteger(0, #disasters))
Here’s some screenshots of the locations of the script and the folder where the current map is placed in.
