Script deactivates when death but reactivates when player has respawn

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#1

This is my 2nd post. How do I make a script that deactivates a certain script when player died but the script reactivates again when the player respawned? Help is appreciated!

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#2

I am confused on what you mean, when a player’s character resets, all local scripts should be resetting themselves.

Do you mean this for server scripts?

#3

If it’s a local script, put it in starter character scripts. That way, it will reset every time the player respawns.

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#4 
local certain_script;

local function enableScript(enable)
    certain_script.Enabled = enable;
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    local death_listener;
    player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
        death_listener = character:WaitForChild('Humanoid').Died:Connect(function()
            enableScript(false);
        end)
        enableScript(true):
    end)
end)
#5

It is actually not necessary for a local script to be in StarterPlayerScripts to reset on a death, it should still reset in PlayerGui when the character resets.

Edit: @JoelBrd use the event PlayerAdded not PlayerJoin, I don’t even know if that was a thing in lua before, but if it was then it is depreciated.

#6

Thanks for spotting that mistake @Hello42bacon!

#7

So I have a overhead damage gui. Whenever I died there is a -1 thingy over my head. So I want to disable the damage overhead gui script when I died and and reactivates the script when I respawn.

#8

Are you using a local script, it should be resetting if so and you should be using one for a health GUI. If that still doesn’t work then there is a problem with your script. Try printing something in the output to see if it resets, that way we know if it is your actual code or not.

#9

It’s a script not a local script.

#10

local bill = Instance.new(“BillboardGui”)
bill.Parent = script.Parent
bill.Active = false
bill.Adornee = script.Parent.Head
bill.AlwaysOnTop = false
bill.Enabled = true
bill.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 1, 0)
bill.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(-0.5, 5, 0)
local currentHealth = script.Parent.Humanoid.Health
script.Parent.Humanoid.HealthChanged:connect(function(newHealth)
local healthChange = math.abs(currentHealth - newHealth)
sym = (currentHealth > newHealth and “-” or “+”)
if sym == “+” then
if healthChange >= 5 then
text = Instance.new(“TextLabel”, bill)
text.BackgroundTransparency = 1
text.Name = “ObtainHealth”
text.Size = UDim2.new(2, 0, 2, 0)
text.Font = “SourceSansBold”
text.FontSize = “Size48”
text.Text = “+” … math.floor(healthChange)
text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(85 / 255, 1, 0)
text.TextScaled = true
text.TextStrokeColor3 = Color3.new(50 / 255, 150 / 255, 73 / 255)
text.TextStrokeTransparency = 0
text.TextWrapped = true
scr = script.Dissapear:clone()
scr.Parent = text
scr.Disabled = false
end
else
text = Instance.new(“TextLabel”, bill)
text.BackgroundTransparency = 1
text.Name = “TakeDamage”
text.Size = UDim2.new(2, 0, 2, 0)
text.Font = “SourceSansBold”
text.FontSize = “Size48”
text.Text = “-” … math.floor(healthChange)
text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(1, 0, 0)
text.TextScaled = true
text.TextStrokeColor3 = Color3.new(115 / 255, 0, 0)
text.TextStrokeTransparency = 0
text.TextWrapped = true
scr = script.Dissapear:clone()
scr.Parent = text
scr.Disabled = false
end
currentHealth = newHealth
end)

Here is the Overhead damage gui script. I want it to be disabled when I die and reactivate by itself when I respawn.

#11

Next time, please use a code block.

What do you mean by it becomes -1? Im pretty sure that on death, the player’s health becomes 0, not -1.

#12

After that, can’t you just check if the player’s health is over 0, and if it is, show the damage gui?

#13

no no no. You don’t get it do you? So whenever I get damaged there will be a floating gui on my head. Example: If I take damage there will be a gui on top of my head. Let’s say I took 30 damage. There will be a gui with a -30 text. But what I meant is whenever I die the gui floating on my head appears and randomly floating on my head with the text -1. So I want to make a script where the Overhead damage gui script is disabled when I die so there will be no random floating -1 text over my head. But this script should be reactivate when I respawn so that if I take damage again the text is going too appear on my head and when I die again the text will not appear because the script has been disabled.

#14

use :

function:Disconnect()

and then later you can reactivate it with

function:Connect()