Script literally not doing anything for whatever reason

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I’m attempting to make a nuclear power plant game, and I came up with this too simple to be true script that controls everything in just 45 lines of code.

local Temperature = script.Parent.Temperature
local Pressure = script.Parent.Pressure
local rodsUpIn = script.Parent.RodsUpIn
local rodsMidIn = script.Parent.RodsMidIn
local rodsDownIn = script.Parent.RodsDownIn
print("Reactor Script loading...")


if rodsUpIn.Value == true and rodsMidIn.Value == true and rodsDownIn.Value == true then
	print("1")
	local increaseTemp = Temperature.Value/100
	local waitTime = math.random(4, 10)
	for Temperature = 0, increaseTemp do
		Temperature.Value = Temperature.Value + increaseTemp
		wait(waitTime)
	end
	local increasePressure = Pressure.Value/100
	for Pressure = 0, increasePressure do
		Pressure.Value = Pressure.Value + increasePressure
	end
elseif rodsUpIn.Value == true and rodsMidIn.Value == true or rodsUpIn.Value == true and rodsDownIn.Value == true or rodsMidIn.Value == true and rodsMidIn.Value == true then
	print("2")
	local increaseTemp = Temperature.Value/150
	local waitTime = math.random(4, 10)
	for Temperature = 0, increaseTemp do
		Temperature.Value = Temperature.Value + increaseTemp
		wait(waitTime)
	end
	local increasePressure = Pressure.Value/150
	for Pressure = 0, increasePressure do
		Pressure.Value = Pressure.Value + increasePressure
	end
elseif rodsUpIn.Value == true or rodsMidIn.Value == true or rodsDownIn.Value == true then
	print("2")
	local increaseTemp = Temperature.Value/200
	local waitTime = math.random(4, 10)
	for Temperature = 0, increaseTemp do
		Temperature.Value = Temperature.Value + increaseTemp
		wait(waitTime)
	end
	local increasePressure = Pressure.Value/200
	for Pressure = 0, increasePressure do
		Pressure.Value = Pressure.Value + increasePressure
	end
end

But like I said, too simple to be true, and it can’t get past any of the if statements. Why is this?

2

Could be that your script doesn’t recognize the values immediately and sets them as nil, or your values were never true in the first place.

I feel as if we’re lacking a little context.
is this a local script/server script?
does your script print “Reactor Script loading…?”
does this script run the if statements over and over under a loop we don’t see?
do the values of your booleans start off true or false?
do the values of your booleans even change at all on client/serverside?

These are all questions you should answer before giving it to us with little context. Not trying to grill you, just trying to get you to ask for assistance if you’ve investigated/tried everything you can.

3

Server script, does print “Reactor Script loading…”
Does not run in a loop.
The only booleans that are there are Meltdown, The rods values, and Running
The booleans I haven’t tested, I am just trying to get the reactor to function.

And I probably need to put in into a loop.

4

As of right now, as soon as the script loads it runs once and then ends. Also it doesn’t wait for your values to load in. (which isn’t a good habit to get in to btw)

Chances are your boolean values(RodIn, RodOut, RodMid, etc.) are preset to false, so when it runs just the one time it completely ignores them, or the thread is moving so fast it recognizes the values as false.

To check add a wait before the conditional statements.

5

So I just put it into a loop, and it did print 2 when I came up with that case, but it said “ttempt to index number with ‘Value’”

6

That’s because you’re confusing lua context, you have 2 values named “Temperature”

your index for the for loop and your value temperature(Defined at the beginning of your script)

7

You should utilize task.wait() at the top of your script, this will delay the run time for the script; letting the script find any objects.

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8

Oh I actually never noticed that. Not exactly sure why my square brain thought that would work.

EDIT: Thanks! It works now.

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