Script not working on Roblox, but works fine in studio?

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#1

Hello,

I’ve been working on the script for a quest that takes place in my game. The script works fine in Roblox Studio, but doesn’t work in the Roblox Player.

STUDIO:
robloxapp-20210913-1103190.wmv (1.7 MB)
ROBLOX:
robloxapp-20210913-1104317.wmv (1.7 MB)

The main Script (there are more scripts, but this is the one I think is affected):

--//Services 
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
--//Variables
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local screenGui = script.Parent.ScreenGui
local talkButton = script.Parent.Quest1TalkGui.Talk
local talkButtonBox = script.Parent.Quest1TalkGui.SquareImage
local questBox = screenGui.QuestBox
local speech = screenGui.Speech
local answer1 = screenGui.Answer1
local box1 = screenGui.Answer1Box
local box2 = screenGui.Answer2Box
local answer2 = screenGui.Answer2
local counterBox = screenGui.CounterBox
local questFolder = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Quest1")
local giveBalloon = questFolder.GiveBalloon 
local giveValues = questFolder.GiveValues
local quest1Values = player:WaitForChild("Quest1Values")
local completed = quest1Values.Completed
local dialogueTracker =  quest1Values.SpeechValue
local clickSound = ReplicatedStorage.SoundEffects:WaitForChild("ClickSound")
local typingSound = ReplicatedStorage.SoundEffects:WaitForChild("Typing")
--//Functions

local function answerSwitch()
	answer1.Visible = not answer1.Visible
	answer2.Visible = not answer2.Visible
	box1.Visible = not box1.Visible
	box2.Visible = not box2.Visible
end

local function speechAssigner(speechNumber)
	local mainSpeech = questFolder:WaitForChild("Speech"..tostring(speechNumber))
	local speechValue = mainSpeech.Value
	answer1.Text, answer2.Text = mainSpeech:WaitForChild("Answer1").Value, mainSpeech:WaitForChild("Answer2").Value
	typingSound:Play()
	for i = 1, #speechValue do
		speech.Text = string.sub(speechValue,1,i)
		wait(0.04)
	end
	typingSound:Pause()
	answerSwitch()
end

local function positiveAnswerFunction()
	giveValues:FireServer(dialogueTracker, dialogueTracker.Value + 1)
	answerSwitch()
	wait(0.1)
	speechAssigner(dialogueTracker.Value)
end

local function negativeAnswerFunction()
	answerSwitch()
	questBox.Visible = false 
	speech.Visible = false
	speech.Text = ""
	giveValues:FireServer(dialogueTracker, 0)
	wait(0.1)
	talkButton.Visible = true
	talkButtonBox.Visible = true
end
--//Script 

talkButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	clickSound:Play()
	if dialogueTracker.Value ~= 0 and dialogueTracker.Value ~= 5 and dialogueTracker.Value == 6 and dialogueTracker.Value == 7 then
		dialogueTracker.Value = 0
		giveValues(dialogueTracker, dialogueTracker.Value + 1)
		questBox.Visible = true
		speech.Visible = true
		talkButton.Visible = false
		talkButtonBox.Visible = false
		speechAssigner(tostring(dialogueTracker.Value))
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 5 or dialogueTracker.Value == 6 or dialogueTracker.Value == 7 then
		questBox.Visible = true
		speech.Visible = true
		talkButton.Visible = false
		talkButtonBox.Visible = false
		speechAssigner(tostring(dialogueTracker.Value))
	else 
		giveValues:FireServer(dialogueTracker, dialogueTracker.Value + 1)
		questBox.Visible = true
		speech.Visible = true
		talkButton.Visible = false
		talkButtonBox.Visible = false
		wait(0.1)
		speechAssigner(tostring(dialogueTracker.Value))
	end
end)

answer1.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	clickSound:Play()
	if dialogueTracker.Value == 1 then
		negativeAnswerFunction()	
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 2 then
		positiveAnswerFunction()
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 3 then
		positiveAnswerFunction()
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 4 then
		giveValues:FireServer(dialogueTracker, dialogueTracker.Value + 1)
		answerSwitch()
		counterBox.Visible = true
		questBox.Visible = false 
		speech.Visible = false
		talkButton.Visible = true
		talkButtonBox.Visible = true
		for i, v in pairs(game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Quest1Bags"):GetChildren()) do
			v.CanTouch = true
			v.Transparency = 0
		end
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 5 then
		answerSwitch()
		questBox.Visible = false 
		speech.Visible = false
		talkButton.Visible = true
		talkButtonBox.Visible = true
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 6 then 
		giveValues:FireServer(completed, true)
		answerSwitch()
		questBox.Visible = false 
		speech.Visible = false
		giveBalloon:FireServer()
		counterBox.Visible = false
		talkButton.Visible = true
		talkButtonBox.Visible = true
		giveValues:FireServer(dialogueTracker, dialogueTracker.Value + 1)
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 7 then
		questBox.Visible = false
		speech.Visible = false
		talkButton.Visible = true
		talkButtonBox.Visible = true
		answerSwitch()
	end
end)

answer2.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	clickSound:Play()
	if dialogueTracker.Value == 1 then
		positiveAnswerFunction()
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 2 then
		positiveAnswerFunction()
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 3 then
		positiveAnswerFunction()
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 4 then
		negativeAnswerFunction()
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 5 then
		answerSwitch()
		questBox.Visible = false 
		speech.Visible = false
		talkButton.Visible = true
		talkButtonBox.Visible = true
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 6 then
		giveValues:FireServer(completed, true)
		answerSwitch()
		questBox.Visible = false 
		speech.Visible = false
		giveBalloon:FireServer()
		counterBox.Visible = false
		talkButton.Visible = true
		talkButtonBox.Visible = true
		giveValues:FireServer(dialogueTracker, dialogueTracker.Value + 1)
	elseif dialogueTracker.Value == 7 then
		questBox.Visible = false
		speech.Visible = false
		talkButton.Visible = true
		talkButtonBox.Visible = true
		answerSwitch()
	end
end)
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#2

Try commiting the script! Sometimes when you turn on a setting ROBLOX studio makes you need to commit it before it goes into ROBLOX itself. :slight_smile:

Hope this helped!

#3

I do not have team create enabled. Should I enable it and then commit the scripts?

#4

Turn on team create even if you don’t have anyone to work with because it saves you from crashing and loosing your progress because team create update saves every 5 minutes. Also you commit the scripts for it to go to roblox.

#5

I just enabled team create, but the drafts tab isn’t appearing. How am I supposed to commit the scripts?
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#6

The reason why it’s not appearing is because you need to restart studio.

#7

I did restart my studio, but nothing happened.

#8

Also, if you look at the script you’ll see that only part of the script isn’t working. Not the full script.

#9

Which section of your script isn’t working?

#10

When the drafts button is not there, in order to commit a new version of a script, simply close the script using the “X” beside the script name at the top (under the toolbar). Then, you’ll see a message in the output saying that you’ve submitted a new version of the script.

#11

The speech assigner function is the one that isn’t working.

#12

try printing something after every line in the function so you can find out where the function stops

#13

When you start playing on the studio, things load in lightning-fast, on the other hand when joining a Roblox game server we can’t say the same thing. Your objects load slower than studio when on a Roblox game because they need to be loaded from an external computer. Use :WaitForChild and find other ways to wait for instances to load in.

PS. Type /console in the game chat to see what the error is.

So i made a game that plays a cutscene at the begining
#14

So im adding the waitfor child to my scripts just to test is there a way i could make it like wait for the player to be fully loaded?

#15

I haven’t used CharacterAppearanceLoaded for myself before, but you may check it out in the wiki Player | Roblox Creator Documentation

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#16

I will try this, but I already have looked at the console and not a single error pops up.