Scripting a Stat Edit Command

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#1

Hey there, I am trying to code a chat command, I can not figure out what I am doing/did wrong. Here is the script:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
    local Folder = Instance.new("Folder", Player)
    Folder.Name = "PlayerValues"
Player.Chatted:connect(function(message)
        if message:sub(1, 6) == ":addr " then
            local TargetPlayer = game.Players:FindFirstChild(message:sub(7))
                    if TargetPlayer then
                        local Character = TargetPlayer.Character
                        if Character then
                            Workspace.Leaderboard.Points = Workspace.Leaderboard.Points + 1
                        end

Maybe you guys can help me, if so please let me know what I am doing wrong and how to fix it…

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#2

Is that all of the code? If it is, it appears that you left off a few end’s.

#3

Could you provide information as to what your problem is, what the code SHOULD do, what the code does do?

#4 
game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
    local Folder = Instance.new("Folder", Player)
    Folder.Name = "PlayerValues"
Player.Chatted:connect(function(message)
        if message:sub(1, 6) == ":addr " then
            local TargetPlayer = game.Players:FindFirstChild(message:sub(7))
                    if TargetPlayer then
                        local Character = TargetPlayer.Character
                        if Character then
                            workspace.Leaderboard.Points = workspace.Leaderboard.Points + 1
                        end
end
end
end)
end)
#5

The code when you say :add player-name stat-name number it should give the player specified the number specified for the specified stat, currently it does not do anything at all…

#6

Your code says the command is :addr and it doesn’t accept any other arguments except player-name.
Anyways, you don’t do anything with TargetPlayer and what is workspace.Leaderboard.Points? Is it a NumberValue? If it is, you should be doing Points.Value.
Is there any errors in the output?

#7

No, it does not show anything…

#8

You don’t provide enough information.
Your code reaches up to workspace.Leaderboard for me, when testing it.

I don’t know what this is supposed to be, so I can’t really help you.
Could you show me the exact command you put into chat?

#9

If i were to guess, you should be doing workspace.Leaderboard.Points.Value = Workspace.Leaderboard.Points.Value + 1. Meaning you should be updating a property of an object “Points” whether its Value, Text, blah blah.

#10

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That’s a picture of what I type, here’s a picture of what happens before I do it…
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Then here’s a photo of what happens after I run the command…
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#11

That’s not the syntax of the command specified in the script. It doesn’t accept short names, doesn’t allow you to specify the leaderstat, or it’s value. It doesn’t modify the leaderstats.

#12

Could you tell me how to then? I would like to know how to make it accept arguments and find the argument…

#13

For starters, instead of using “message:sub” you should be using “message:split(” “)”
Message:split() will return an array of “arguments.”

EG:
local Args = message:split(" ");
if (Args[1] == ":addr" and Args[2] ~= nil and Args[3] ~= nil and Args[4] ~= nil) then

	local Player = game:GetService'Players':FindFirstChild(Args[2]);

	if (Player) then

		Player.leaderstats[Args[3]].Value = Player.leaderstats[Args[3]].Value + tonumber(Args[4]);

	end

end
#14

Like this:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
    local Folder = Instance.new("Folder", Player)
    Folder.Name = "PlayerValues"
Player.Chatted:connect(function(message)
        if message:sub(1, 6) == ":add " then
local Args = message:split(" ");
if (Args[1] == ":add" and Args[2] ~= nil and Args[3] ~= nil and Args[4] ~= nil) then

	local Player = game:GetService'Players':FindFirstChild(Args[2]);

	if (Player) then

		Player.leaderstats[Args[3]].Value = Player.leaderstats[Args[3]].Value + tonumber(Args[4]);

	end

end

I probably got this wrong…

#15

Remove the if statement for if message:sub(1,6) == ":add " then because the code after that already does it.
I should also say, if Args[3] isn’t a valid leaderstat, or Args[4] isn’t a number, the script will error.

#16

When I run the code it does not work. It shows no error.

#17

Could you send the error? I don’t know what error you’re getting so I can’t help you fix it.

#18

I run:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
    local Folder = Instance.new("Folder", Player)
    Folder.Name = "PlayerValues"
Player.Chatted:connect(function(message)
local Args = message:split(" ");
if (Args[1] == ":add " and Args[2] ~= nil and Args[3] ~= nil and Args[4] ~= nil) then

	local Player = game:GetService'Players':FindFirstChild(Args[2]);

	if (Player) then

		Player.leaderstats[Args[3]].Value = Player.leaderstats[Args[3]].Value + tonumber(Args[4]);

	end

end
end)
end)

And I get this:

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#19

You can’t use short names. You have to run :add BlueTechnician R 10
The error you’re getting in the output is probably unrelated to the script.

#20

It’s still not working…
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