Spawn() activates too early!

[thatrandomnoob23]

Hello!

I was trying to use spawn() to run 2 loops until i came into a problem.
the function that uses spawn() to be run runs but when it does the timer is already 0 despite the value being 60.
this suggests that the spawn() function runs very very early.
i tried putting the function in the spawn() but it didnt work.

here’s the code:

local function LockdownCountdown()
		for i = BlastdoorTimer, 0, -1 do
			ReactorScreen2.Screen.FacilityLockdownTimer.Timer.Text = "[ "..i.." ]"
		end
		workspace.SoundClose:Play()
	end
	
	spawn(LockdownCountdown)
	
	for i = ExplosionTimer, 0, -1 do
		ReactorScreen1.Screen.EstimatedTime.Timer.Text = "[ "..i.." ]"
		wait(1)
	end
	Sounds["vine boom spam "]:Play()

helpplz

[ValiantWind (Val)]

Its HIGHLY recommended that you don’t use spawn.

Use task.spawn instead and see if that changes anything.

[thatrandomnoob23]

im gonna try it now. just that the meltdown takes some time to reach phase 2 so please be patient.

[thatrandomnoob23]

uhh sorry this is taking longer than i expected but a power outage happened for a couple of seconds and i disconnected so yeah…

[DasKairo (Cairo)]

spawn() and task.spawn() are used to fire a function or thread immediatley through the Engine Sheduler, they basically have the same functionallity as coroutines which Roblox recommends you look into before using task

coroutine

The spawn() function is basically Deprecated, so you should be using task.spawn() for it to be faster and to impact less on performance, if you dont want it to fire immediatley, try task.defer().

task

[SubtotalAnt8185]

@DasKairo

spawn()

Actually, spawn is equivalent to task.defer, not task.spawn. spawn will run the thread in the next frame, while task.spawn will not.

[DasKairo (Cairo)]

@SubtotalAnt8185

not task.spawn .

I dont recall saying that.

[SubtotalAnt8185]

@DasKairo

spawn() and task.spawn() are used to fire a function or thread immediatley

Yes. spawn will not run the thread immediately. Therefore, it is equivalent to task.defer.

[thatrandomnoob23]

it doesn’t work. i tried task.spawn but the countdown still says 0.

[thatrandomnoob23]

it doesn’t work. i tried task.spawn but the countdown still goes to 0

[Sleazel]

That is not how you use spawn().

Also spawn() and wait() are deprecated use task.spawn() for code that needs to run as soon as possible and task.defer() for everything else. For yielding use task.wait()

local function LockdownCountdown()
	
	task.spawn(function()
	
	   for i = ExplosionTimer, 0, -1 do
		   ReactorScreen1.Screen.EstimatedTime.Timer.Text = "[ "..i.." ]"
		   task.wait(1)
	   end
	   Sounds["vine boom spam "]:Play()

    end)

		for i = BlastdoorTimer, 0, -1 do
			ReactorScreen2.Screen.FacilityLockdownTimer.Timer.Text = "[ "..i.." ]"
                        task.wait(1)
		end
		workspace.SoundClose:Play()
	end

[thatrandomnoob23]

Damn, thank you very much!
I will use task.spawn() this way from now on I guess.