Stopwatch in decimals

[HonestJar]

Hello Devforum! I have come with another simple question. How could I make a stopwatch counting in decimals? I have already got it set up, but I do not know how to get it to count in decimals every second. This is what I have so far.

while wait(0.1) do
				if hit.Parent.Humanoid.Health > 0 then
					player.Timer.Value = player.Timer.Value + 0.1
				else
					print("Break loop")
					timerdebounce = false
					break
		
				end
			end

As you can see, this will count the timer slower than a second should count.

[domboss37 (TSL)]

@HonestJar

count in decimals every second

What do you mean by this, if you count every second, you will have no decimals.

[Valkyrop (JustAGuy)]

1. Is “timer” an int or number value?
2. Why not use HealthChanged or GetPropertyChangedSignal instead a while loop?

(I just now read what you want to achieve here)

[HonestJar]

So, I am trying to make it so that the timer will count up in decimals to seconds. I do not know if this makes sense, but yea I am trying to make it go up by decimals to seconds. Like 0.01 to 1.

[HonestJar]

Timer is a numbervalue and not an int value. I am not sure HealthChanged or GetPropertyChangedSignal can be used in this situation.

[Valkyrop (JustAGuy)]

You are checking for the targets humanoid health, you can absolutely use one of them.

About your question, there are other poats with solutions about rounding numbers/coverting them from 0.01 to 0.1when needed, etc.

[domboss37 (TSL)]

@Valkyrop

You are checking for the targets humanoid health, you can absolutely use one of them.

Well actually no.

@HonestJar

if hit.Parent.Humanoid.Health > 0 then

He’s making sure they’re alive, he’s not counting only when the health changes.

[HonestJar]

domboss37 is right. I am only checking if the player is alive.

[RMofSBI]

Try walking through this tutorial and seeing if you can extract the timer function:

How to make a timer and stopwatch

Timers and stopwatches seem like a complicated system to make, but they are actually a lot easier to make than expected. In this tutorial, I will be showing you how to create a timer and stopwatch. Difficultly: Intermediate Creating the Timer: This part has all of the info needed for the timer, and are the brains of the operation. Step 1 - Create the script Create a Server script (normal script) in ServerScriptService. Step 2 - Variables Open the script in ServerScriptService, and specify…

[exxtremestuffs (exx)]

Is this stopwatch just for display purposes? (is the logic happening elsewhere?)

If so, you may want to consider using RenderStepped. The issue with your current implementation is that wait(0.1) is highly unlikely to actually wait for exactly 0.1 seconds, as it’s only accurate to 0.03 seconds, and is not meant for measurement of time. RenderStepped, however, passes the delta (time passed) between frames, providing you an accurate readout of how much time has passed without having to update the timer value unnecessarily (you don’t need the timer to update between frames).