String does not update

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#1

Hey, I’m trying to make a script that constantly updates the text in a GUI with the player’s velocity, but it doesn’t seem to work.

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Just to be clear, there are no errors in the output. The number just stays stuck at 0

The code I'm trying to use for this 
local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local text = script.Parent

local velocity = (character.HumanoidRootPart.Velocity * Vector3.new(1,0,1)).Magnitude

function roundNumber(num, numDecimalPlaces)
    return string.format("%." .. (numDecimalPlaces or 0) .. "f", num)
end

game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(function()
    text.Text = roundNumber(velocity, 1)
end)

Help is appreciated, thank you in advance.

#2

It’s not that the text isn’t updating, because it is. If you print velocity, you’ll find that velocity isn’t updating. Move the local velocity = line to the inside of the RenderStepped function.

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#3

it’s the third time I overlook something entirely and it ended up being the solution to the whole issue :man_facepalming:
I appreciate the help dude

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