Taking Time off a Looping Countdown

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#1

I am trying to make this lose 10s off the countdown once a player touches a part, my solutions so far have lead the countdown/values to go into negatives then straight away pick back up where it left off. For example it would go to something like -90 then right back to where it was which is no good :sad: .

Other than this small issue, the countdown works fine until I try to complete this ^

Has anybody got any ideas on how I’d do this?

local function Countdown()
		print("COUNTDOWN")
		while wait() do
			for i = gameplayTime, 1, -1 do
				gameStarted.Value = true
				wait(1)
				countdownV.Value = i
				gameStatus.Value = "In game" 
			end
		end
	end

thanks :smiley:

#3

Remove while function.

local function Countdown()
		print("COUNTDOWN")
			for i = 1, gameplayTime, -1 do

				task.wait(1)
				countdownV.Value = gameplayTime - i

			end
		gameStarted.Value = true
		gameStatus.Value = "In game" 
	end
#4 
local function Countdown()
	print("COUNTDOWN")
	gameStarted.Value = true
	gameStatus.Value = "In game"
	for i = 0, gameplayTime do
		countdownV.Value = gameplayTime - i
		task.wait(1) 
	end
end
#5

thanks, to remove the 10 seconds when the touched event happens, what should I do just to be clear?

#6

you want to have a countdown and when the part get touched countdown goes down by 10?

#7

yes, 10 seconds off the remaining time, if there was for example, 100 seconds left on the countdown, someone touches the part, it goes down by an additional 10 and continues - repeating for every time someone touches said part. thanks for your help

#8

alright but one more question gameplayTime is a NumberValue or just a variable

local gameplayTime = 120
#9

exactly what you sent there, spot on, sorry for not mentioning that in my original post

#10 
local function Countdown()
    countdownV.Value = gameplayTime
    local Connection
    Connection = Part.Touched:Connect(function() 
         countdownV.Value += -10 
    end)
    while countdownV.Value >= 0 do
         countdownV.Value += -1
         task.wait(1)
    end
    Connection:Disconnect()
end
#11

would I need a debounce in there? thanks for ur help again

#12 
local function GameplayCountdown()
	
		countdownV.Value = gameplayTime
		gameStatus.Value = "In game"
		
		local Connection
		
		Connection = maps.ObbyLevels:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model").FinishedPart.Touched:Connect(function() 
			print("touched countdown")
				print("countdownAdjust")
				countdownV.Value = countdownV.Value - 10
			end
		end)
		
		while countdownV.Value >= 0 do
			countdownV.Value += -1
			task.wait(1)
		end
		Connection:Disconnect()
	end

gave it a go, nothing prints and nothing happens, got any more ideas? I know the player is touching the part because other parts of the script are working fine when the player touches the part.

no errors either

#13

what is that second end after the countdownV.Value = countdownV.Value - 10
also did u call the function?

GameplayCountdown()
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#14

yes the function is called, the timer goes down like it should, nothing prints in the touched event

other end was a typo, ignore it sorry

#15

What does the code look like now?

#16

this might be because of some code in your script
image
because it works fine for me
this also could be because of FinishedPart.CanTouch is set to false

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#17

thats weird, and when you touch the part it subtracts 10?

#18

try connecting another part to Touched event

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#19 
local function GameplayCountdown()
	
		countdownV.Value = gameplayTime
		gameStatus.Value = "In game"
		
		local Connection
		
		Connection = maps.ObbyLevels:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model").FinishedPart.Touched:Connect(function() 
			print("touched countdown")
				print("countdownAdjust")
				countdownV.Value = countdownV.Value - 10
			end
		end)
		
		while countdownV.Value >= 0 do
			countdownV.Value += -1
			task.wait(1)
		end
		Connection:Disconnect()
	end
#20

I just thought I would mention this, make sure you add a debounce or it will be spammed.
Or if you only want it to decrease by ten seconds once, make sure you disconnect the event after it has fired.

#21

still nothing sadly, not sure from here