Task.delay does not work

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  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I am trying to make a stun system.

  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    Task.delay refuses to work and I have tried nearly everything to fix it

char:WaitForChild("RagdollTrigger").Value = true
task.delay(5, function()
	print("sd")
	char:WaitForChild("RagdollTrigger").Value = false
	print("sd")
end)
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Are you receiving any errors in the output logs?

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Does “SD” print after 5 seconds? If so, the problem is most likely with your ragdoll system.

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Not recieving any errors in the output logs

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The “SD” doesn’t print after 5 seconds so i dont think its the problem with the ragdoll system

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What output do you get when you do this?

local RagdollTrigger = char:WaitForChild("RagdollTrigger", 10)
print(RagdollTrigger, 'was found!')
RagdollTrigger.Value = true

task.delay(5, function()
	print("sd")
	char:WaitForChild("RagdollTrigger").Value = false
	print("sd")
end)

Edit: While testing this code, let the game run for at least 10 seconds exactly before drawing any conclusions.

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It prints “RagdollTrigger was found!”

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Another experiment, what output do you get when you do this?

task.delay(2, function()
	print("task.delay is working!")
end)

local RagdollTrigger = char:WaitForChild("RagdollTrigger", 10)
print(RagdollTrigger, 'was found!')
RagdollTrigger.Value = true
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Only prints “RagdollTrigger was found!”

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Where is the script located? Can you still find it in the explorer after the delay time has passed? If you can, is it still enabled?

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The script is a modulescript and it’s in ReplicatedStorage

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Your mistake is using delay over coroutines, delay has a wait in it which can take up to 25 seconds to complete. Try and use coroutines instead. Its recommended to avoid spawn and delay.

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The script that was using the modulescript had to be deleted after 2 seconds so that’s why the task.delay didnt work, thanks

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I’ve never heard this advice before, would you mind elaborating on this rule? Why is coroutine better than task.spawn? I have previously heard that it is better to use task.spawn() over spawn(). What do you mean by this?

Thank you

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This is only true for the legacy version of delay. OP was using task.delay, which does not have this problem.

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