The answer to this is probably really obvious, but since I'm new I can't figure it out

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#2

First off, you want to add a wait inside of the Loop, if you don’t then it will finish all 45 loops in a split second and it will look like the timer never changed. Secondly, StarterGui isn’t what the player sees. When a player joins, everything from the StarterGui is cloned into their PlayerGui, so you want to use their PlayerGui instead.

Local Script:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local stageText = player.PlayerGui.SpeedGUI.TimerFrame.StageLabel
local timerText = stageText.Parent.TimerLabel
for i = 1, 45 do
	wait(1)
	timerText.Text = i
end
#3

I have a few questions about this, and this may be due to me not explaining the problem correctly. I want the gui on the left to say ‘Intermission’, and the gui on the right to display how much time is left.

Why would I want to make a it a localscript when I want everybody to see it? Also, I can’t seem to find out where playerGui is in the explorer.

Thanks for catching me on the wait inside of the for loop though :slight_smile:

#4

You need to write

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

then
instead of game.StarterGui it should be

player.PlayerGui

this should probably be in a local script but it is ok for now
let me know if there is an issue

Ah I did not realize @XdJackyboiiXd21 already mentioned this!

#5

The devking has a great video about this, Video. Try watching this video and we can explain how it works if you have any questions.

#6 
local stageText = game.StarterGui.SpeedGUI.TimerFrame.StageLabel
local timerText = game.StarterGui.SpeedGUI.TimerFrame.TimerLabel

game.StarterGui.SpeedGUI.ButtonCollection.ButtonRace.Visible = false
stageText.Text = 'Intermission'

for time = 1, 45 do
	wait(1)
	timerText.Text = tostring(time)
end
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#7

Interesting. Here is the code now:
function intermission()

local stageText = game.StarterGui.SpeedGUI.TimerFrame.StageLabel
local timerText = game.StarterGui.SpeedGUI.TimerFrame.TimerLabel

game.StarterGui.SpeedGUI.ButtonCollection.ButtonRace.Visible = false
stageText.Text = 'Intermission'

for time = 45, 1, -1 do
	wait(1)
	timerText.Text = tostring(time)
end

end

And here is the result:

Screenshot 2021-02-15 123512
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The problem now? It isn’t counting down, it’s just staying at 45. Why does it need to be a localscript though?

#8

You can take a look at my other post on playergui for reference

#9

Could you tell me where this script is in the explorer?

#10

I put the script in ServerScriptService

#11

I will message you more on this

#12

Thank you to all who helped, especially @YouCantEscapeUS_DGL , because his script worked 80%. I think that the reason the textlabel wasn’t displaying ‘Intermission’ was that I was trying to create the property .Text inside of the actual variable.

Hopefully I can fix the for loop issue soon, I will post back on here when I do.

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#13

It wasn’t updating is because you were updating an Variable, not the actual text.

#14

You sure? Because it sure looks to me that it would be updating the text not the variable…

It wouldn’t work anyway because it is not in a local script and because he is trying to startergui not the playergui

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#15

I’m talking about the old code.

Maybe because time is a global. So the loop should change to

for t = 45, 1, -1 do
	wait(1)
	timerText.Text = tostring(t)
end

Also, format your code with ``` at the end and start.

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#16

If you are talking to me about this, I always make sure to do so

Ah ok thanks for clarifying

#17

To fix his local script problem he just needs to send a message from his server script to a local via a remote event

#18

Oops, I see that you are changing the StarterGui and not the actual player’s GUI.

The best solution is to create a NumberValue called Time in ReplicatedStorage , a BoolValue called Visible in ReplicatedStorage and a StringValue called ST in ReplicatedStorage,

Change the Script to

function intermission()

local Time = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Time") -- To get the Time Value
local Visible = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Visible") -- To get the Visible Value
local StageText =  game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("ST") -- To get the StageText Value

Visible.Value = true
StageText.Value = 'Intermission'

for time = 45, 1, -1 do
	wait(1)
	Time.Value = tostring(time)
end
end

Create a LocalScript in TimerLabel with the script

local Text = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Time")
game:GetService("RunService").HeartBeat:Connect(function()
       script.Parent.Text = tostring(Text.Value)
end)

And finnaly create a LocalScript in StageLabel with the script

local Text = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Time")
local Visible = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Visible")
game:GetService("RunService").HeartBeat:Connect(function()
       script.Parent.Text = tostring(Text.Value)
       script.Parent.Visible = Visible.Value
end)

Tell me if there are any issues

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#19

I made some changes to the script, so you may need to Refresh for them to appear

#20

It has come to my attention that I can use the intermission() function for stuff like teleporting players, but I will need to create a localscript to update the ui. Thank you all for your help :wink:

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#21

Perhaps as a next step, if you’re feeling a bit adventurous.
A statemachine works well for lobby systems and let you manage the state of the lobby more closely.

Take this snippet as an example.

Lobby.fsm.intermission:Connect(function(fsm, name, from, to, ...)
	if name ~= "intermission" then return end
	-- Do this during an intermission.
	Lobby.Counter = Lobby.IntermissionTimer
end)

Lobby.fsm:transition("intermission")