Time alive timer not working (help)

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#1

im making a script(s) that will update a textlabel based on how long the player is alive for but it updates once when the player is dead and the timer will only start again when respawned

serverside counter

-- TimeTrackerScript.lua (Place this in ServerScriptService)

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local updateTimeEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvents"):WaitForChild("UpdateTimeAlive")

-- Function to format the time
local function formatTime(seconds)
	local hours = math.floor(seconds / 3600)
	local minutes = math.floor((seconds % 3600) / 60)
	local seconds = seconds % 60
	if hours > 0 then
		return string.format("%dh %dm %ds", hours, minutes, seconds)
	elseif minutes > 0 then
		return string.format("%dm %ds", minutes, seconds)
	else
		return string.format("%ds", seconds)
	end
end

-- Function to update player's time alive
local function updatePlayerTimeAlive(player, secondsAlive)
	local formattedTime = formatTime(secondsAlive)
	player.leaderstats.TimeAlive.Value = formattedTime
	updateTimeEvent:FireClient(player, formattedTime)
end

-- Function to handle player joining
local function onPlayerAdded(player)
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	leaderstats.Parent = player

	local timeAlive = Instance.new("StringValue")
	timeAlive.Name = "TimeAlive"
	timeAlive.Value = "0s"
	timeAlive.Parent = leaderstats

	local secondsAlive = 0
	local timeAliveConnection

	-- Start tracking time
	timeAliveConnection = game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function(dt)
		secondsAlive = secondsAlive + dt
		updatePlayerTimeAlive(player, math.floor(secondsAlive))
	end)

	-- Reset time on player death
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Died:Connect(function()
			secondsAlive = 0
			updatePlayerTimeAlive(player, secondsAlive)
		end)
	end)

	-- Clean up on player removal
	player.AncestryChanged:Connect(function()
		if not player:IsDescendantOf(game) then
			if timeAliveConnection then
				timeAliveConnection:Disconnect()
			end
		end
	end)
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(onPlayerAdded)

local script

-- TimeAliveClient.lua (Place this in StarterPlayerScripts)

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local updateTimeEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvents"):WaitForChild("UpdateTimeAlive")

updateTimeEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(timeAlive)
	-- You can display the updated timeAlive value on the player's UI if needed
	print("Updated Time Alive: " .. timeAlive)

	local playerGui = game.Players.LocalPlayer:FindFirstChildOfClass("PlayerGui")
	if playerGui then
		local timeAliveLabel = playerGui:FindFirstChild("TimeAliveLabel")
		if timeAliveLabel then
			timeAliveLabel.Text = "Time Alive: " .. timeAlive
		else
			warn("TimeAliveLabel not found in PlayerGui")
		end
	else
		warn("PlayerGui not found")
	end
end)
#2

Sometimes, the player is loaded into the game before your script is ready (a wide range of reasons are possible). So, try adding this to the bottom of your “serverside counter”

for _, player in ipairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
    onPlayerAdded(player)
end
#3

im not sure if the script works but other scripts can pull the time right???

#4

it updates once when the player is dead and the timer will only start again when respawned

It seems like either the onPlayerAdded did not run for some players because of the issue I mentioned in my previous post.

I don’t know much about the background of your script, but in your

-- Reset time on player death
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Died:Connect(function()
			secondsAlive = 0
			updatePlayerTimeAlive(player, secondsAlive)
		end)
	end)

You seem to only run updatePlayerTimeAlive(player, secondsAlive) when the player dies. Maybe you should run it somewhere when the player’s character is loaded so that it wouldn’t have to die in order for updatePlayerTimeAlive() to run?

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#5

well i tried this and no errors but no debug or nothing i tried to add debugs and it still didnt work so i just removed it