Timer doesn't work

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#1

I feel Really stupid right now, anyways i’m making a donation board system and i want to make a timer to indicate when the board is going to update but the text doesnt change why? not sure.

local function Timer()
	local time = 2
	while wait(2) do
		if time == 0 then
			gui.main.Title.text = "Updating Donation Board"
	break
	 else
		warn(tostring(time))
	    time = time - 1
	end
  end
end

while true do 
Timer()
end
#2 
local function Timer()
	local Time = 2
	for i = Time, 0, -1 do
		task.wait(1)
	end
	
	gui.main.Title.text = "Updating Donation Board"
end

while true do 
	Timer()
end

You may want to change the text afterwards so that it isn’t stuck.

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#3


The text Donations didnt change but the print statment worked

local function Timer()
	local Time = 2
	for i = Time, 0, -1 do
		task.wait(1)
	end
	gui.Main.Title.Text = "Updating Donation Board in "..tostring(Time)
	print("Updating")
end
#4

print(gui.Main.Title.Text)

Add this somewhere. Might be a SurfaceGui related issue.

#5

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Pretty sure its just a Surfacegui problem i even tried doing it so like

local function Timer()
	local Time = 2
	for i = Time, 0, -1 do
		task.wait(1)
	end
	gui.Main.Title.Set.Value = "Updating Donation Board in "..tostring(Time)
	gui.Main.Title.Text = gui.Main.Title.Set.Value
end

and it didnt work either

#6

Ah get the issue. You just need to put the line you’re changing the text inside the for loop. Here’s the full code now:

local function Timer()
	local Time = 2
	for i = Time, 0, -1 do
		task.wait(1)
        gui.Main.Title.Set.Value = "Updating Donation Board in "..tostring(i)
        gui.Main.Title.Text = gui.Main.Title.Set.Value
	end
end

The reason why you need to do this, is because the text and the value will change after the for loop is over.

Edit
  1. Fixed a little bit of issues with the script. It should be perfect now!
  2. Grammar correction. (Excuse me with my terrible grammar)
#7

Thanks for this but it doesnt work :slight_smile: it has something to do with the surface gui

#8

where exactly is the text suppose to go? I don’t see a spot where it would be anyway.

you should also check if the textlabel is visible or not, and texttransparency ~=1

you can also test print the gui.text because I do believe it is changing.

#9

so at the screen shot where i replied to fourmer about that big donation text thats where the text is suppose to go and i dont think it has anything to do with transparency since the text is already visiable pretty sure its a surfacegui issue but thanks for the reply :+1:

#10

something is not right on your end which is why I’m saying it is changing, but its invisible for whatever reason, its just speculation though cause idk what u mean by surface gui issue, if you are indeed setting the .text then it should change

local textlabel = script.Parent.TextLabel

for i=30, 0, -1 do
	textlabel.Text="timer = " .. i
	wait(1)
end

#11

Code Used

local function Timer()
	local Time = 2
	for i = Time, 0, -1 do
		task.wait(1)
		gui.Main.Title.Set.Value = "Updating Donation Board in "..tostring(i)
		gui.Main.Title.Text = gui.Main.Title.Set.Value
	end
end
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#12

that is very weird and I don’t think anyone can help just by looking at code (the code is functional too) because there is a different underlying issue

Is it possible to post the donation board itself so I can download and check around myself?

#13

Not sure, what’s the problem. But maybe try this, I guess?

local function Timer()
	local Time = 2
	for i = Time, 0, -1 do
		task.wait(1)
		gui.Main.Title.Set.Value = "Updating Donation Board in "..tostring(i)
	end
end

gui.Main.Title.Set:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function(changedValue)
    gui.Main.Title.Text = changedValue
end)