I have a problem with my script: it’s supposed to start when you touch a part, and stop when you touche another, although it starts and stop immediately… The timer works fine until I add the break and the if/else that comes before it.
Thanks so much
local Players = game.Players
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local minutes = 0
local seconds = 0
local miliseconds = 0
game.Workspace.Timer.Touched:Connect(function()
if minutes ~= 0 or seconds ~= 0 or miliseconds ~= 0 then
minutes = 0
seconds = 0
miliseconds = 0
end
while true do
script.Parent.Text = minutes..":"..seconds..":"..miliseconds
miliseconds = miliseconds + 1
if miliseconds == 1000 then
miliseconds = 0
seconds = seconds + 1
end
if seconds == 60 then
seconds = 0
minutes = minutes + 1
end
wait(0.001)
if game.Workspace.Stop.Touched then
print("Stopped")
break
end
end
end)
i think the problem is the if statement (i may be wrong)
local Players = game.Players
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local minutes = 0
local seconds = 0
local miliseconds = 0
game.Workspace.Timer.Touched:Connect(function()
if minutes ~= 0 or seconds ~= 0 or miliseconds ~= 0 then
minutes = 0
seconds = 0
miliseconds = 0
end
while true do
script.Parent.Text = minutes..":"..seconds..":"..miliseconds
miliseconds = miliseconds + 1
if miliseconds == 1000 then
miliseconds = 0
seconds = seconds + 1
end
if seconds == 60 then
seconds = 0
minutes = minutes + 1
end
wait(0.001)
game.Workspace.Stop.Touched:Connect(function()
print("Stopped")
break
end)
end
end)
I think that that is definitely a good idea, although the break is red and an error says that break must be inside a loop. I think putting it in a function makes it not be in the while loop somehow…
Hey! I just want to point that using wait(0.001) in while true do is not a good practice and may affect your performance!
There are methods which can be as x2 faster than using that,
I recommend seeing this topic: Avoiding wait() and why, It’ll definetly help in future scripts.
Hey, thanks for the heads up How could I implement what is being proposed in the article in my script? I feel like since this is a timer it pretty much needs to have a wait(n)…
You could set up a Touched event for the stop button outside of the while loop, then set a variable hasStopped = true, or something of that sort (make sure to check if the player touched it, and not some random part). Once the stop button has been pressed, disconnect the event. Then in the loop, you can check if hasStopped is true, and break the loop.
