Timer Script Doesn't Work, Need Help Fixing it

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#1

I made a round-based survival game, and I made for it a script that displays a timer on the top of the screen.

TotalSeconds = game.StarterGui.TopText.Time:GetAttribute('TotalSeconds')
repeat
	local Minutes = math.floor(TotalSeconds / 60)
	--/Seconds Function
	if (TotalSeconds % 60) < 10 then
		Seconds = (0 .. TotalSeconds % 60)
	else
		Seconds = (TotalSeconds % 60)
	end
	--Seconds Function end
	game.StarterGui.TopText.Time.Text = string.format(Minutes .. ':' .. Seconds)
	TotalSeconds = TotalSeconds - 1
	wait(1)
until TotalSeconds < 0

When I run the game in Studio, it works properly:
robloxapp-20210813-1708178.wmv (161.6 KB)
but when I play then game (studio and player) its breaks, requiring me to reset for the time to update.
robloxapp-20210813-1708359.wmv (3.3 MB)

I am trying to make the script work ingame. If anybody can, please try to solve it. Thank you!

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#2

Can you post the script which updates the timer.

#3

I posted the script. It’s in the initial post.

#4

to access the players GUI you have to use game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui this is why the script only works on the server and not on the client:

so for your script to work on the client you just have to change it to:

local playerGui = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui
local TotalSeconds = playerGui:WaitForChild("TopText"):WaitForChild("Time"):GetAttribute('TotalSeconds')

repeat
	local Minutes = math.floor(TotalSeconds / 60)
	--/Seconds Function
	if (TotalSeconds % 60) < 10 then
		Seconds = (0 .. TotalSeconds % 60)
	else
		Seconds = (TotalSeconds % 60)
	end
	--Seconds Function end
	playerGui.TopText.Time.Text = string.format(Minutes .. ':' .. Seconds)
	TotalSeconds = TotalSeconds - 1
	wait(1)
until TotalSeconds < 0
#5

It errors: Workspace.TimerTest:1: attempt to index nil with 'PlayerGui’
Is this supposed to be a local script?

#6

Yeah thats what I said

So it just has to be a local script in starter player scripts

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#7

Alright it works! Thank you for your time and knowledge. :wink: