So, I’m creating a racing game and I have to sort the times so I can see which player got which time, and I did the sorting of the dictionary but sometimes, when I’ve tested and come in dead last for some reason i’m first when I print the table?
Also it’s hard to replicate this bug because sometimes it doesnt happen?
local function sortByRaceTime(a,b)
return self.finished[a]["RaceTime"] < self.finished[b]["RaceTime"]
end
local sortedEntries = {}
for key, data in pairs(self.finished) do
table.insert(sortedEntries, {key = key, data = data})
end
table.sort(sortedEntries, function(a,b)
return sortByRaceTime(a.key, b.key)
end)
Sorry I forgot to add but this is how the data structure looks, also I’m actually testing it with npcs but it works with players aswell, also no it doesnt set anything to 0
Interesting. I still don’t have enough information to see the issue. How are you determining who comes in first or last? What is self.finished and sortedEntries? Which one is the supposed data structure? Are you sure sorted entries is not a dictionary?
okay so here is a video of the bug and show the results UI, so you can see what im talking about, also I have code on the client that just creates the templates from the sorted table I pass from the remote event, and I have tried printing out the sorted table that I pass on the server , ON the server and ON the client and it’s the same table showing up and when the bug happens the first player with the highest time is first
Well im determining that by seeing who has the fastest time by sorted the self.finished table, sortedEntries is the dummy table I use to sort the entries I get from self.finished
RemoteManager.Results:SetClientCallback(function(...)
local args = {...}
local finished = args[1]
for place , tbl in pairs(finished) do
local finishedPlayer = game.Players:FindFirstChild(tbl.key)
local theirTime = tbl.data["RaceTime"]
local Template = ResultsTemplates.Template:Clone()
local photo = Template.photo
local displayName = Template.displayName
local placeLabel = Template.place
local timeFinished = Template.timeFinished
local username = Template.username
local pb = Template.personalBest
local xp = Template.xp
if finishedPlayer and finishedPlayer:IsA("Player") then
local result = Players:GetUserThumbnailAsync(finishedPlayer.UserId, ThumbType, ThumbSize)
photo.Image = result
displayName.Text = finishedPlayer.DisplayName
placeLabel.Text = "#"..place
timeFinished.Text = theirTime.."s"
username.Text = "@"..finishedPlayer.Name
pb.Text = "PB: "..tbl.data["PB"].."s"
Template.Parent = ResultsWrapper
Template.Visible = true
else
displayName.Text = tbl.key
placeLabel.Text = "#"..place
timeFinished.Text = theirTime.."s"
username.Text = "COMPUTER"
end
Template.Parent = ResultsWrapper
Template.Visible = true
end
end)
Yeah so basically I sort it before I send it to the client, but why do you think sorting on the client would help, is there something happens between sending over to the client via a remote event?
Nope didnt change a THING, that’s the thing it’s sometimes works when I’ve come in like the place right before the fastest person or maybe the place right after the 2nd fastest person or the place right before the 4th fastest person or right in front of the 2nd fastest person
I FINALLY figured it out like last night or something so basically instead of just sorting I just inserted the players as they finished and that would automatically tell me who finished first because it would come in order as they crossed the finish line!
