"Waiting For Players" gets stuck

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#1

It gets stuck in “Waiting For Players” even if there are more than 2 players

local players = game:GetService(“Players”)
local status = replicatedstorage:WaitForChild(“status”)
while true do
wait(0)
local plrs = #players:GetPlayers()
while plrs < 2 do
status.Value = “Waiting For Players…”
repeat wait() until plrs >= 2
end
end

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#2

I’m confused with this line:

repeat wait() until plrs >= 2

I mean, will repeat wait() until there are more of two players, but what will happend when there are two players? wait() will stop, nothing more! There’s another function when there are more of two players?

#3

The issue with your code is these few lines:

Essentially, your while loop is waiting for the plrs variable to change. However, this variable won’t change. While you’ve put the one :GetPlayers() on the outside, you’ll additionally need to put it in the inside of the loop as well, so that the list updates.

Your new code would look like this

local players = game:GetService(“Players”)
local status = replicatedstorage:WaitForChild(“status”)
while true do
wait(0)
local plrs = #players:GetPlayers()
while plrs < 2 do

plrs = #players:GetPlayers() -- NEW LINE HERE

status.Value = “Waiting For Players…”
repeat wait() until plrs >= 2
end
end

And if you really want to optimise this set of code alot better, you can try this:

local players= game:GetService(“Players”)
local status = replicatedstorage:WaitForChild(“status”)

while true do

	wait()
	local plrs = #players:GetPlayers()

	if plrs < 2 then
		status.Value = “Waiting For Players…”
		repeat 
			wait() 
			plrs = #players:GetPlayers() -- NEW LINE HERE
		until plrs >= 2

		status.Value = “All players are here” -- or whatever your usual message is


	end
end

That way, you don’t have to change the value of Status each cycle, and you also save lines of code.

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#4 
local players = game:GetService(“Players”)
local status = replicatedstorage:WaitForChild(“status”)
while true do
    wait(0)
    local plrs = players:GetPlayers() --I think you would use just "players"
    while #plrs < 2 do --I think you would also put "#plrs"
        status.Value = “Waiting For Players…”
        repeat wait() until #plrs >= 2
    end
end