While True Loop Not Looping

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#1

I have this while loop but it doesn’t seem to be working. Nothing is printed in the output besides hello.

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
    local gui = game.Players.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):WaitForChild("ScreenGui2")
    print("hello")
    while true do
    	if player.items:FindFirstChild("LongStick").Value == true then
    		script.Parent.Visible = false
    		print("owned")
    	else
    			gui:WaitForChild("Shop").Stats.Frame.LongStick.EQUIP.Visible = false
    			print("not owned")
    		
    	end
             wait()
    end
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#2

You need to have a wait under both conditions, or just one wait at the start or end of the loop. It’s likely that you are having a timeout when the first condition is true.

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#4

Hey there, unless you hit that else statement, that loop will crash your game. Be careful of this and add another wait() to the end.

#5

Hm, I added a wait but it doesn’t seem to fix the problem

#6

The problem isn’t the end its that it does that infinite times a second basically which crashes a computer or times out the script

#7

Sorry I meant to say wait

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#8

That ain’t true. Theres a wait at the end.

#9

Didn’t realize he edited it, I have no idea whats wrong with it although I would reccomend reworking it

#10

Maybe try changing it to

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
    local gui = game.Players.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):WaitForChild("ScreenGui2")
    print("hello")
    while true do
    	if if player:WaitForChild("items"):FindFirstChild("LongStick") and player.items:FindFirstChild("LongStick").Value == true then
    		script.Parent.Visible = false
    		print("owned")
    	else
    			gui:WaitForChild("Shop").Stats.Frame.LongStick.EQUIP.Visible = false
    			print("not owned")
    		
    	end
             wait()
    end
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#11

Is there any other function above this loop that’s running before this loop?

#12

Can you try printing stuff outside of the if statement and see what prints?

#13

No

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#14

Yeah, i added a high at the end of the while loop and it doesn’t print

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
    local gui = game.Players.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):WaitForChild("ScreenGui2")
    print("hello")
    while true do
    	if player:WaitForChild("items"):FindFirstChild("LongStick") and player.items:FindFirstChild("LongStick").Value == true then
    		script.Parent.Visible = true
    		print("owned")
    	else
    			gui:WaitForChild("Shop", 8).Stats.Frame.LongStick.EQUIP.Visible = false
    			print("not owned")
    		
    	end
print("hi")
             wait()

    end
#15

Would anything print if you put it at the top of the loop?

#16

yes

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#17

I noticed you have WaitForChild() in your if statement. Does something like “Infinite yield possible on x” appear in the output?