Zombie Spawning not working

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#1

Im working on a zombie spawning system but its not working, is there anything wrong with my code? The ClickDetectors are working but thats about all.

Script inside serverscriptservice:

local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local EventsFolder = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Events")

local ZombieFolder = Workspace:WaitForChild("ZombieFolder")
local ZombieEvent = EventsFolder:WaitForChild("ZombieEvent")

local spawning = false

function spawnZombie()
	local zombieTemplates = script:WaitForChild("ZombieTemplates"):GetChildren()
	
	local pickedZombie = zombieTemplates[math.random(1, #zombieTemplates)]:Clone()
	if pickedZombie.Name == "Male" then
		print("Male Picked")
	elseif pickedZombie.Name == "Female" then
		print("Female Picked")
	end
	
	local Spawners = ZombieFolder:WaitForChild("Spawners"):GetChildren()
	
	for _,spawner in pairs(Spawners:GetChildren()) do
		local pickedSpawn = Spawners[math.random(1, #Spawners)]
				pickedZombie.Parent = ZombieFolder:WaitForChild("Zombies")
				pickedZombie:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(pickedSpawn.CFrame)
				break
		end
	
end


function stopZombies()
	for _,zombie in pairs(ZombieFolder:WaitForChild("Zombies"):GetChildren()) do
		if zombie:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
			zombie:Destroy()
		end
	end
end

ZombieEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, value)
	if value == "Start" then
		spawning = true
		spawn(function()
			while spawning do
				spawnZombie()
				wait(5)
			end
		end)
	elseif value == "Stop" then
		spawning = false
		stopZombies()
	end
end)

localscript inside starterplayerscripts:

local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local EventsFolder = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Events")
local ZombieEvent = EventsFolder:WaitForChild("ZombieEvent")
local ZombieFolder = Workspace:WaitForChild("ZombieFolder")


for _, part in pairs(ZombieFolder:GetChildren()) do
	if part.Name == "StartButton" or part.Name == "StopButton" then
		part.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
			if part.Name == "StartButton" then
				ZombieEvent:FireServer("Start")
			elseif part.Name == "StopButton" then
				ZombieEvent:FireServer("Stop")
			end
		end)
	end
end
#2

Are there any errors? Are the remote events working? Test it by printing before the if statement.

#3

No errors, it just doesnt work

#4

Did you try adding print() after sending the event, and after receiving the event? Does the RemoteEvent actually run?

#5

Just tried, the remote event isnt working

#6

Is it firing the event though?

#7

No i dont think so as the printing isnt working:

ZombieEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(value)
	print("Event Fired")
#8

I am not sure what the problem is, but why don’t you directly detect clicks on the server instead of the client, without the need to use RemoteEvents?

#9

I tried to before, i used :FireAllClients, didnt work, then used :FireServer, but you can only fireserver from a client

#10

I mean instead of using a client script, can’t you directly detect a click on the server? I am pretty sure click detectors work on the server as well.

#11

I tried like this in the serverscriptservice script:

for _, button in pairs(ZombieFolder:GetChildren()) do
	if button.Name == "StartButton" or button.Name == "StopButton" then
		button.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
			if button.Name == "StartButton" then
				ZombieEvent:FireServer("Start")
			elseif button.Name == "StopButton" then
				ZombieEvent:FireServer("Stop")
			end
		end)
	end
end

and i got this:
“FireServer can only be called from the client”

#12

You don’t need to do FireServer, what you could do is either use a BindableEvent or directly put it in the same script as the other, and set spawning to true/false

#13

Ok, I dont remember what I had before because I did try this and it didnt work, so i dont remember why i changed it, but I did it and fixed a couple bugs and its working, thanks for your help!!!

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#14

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