Why isn't the code running. It isn't doing anything inside my loop. | Roblox Studio - roblox

Question

None of it's working. Can you please help. This is in Roblox Studio.
local Time = math.floor (game.Lighting:GetMinutesAfterMidnight(480/60))
local intakeAlert = game.StarterGui.Main.IntakeAlert
local prisonerCount = game.ReplicatedStorage.NumPrisoners
local intake = game.ReplicatedStorage.PrisonerIntake -- This is the prisoner intake status
while wait() do
if Time == 8 then -- Checks if it is 8 hours after midnight.
print("Prison Bus Arriving.")
intakeAlert.Visible = true
wait(2)
intakeAlert.Visible = false
end
end

Answer 1

After reading your code, the reason I can say that the reason it is not running is because of this line of code:
if Time == 8 then -- Checks if it is 8 hours after midnight.
The main reason is probably your time variable.
local Time = math.floor (game.Lighting:GetMinutesAfterMidnight(480/60))
First things first, GetMinutesAfterMidnight() doesn't take any parameters. I'm not sure why there is one
Second, you setup your variable at runtime, meaning its value is static. If the ingame time at runtime was 2, then the time variable would remain 2 until the script is stopped.
Here is my fix to this:
local intakeAlert = game.StarterGui.Main.IntakeAlert
local prisonerCount = game.ReplicatedStorage.NumPrisoners
local intake = game.ReplicatedStorage.PrisonerIntake -- This is the prisoner intake status
local debounce -- Make sure this event doesn't fire several times
while true do
local currentTime = math.floor(game.Lighting.ClockTime) -- You can change this to GetMinutesBeforeMidnight if you want. Might have to do some math.
if currentTime == 8 then -- Checks if it is 8 hours after midnight.
if debounce then return end -- Return if the event has already been fired.
debounce = true
print("Prison Bus Arriving.")
intakeAlert.Visible = true
wait(2)
intakeAlert.Visible = false
else
debounce = false -- If its 9 after midnight, debounce will be set to false for the next day.
end
wait() -- You should avoid using this, I suggest changing it to something like RunService.Heartbeat:Wait() but that's your choice.
end