Enable and disable local script

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#1

Hola, I’m currently making a plugin that detectes where the mouse is, and when it clicks, which part is has clicked.
The script works fine, it highlight the parts i want but it never stop.
I would like to be able to enable it when i start the plugin, and disable it when i stop the plugin.

The script is the following;

plugin:Activate(false) -- gain non exclusive access to the mouse
local mouse = plugin:GetMouse()

--Variabili
local Before = Instance.new("Highlight")
local Modulo = require(script.Parent.Posizioni)

local function button1Down()
	if mouse.Target.Name == "Casella" or mouse.Target.Name == "Spawner" then

		if mouse.Target ~= Before then
			Before:Destroy()
			Before = Instance.new("Highlight")
			Before.Parent = mouse.Target
			Before.FillTransparency = 1
			Modulo.Arrivo(Before)
		end
	end
end

mouse.Button1Down:Connect(button1Down)

Tried searching around but found nothing.
Thank you a lot!

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#2

Hello. Add a logical parameter to the function (it will be global for the script) and add the condition for executing the algorithm in this function if the parameter is true. Next, create a second function that will be triggered by pressing the UI button or in some other way. In it, you will specify the inversion of this logical parameter.

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#3

could you show me how? idk where to start…

#4

plugin:Activate(false) – gain non exclusive access to the mouse
local mouse = plugin:GetMouse()

–Variabili
local Before = Instance.new(“Highlight”)
local Modulo = require(script.Parent.Posizioni)

local MouseKey = script.Parent. MouseKey.Value

local function button1Down(MouseKey)

if (mouse.Target.Name == "Casella" or mouse.Target.Name == "Spawner") and MouseKey == true then

	if mouse.Target ~= Before then
		Before:Destroy()
		Before = Instance.new("Highlight")
		Before.Parent = mouse.Target
		Before.FillTransparency = 1
		Modulo.Arrivo(Before)
	end
end

end

mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function ()
button1Down(MouseKey)
end
)

The second local script. Change the value using the F key. Create a boolean variable named MouseKey next to the local script.

local ContextActionService = game:GetService(“ContextActionService”)
local MouseKey = script.Parent. MouseKey.Value

local function handleAction(actionName, inputState, inputObject)
if inputState == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then
if actionName == “Key” then
MouseKey = !MouseKey
end
end
end
ContextActionService:BindAction(“Key”, handleAction, true, Enum.KeyCode.F)

#5

As a side note to remove the use of bool values, when you activate the plugin call an initialize function, then a de-initialize function when you stop the plugin through a module script. You can do it by putting the event in a table as shown below.

local ConnectionTable = {}

return {
	Initialize = function(mouse, button1Down)
		ConnectionTable[mouse] = mouse.Button1Down:Connect(button1Down)
	end,

	Deinitialize = function(mouse)
		if ConnectionTable[mouse] then
			ConnectionTable[mouse]:Disconnect()
		end
	end,

	-- OR if you dont send the variable

	DeinitializeAll = function()
		for Index, Connection in pairs(ConnectionTable) do
			if ConnectionTable[Connection] then
				ConnectionTable[Connection]:Disconnect()
			end
		end
	end

}