How to turn a .Touched into an if statement?

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#1

Hello! Today I was wondering how to turn a .Touched into an if statement. For example, when a function fires that a .Touched is in, the .Touched gets “activated”, so even when the the isn’t fired, the .Touched still fires.

Heres a script example:


local function mine(hit)
	if debounce == false then
		print(hit)
		debounce = true
		task.wait(1)
		debounce = false
	end
end

local function mineAnimation(input,_gameProcessed)
	if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1 then
		if track.IsPlaying == false then
			if character:FindFirstChild(pickaxeTool.Name) then
				track.Priority = Enum.AnimationPriority.Action
				track.Looped = false
				track:Play()
				damagePart.Touched:Connect(mine) --I have to turn this into an if statement
			end
		end
	end
end

userInputService.InputBegan:Connect(mineAnimation)

Thanks for the help!

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#2

Any event can have Wait() called on it instead of Connect(). Is that what you mean? For example this is how you make code wait for a sound or tween to finish.

#3

No I mean like when the mineAnimation function fires, the .Touched gets “activated” so even when the mineAnimation isn’t fired, the .Touched still fires.

#4

It already does do that, once you connect an event it stays connected unless the subject is removed or Disconnect is called on the object returned from Connect.

#5

Yeah but after you disconnect you need to be able to fire that function again like an if statement

#6

Use workspace:ArePartsTouchingOthers( partList: Objects, overlapIgnored: number)