Alternatives for Tool.Activated

[KorpCan (k0rp)]

Are there any alternatives I could use for the Tool.Activated function? If there are please reply to this post with them.

[JAcoboiskaka1121 (Skellyton)]

I think the best method is Tool.Activated, but heres an alternative.

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

script.Parent.Equipped:Connect(function()
	print("Equipped")
	UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, proc)
		if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1 then
			print("Activated")
		end
	end)
end)

[GE_0E]

another alternative that i prefer is to use contex action service and bind the action when the tool is equipped and unbind it when the tool is unequipped

[vaviizz (avi)]

as simple as this

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local localPlayer = players.LocalPlayer
local tool = script.Parent

tool.Equipped:Connect(function(mouse)
	mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
		print("pressed")
	end)
end)

[sonic_848 (killer)]

Why would you put a connection inside another connection? The signal will just continue to fire endlessly even when the tool is de-equipped and it just creates a lot of connections for every equip anyway. A better way is to set the signal outside and check if the tool is equipped or not by using a boolean

[sonic_848 (killer)]

Use user input service and check for taps and clicks. Also, check if the tool is equipped

[extraclear (Joi)]

You can check if the player has performed a touch action by checking inputObject.UserInputType.

We use it in our clan tech for iPad and Android Tablet support.

(Input Map for completion sake)

[vaviizz (avi)]

thank you for the correction @sonic_848

here’s the updated code

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local localPlayer = players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = localPlayer:GetMouse()
local tool = script.Parent

local equipped = false

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
	task.wait()
	equipped = true
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	equipped = false
end)

if not UIS.TouchEnabled then
	mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
		if equipped then
			print("pressed")
		end
	end)
else
	UIS.TouchTap:Connect(function()
		if equipped then
			print("tapped")
		end
	end)
end

but it really shouldnt be this hard, why dont you just use .Activated?

[KorpCan (k0rp)]

Whenever I try to use .Activated, it doesn’t work and the code is correct. You can check my latest post and see