Any way to make sword/weapon deal damage to more targets?

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#1

Hello, everyone! I recently made a damage script for a weapon, and it seems to only work for a single target. Is there any way to make the weapon deal damage to every single target touched?
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LocalScript (inside the tool):

-- WEAPON COMBAT SCRIPT
-- BY Nochit(qMrSpooky)

-- Category: 2Hands; Hammer

--/ VARIABLES --
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Tool = script.Parent 
local db = false
local canDmg = false
local blade = Tool:WaitForChild("Damage")
local DamageEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("DamageEvent")

repeat wait(1) until player.Character

local character = player.Character
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
-- VARIBALES /--


--/ SETTINGS --
local dmgvalue = x -- Damage the weapon deals to Humanoids.
local delayTime = x -- Time the weapon waits before being able to attack again.
local shakeTime = x -- Time the screen shakes when weapon hits.
-- SETTINGS /--


--/ CONFIG --
local function shakeCamera(length)
(camera shake code)
end

local function onTouch(partOther)

	local humanOther = partOther.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

	if not humanOther then return end

	if humanOther.Parent == Tool then return end

	DamageEvent:FireServer(humanOther, dmgvalue)
end

local function Hurt()
	if canDmg == true then
		blade.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
			if (not canDmg) then return end
			canDmg = false
			onTouch(hit)
		end)
	end
end
-- CONFIG /--


--/ ANIMATIONS --
(animation category, not needed here)
-- ANIMATIONS /--


--/ WEAPON CODE --
Tool.Equipped:Connect(function(Mouse)
	Mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
		if db == false then
			db = true
			canDmg = false
			animtrack2:Play()
			animtrack2.Stopped:wait()
			animtrack:Play()
			wait(0.7)
			canDmg = true
			Hurt()
			shakeCamera(shakeTime) -- Optional. Only for "Heavy" Weapons
			animtrack.Stopped:wait()
			wait(delayTime)
			db = false
		end
	end)
end)

Tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	animtrack:Stop()
	animtrack2:Stop()
end)
-- WEAPON CODE /--
#2

The way I tend to handle this is not to use touched at all. Instead, I use maths to calculate all the distance to all players from the centre point where you want the damage, and then only damage those that are within the range you specify. While this sounds complicated, it’s just a case of doing a quick players:getchildren() for loop and checking the magnitude of the vector between the centre point and their humanoidrootpart.

#3

To attack multiple enemies, create a table of what you can’t damage. Like so:

local Damaged = {}

local function Hurt()
	if canDmg == true then
		blade.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
			if Damaged[hit.Parent.Name] or not canDmg then return end
			Damaged[hit.Parent.Name] = true
			onTouch(hit)
		end)
		--then you need to wait some time to make it not damageable.
		task.wait(.25)
		canDmg = false
		Damaged = {}
	end
end
#4

Also, you should handle the calculation and damage in the server not the client.

#5

how would I go about doing that?
EDIT: Like this?
Server Script in ServerScriptService:

--/ SETTINGS --
local dmgvalue = 20 -- Damage the weapon deals to Humanoids.
local delayTime = 5 -- Time the weapon waits before being able to attack again.
local shakeTime = 0.6 -- Time the screen shakes when weapon hits.
-- SETTINGS /--

localScript in tool:

local SScript = game.ServerScriptService.Damage --(the server script)

local function onTouch(partOther)

	local humanOther = partOther.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

	if not humanOther then return end

	if humanOther.Parent == Tool then return end

	DamageEvent:FireServer(humanOther, SScript.dmgvalue)
end
#6 
local function Hurt()
	if canDmg == true then
		blade.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
			if Damaged[hit.Parent.Name] or not canDmg then return end
			Damaged[hit.Parent.Name] = true
			onTouch(hit)
		end)
		task.wait(.25)
		canDmg = false
		Damaged = {}
	end
end

Doesn’t even seem to register my clicks anymore. is there anything I should write in the Damaged table?

#7

You can use Region3s to create a hitbox around your tool’s hitpart and then do a loop that runs for the time of the animation that flags and damages parts that have been hit (while including a cache/storage system to prevent accidental 1shotting)

#8

I saw something about Region3, but I do not know how to make it, I’m not a very experienced scripter and I can’t wrap my head around region3 since I didn’t understand the code

#9

Rotated Region 3 Module - Resources / Community Resources - DevForum | Roblox

^^ Right there is a module with documentation on how to use region 3s, you can also use Spatial Query (look that up, Roblox Feature) if you’d like.

#10

Not sure if that works, but sort of. I tend to use require() to pull the information from a module config file.