Basic Touched event returning nothing

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#1

I am using a default Roblox gear Fire Extinguisher to be compatible with my FireSpread system. It should normally extinguish the fire but for some reason, the bubble.touched function isn’t firing whatsoever, and I’ve confirmed this by setting a print variable to tell me what it touches if it does touch anything and I get nothing.

local bubble = script.Parent

bubble.Touched:connect(function(part)
	print(part.Name)
	parts = part:GetChildren()
	for i = 1, #parts do
		if parts[i].className == "Fire" then
			parts[i].Enabled = false
		end
	end
	bubble:remove()
end)
#2

What object are you detecting a touch from?

#3

The bubble when spawned, and it spawns because the script activates under a new bubble as a clone.

#4

It should print the part.Name but if it doesnt you can try to use :Connect instead of :connect because :connect is deprecated. Otherwise if that does not work then your script placement is most likely off. Based off of your reply I think your script placement could be the issue.

#5

Is the bubble a part, mesh, or union, or something else?
I’m pretty sure you can’t detect anything other that the objects I just listed

#6

This is the script used to spawn the bubbles:

local Tool = script.Parent
local spraying = false
local torso = nil
local offset = 5
local debris = game:GetService(“Debris”)

local bubble = Instance.new("Part")
bubble.Shape = 0
bubble.formFactor = 0
bubble.Size = Vector3.new(1,1,1)
bubble.Transparency = 0.2
bubble.BottomSurface = "Smooth"
bubble.TopSurface = "Smooth"
bubble.CanCollide = true

function onEquipped(mouse)

	torso = Tool.Parent:FindFirstChild("Torso", false) or Tool.Parent:FindFirstChild("UpperTorso", false)
	mouse.Button1Down:connect(onButton1Down)
	mouse.Button1Up:connect(onButton1Up)

end

function onUnequipped()

	spraying = false
	Tool.Handle.Mesh.MeshId = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=27787143"
	Tool.Handle.FoamSound:Stop()


end

function onButton1Down(mouse)

	spraying = true
	Tool.Handle.Mesh.MeshId = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=27787226"
	Tool.Handle.FoamSound:Play()
	sprayBubbles()

end

function onButton1Up(mouse)

	spraying = false
	Tool.Handle.Mesh.MeshId = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=27787143"
	Tool.Handle.FoamSound:Stop()

end

function sprayBubbles()

	while spraying do
		
		local sprayDir = torso.CFrame.lookVector.unit

		local bubbleClone = bubble:clone()
		local torsoNormal = torso.CFrame.lookVector
		local denom = math.abs(torsoNormal.x) + math.abs(torsoNormal.z)
		local posX = 5 * (torsoNormal.x/denom)
		local posZ = 5 * (torsoNormal.z/denom)
		bubbleClone.Position = Vector3.new(Tool.Handle.Position.x + posX,Tool.Handle.Position.y,Tool.Handle.Position.z + posZ)
		bubbleClone.Velocity = Vector3.new(sprayDir.x,sprayDir.y + 0.5, sprayDir.z) * 50
		bubbleClone.Size = Vector3.new(math.random(1,2),math.random(1,2),math.random(1,2))
		bubbleClone.Parent = game.Workspace

		local script = Tool.ExtinguishScript:clone()
		script.Parent = bubbleClone
		script.Disabled = false

		debris:AddItem(bubbleClone, 2)
		
		wait(0.05)
	end

end

Tool.Equipped:connect(onEquipped)
Tool.Unequipped:connect(onUnequipped)

However, it’s a LocalScript, so I’m assuming that’s the cause as a Server-Script won’t work on a client-side basis. Let me try changing it to a server-script.

#7

Remove() is depreciated and instead should be used with Destroy()

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