Better encounter system

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#1

I’m trying to achieve a better encounter system
in the next video the 1 printed when the touched event happend


in this video you can see that when forward and backwards, it doesn’t reacts the touched event, but when i jump it does.
that’s the script I’m using:

	local function OnEncounter(hit)
		if Players:FindFirstChild(hit.Parent.Name) then
			print(1) -- the 1 in the console
			local Player = Players:FindFirstChild(hit.Parent.Name)
			if not Player:FindFirstChild("Debounce") then
				local Debounce = Instance.new("BoolValue")
				local point = math.random(1, encounterRate)
				Debounce.Name = "Debounce"
				Debounce.Parent = Player
				if point == 1 then
                -- enter battle
				end
				wait(2)
				Debounce:Destroy()
			end
		end
	end
	
	field.Touched:Connect(OnEncounter)

but it just works really weird, anyone knows how can I improve it?

#2

Instead of having it on the ground you can make an invisible part that the player goes through which can make the touched event react better.

#3

I suggest you use this instead

#4

that still does the same thing.

#5

Why not change up your detection system, you can try using regions or raycasting.

#6

So if I’ll use regions, there are more than 1 fields, so i’ll have to go over all the fields and do something like this:

for _, field in pairs(fields) do
    spawn(function()
        -- make region with field part and then
        while wait() do
             parts = workspace:FindPartsInRegion3(region)
             for i, part in pairs(parts) do
                 onEncounter(part)
             end
        end
     )
end

like that?
with raycasting, i have no idea what to do with it lol.
and also wouldn’t regions be inefficient?

#7

wait what, somehow by making the part smaller, it works better now, and it’s the the same script.

#8

okay so one question, the touched event is happening a lot, will that somehow affect my game performance?