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What do you want to achieve? Make my ServerScript track boolean values changes and act accordingly
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What is the issue? The BoolValue is being ignored by the script
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What solutions have you tried so far? I’ve searched for some solutions such as trying to use
GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value")but that didn’t work either
Hi! I am currently working on a customization UI for my game. It is going well except for the part of removing the player’s tools (Which are weapons with scripted camera stuff) to prevent camera glitches, thus, I’ve tried implementing a solution by temporary cleaning the player’s backpack upon entering the customization UI, to later retrieve all the tools back when the player leaves the customization UI. In order to track whenever the player enters/leaves the customization UI, I am using a BoolValue inside ReplicatedStorage (Which I believe is fine located but correct me if not) controlled by a well working LocalScript that takes care of the whole UI. The real issue comes when trying to remove the player’s weapons as the BoolValue doesn’t seem to get tracked correctly by the script, even while using print() to track where the issue is I only get the message of the BoolValue being found and that’s about it. Ahead I will share a shorter version of the ServerScript, responsible for providing players with their weapons upon respawn based on their team and purchased gamepasses, as expected we want the player to receive back these weapons once leaving the customization UI which is why I decided to modify this script to implement this needed feature for the customization UI to work properly.
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Teams = game:GetService("Teams")
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local StarterPack = game:GetService("StarterPack")
local MarketplaceService = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local teamWeapons = ServerStorage:WaitForChild("TeamWeapons")
local customizationValue = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("InCustomization")
local Team1Weapons = {
"Example1",
"Example2",
"Example3"
}
local Team2Weapons = {
"Weapon1",
"Weapon2",
"Weapon3"
}
local gamepassWeapons = {
{Id = 12345678, Name = "NicerWeapon"},
{Id = 87654321, Name = "GreaterWeapon"},
}
-- Function to clear the player's loadout
local function clearLoadout(player)
local backpack = player:FindFirstChild("Backpack")
local character = player.Character
if character then
local humanoid = character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
if humanoid then
humanoid:UnequipTools()
end
end
if backpack then
for _, tool in ipairs(backpack:GetChildren()) do
if table.find(Team1Weapons, tool.Name) or table.find(Team2Weapons, tool.Name) then
tool:Destroy()
end
end
end
for _, tool in ipairs(StarterPack:GetChildren()) do
if tool:IsA("Tool") and (table.find(Team1Weapons, tool.Name) or table.find(Team2Weapons, tool.Name)) then
tool:Destroy()
end
end
end
-- Function to give the player's team loadout
local function giveLoadout(player, teamName)
local weaponsFolder = teamWeapons:FindFirstChild(teamName)
if weaponsFolder then
local weaponNames = teamName == "Team1" and Team1Weapons or Team2Weapons
for _, weaponName in ipairs(weaponNames) do
local weapon = weaponsFolder:FindFirstChild(weaponName)
if weapon then
local starterWeapon = weapon:Clone()
starterWeapon.Parent = StarterPack
local clonedWeapon = weapon:Clone()
clonedWeapon.Parent = player.Backpack
end
end
end
end
-- Function to give gamepass weapons
local function giveGamepassWeapons(player)
local backpack = player:FindFirstChild("Backpack")
if backpack then
for _, gamepassWeapon in ipairs(gamepassWeapons) do
if MarketplaceService:UserOwnsGamePassAsync(player.UserId, gamepassWeapon.Id) then
if not backpack:FindFirstChild(gamepassWeapon.Name) then
local weapon = ServerStorage:FindFirstChild(gamepassWeapon.Name)
if weapon then
local clonedWeapon = weapon:Clone()
clonedWeapon.Parent = backpack
end
end
end
end
end
end
-- Function to handle entering and exiting customization UI
local function handleCustomizationState(player)
local customizationValue = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("InCustomization")
print("InCustomization BoolValue found in ReplicatedStorage.")
-- Use 'Changed' to detect when InCustomization changes
customizationValue.Changed:Connect(function(newState)
if newState == true then
print("Customization mode started, removing weapons...")
clearLoadout(player)
elseif newState == false then
print("Exiting customization mode, restoring weapons...")
local team = player.Team
if team then
giveLoadout(player, team.Name)
giveGamepassWeapons(player)
end
end
end)
end
-- Function to handle player loadout upon joining and respawn
local function onPlayerAdded(player)
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
local team = player.Team
if team then
clearLoadout(player)
giveLoadout(player, team.Name)
giveGamepassWeapons(player)
end
end)
-- Start handling customization state for the player
handleCustomizationState(player)
end
-- Connect team change event to update loadout accordingly
local function onTeamChanged(player)
player:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Team"):Connect(function()
local team = player.Team
if team then
clearLoadout(player)
giveLoadout(player, team.Name)
giveGamepassWeapons(player)
end
end)
end
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
onPlayerAdded(player)
onTeamChanged(player)
end)
for _, player in ipairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
onPlayerAdded(player)
onTeamChanged(player)
end
I know the Script is still very long, I tried my best making it shorter but still complete enough to avoid missing anything. As you can see in handleCustomizationState function, when using ‘Changed’ to track changes on the BoolValue, it’s not triggering despite having actual changes in the true and false values each time the player enters and leaves the customization UI. Maybe I’ve used GetPropertyChangedSignal( "Value" ) wrong all along but after several tests it just has the same useless impact. Any kind of help is heavily appreciated as I am stuck right now in this situation. Don’t hesitate on asking for any other possible required detail in order to find a solution. 
