I’ve been trying to figure out how to detect if the part that I have a touch ended function for has been destroyed. Is anybody able to tell me what I’m doing wrong?
My script detects if the monster is touched by a part, and then if it does; it freezes the monster as a statue. If the vision part is no longer touching the monster; the monster unfreezes and runs super fast. (Sort of like the S.C.P. peanut)
The issue lies when the player vision part touches the monster last second, triggering the monster to freeze, yet is too late and is destroyed by the monster. This causes the monster to be stuck in it’s first stage, being a statue. How am I able to detect when this happens (the vision part being destroyed) and cause the monster to run super fast again?
I’ve tried making an if statement for if the hit value is false, but it doesn’t seem to be working.
Thanks everybody for your support
Here is my code so far: `
local monster = script.Parent.Parent
local debounce = false
local IsTouching = false
local Part = script.Parent
while true do
task.wait(0.05)
Part.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
if hit.Name == "PlayerVision" and debounce == false then
debounce = true
hitpart = hit
IsTouching = true
print(IsTouching)
print("Detected")
-- stuff
monster.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
print("Changed")
task.wait(0.1)
debounce = false
end
end)
Part.TouchEnded:Connect(function(hit)
if hit.Name == "PlayerVision" and debounce == false and hit ~= nil then
--[[ or hit.Name == "PlayerVision" and not hit:IsDescendantOf(workspace) then -- Check if the part was destroyed -- this doesn't seem to work.]]
debounce = true
IsTouching = false
print(IsTouching false)
-- stuff
print("monster.Name ...visible")
script.Parent.Parent.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 60
script.Parent.CanTouch = true
task.wait(1)
debounce = false
end
end)
if hitpart == nil and debounce == false then
debounce = true
IsTouching = false
print(IsTouching false)
-- stuff
print("monster.Name ...visible")
script.Parent.Parent.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 60
script.Parent.CanTouch = true
task.wait(1)
debounce = false
end
end
Could you do something with part.Destroying() event ?
The object browser states: Fires immediately before the instance is destroyed via Instance:Destroy(). Which seems to be exactly what you’re looking for if you want to do something when the vision part is destroyed.
RBXConnectionEvents, should not be in loops like what you’ve done, they will always run no matter what so there is no use to loop it. If you want to disconnect and connect and certain times, I recommend taking a look at this Forum and Roblox’s Guide
Touched Event, Touch Events are not very accurate, for example, If you were to put something completely still, it wont detect the touched event. So rather use game.Workspace:GetPartsInPart(HIT_BOX)
Your code is un-readable. I cannot understand anything when I read this. Add comments, un-nest your code and Refactor your code; without doing this your code will make you think everything is fine because its bunched up like cables, and unlabeled (bars)
Trying to fix it
Using these issues and some improvements this is what I’ve got.
--[[
goal : My script detects if the monster is touched by a part,
and then if it does; it freezes the monster as a statue.
If the vision part is no longer touching the monster;
the monster unfreezes and runs super fast.
issue : The issue lies when the player vision part touches the monster last second,
triggering the monster to freeze, yet is too late and is destroyed by the monster.
This causes the monster to be stuck in it’s first stage, being a statue.
How am I able to detect when this happens (the vision part being destroyed) and cause the monster to run super fast again?
--]]
--// Objects
local HitBox = script.Parent
local Monster = HitBox.Parent
local MonsterHumanoid : Humanoid = Monster.Humanoid
--// Values
local BeingDelayed = false
local TouchingParts = {}
local Filter = OverlapParams.new()
Filter.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
--Filter:AddToFilter(HitBox)
--// Functions
local function SetMonsterWalkSpeed(speed:number)
MonsterHumanoid.WalkSpeed = speed
end
local function GetTouchingParts(Part:BasePart, Params:OverlapParams) : {string}
local Touching = game.Workspace:GetPartsInPart(Part, Params)
local Custom = {}
for _, Object:BasePart in Touching do
if Object:IsA('BasePart') then
table.insert(Custom, Object.Name)
end
end
return Custom
end
local function MonsterFreezed(isFreezed:boolean)
if BeingDelayed then
return
end
if isFreezed then
BeingDelayed = true
SetMonsterWalkSpeed(0)
task.wait(1)
BeingDelayed = false
else
BeingDelayed = true
SetMonsterWalkSpeed(60)
task.wait(1)
BeingDelayed = false
end
end
local function ControlMonster()
local FoundPlayerVisionPart = table.find(TouchingParts, 'PlayerVision') and true or false
MonsterFreezed(FoundPlayerVisionPart)
end
--// Connections
-- Main Loop
while task.wait(0.1) do
TouchingParts = GetTouchingParts(HitBox, Filter)
ControlMonster()
end
This works amazingly, thank you! You have certainly gone above and beyond in helping me! All the code I’ve already written for the monster fit into the script you gave me perfectly, and the bug I was experiencing is completely gone.
If you’re curious, I’ve provided an example of what it looks like all together.
