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What do you want to achieve? In this rng adventure type of game, i am working on making the players inventory, i use claude ai to help me code fast and also learn things because i am a beginner, and i also code with typescript. anyways, i want to make it so you can scroll through swords in your inventory using the arrow buttons, so i tried asking claude to build some code to put click detectors inside the left arrow and right arrow when you step on the pressure plate, and delete them when you step off.
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What is the issue? the click detectors aren’t appearing at all! i checked what he made, and it seems correct.
Roblox Studio - /Users/air/Documents/Dev/Roblox-TS-Template/Roblox-TS-Template.rbxl - Roblox Studio - 3 September 2024 | Loom -
What solutions have you tried so far? i couldn’t find anything on the developer hub, i tried checking it myself, i tried talking to claude more on fixing it, and seeing youtube videos, none of them worked.
im not sure which parts specifically to show, so i will show you the whole file i use for the pressure plate code.
import { Workspace, Players } from "@rbxts/services";
import { getPlayerInventory, SwordItem } from "./SwordsInventory";
const objectsFolder = Workspace.FindFirstChild("Objects") as Folder;
if (!objectsFolder) {
throw `Objects folder does not exist in the Workspace!`;
}
const squarePlate = objectsFolder.FindFirstChild("Plate1") as Part;
if (!squarePlate) {
throw `Plate1 does not exist in the Objects folder!`;
}
const swordsModel = objectsFolder.FindFirstChild("SwordsP") as Model;
const unclaimedModel = objectsFolder.FindFirstChild("Unclaimed") as Model;
const swordMesh = objectsFolder.FindFirstChild("SwordMesh") as Part;
if (!swordsModel || !unclaimedModel || !swordMesh) {
throw `SwordsP, Unclaimed model, or SwordMesh not found in the Objects folder!`;
}
const signPart = unclaimedModel.FindFirstChild("Sign") as Part;
const surfaceGui = signPart?.FindFirstChild("SurfaceGui") as SurfaceGui;
const signLabel = surfaceGui?.FindFirstChild("SIGN") as TextLabel;
const playersOnPlate = new Set<Player>();
const playerInventoryOffsets = new Map<Player, number>();
function setModelTransparency(model: Model, transparency: number, decalTransparency: number) {
model.GetDescendants().forEach((descendant) => {
if (descendant.IsA("BasePart")) {
if (descendant.Name !== "right arrow" && descendant.Name !== "left arrow") {
descendant.Transparency = transparency;
}
const decal = descendant.FindFirstChild("Decal") as Decal;
if (decal) {
decal.Transparency = decalTransparency;
}
}
});
}
function createCapsuleCollider(character: Model) {
const hrp = character.WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart") as Part;
const capsule = new Instance("Part");
capsule.Name = "CapsuleCollider";
capsule.Shape = Enum.PartType.Cylinder;
capsule.Size = new Vector3(6, 15, 7);
capsule.Anchored = false;
capsule.CanCollide = true;
capsule.CFrame = hrp.CFrame;
capsule.Transparency = 1;
capsule.CanCollide = false;
capsule.Parent = character;
const weld = new Instance("WeldConstraint");
weld.Part0 = hrp;
weld.Part1 = capsule;
weld.Parent = hrp;
}
Players.PlayerAdded.Connect((player) => {
player.CharacterAdded.Connect((character) => {
createCapsuleCollider(character);
});
});
function createColoredSwordMesh(sword: SwordItem): Part {
print(`Creating colored sword mesh for ${sword.name}`);
const newSwordPart = swordMesh.Clone();
newSwordPart.Name = sword.name;
const mesh = newSwordPart.FindFirstChild("Mesh") as SpecialMesh;
if (!mesh) {
print(`Mesh not found in SwordMesh part for ${sword.name}!`);
return newSwordPart;
}
let color: Vector3;
switch (sword.id) {
case "wooden_sword":
color = new Vector3(0.627, 0.322, 0.176);
break;
case "iron_sword":
color = new Vector3(0.8, 0.8, 0.8);
break;
case "steel_sword":
color = new Vector3(0.6, 0.6, 0.6);
break;
case "golden_sword":
color = new Vector3(1, 0.843, 0);
break;
case "plasma_sword":
color = new Vector3(2, 1, 2);
break;
case "diamond_sword":
color = new Vector3(0.114, 0.675, 0.839);
break;
case "obsidian_sword":
color = new Vector3(0.18, 0.18, 0.31);
break;
default:
color = new Vector3(1, 1, 1);
}
mesh.VertexColor = color;
print(`Set VertexColor for ${sword.name} to ${color}`);
return newSwordPart;
}
function displayPlayerSwords(player: Player, offset: number = 0) {
print(`Displaying swords for ${player.Name} with offset ${offset}`);
const inventory = getPlayerInventory(player);
print(`Raw inventory data:`, inventory);
print(`Inventory size: ${inventory.size()}`);
print(`Player inventory: ${inventory.map(sword => `${sword.name} (${sword.id})`).join(", ")}`);
const tiles = swordsModel.GetChildren().filter((child): child is Part => child.IsA("Part"));
tiles.forEach(tile => {
if (tile.Name !== "right arrow" && tile.Name !== "left arrow") {
tile.GetChildren().forEach(child => {
if (child.Name !== "Decal" && child.Name !== "ClickDetector") {
child.Destroy();
}
});
}
});
for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
const inventoryIndex = i + offset;
if (inventoryIndex < inventory.size()) {
const sword = inventory[inventoryIndex];
const tile = tiles[i];
if (tile && tile.Name !== "right arrow" && tile.Name !== "left arrow") {
print(`Processing sword ${inventoryIndex + 1}:`, sword);
const swordPart = createColoredSwordMesh(sword);
swordPart.Parent = tile;
swordPart.CFrame = tile.CFrame.mul(new CFrame(0, 1, 0).mul(CFrame.Angles(0, math.pi/2, 0)));
print(`Placed ${sword.name} (${sword.id}) on tile ${i + 1}`);
}
}
}
}
function handleArrowClick(direction: "left" | "right") {
print(`Arrow clicked: ${direction}`);
if (playersOnPlate.size() > 0) {
let player: Player | undefined;
for (const p of playersOnPlate) {
player = p;
break;
}
if (player) {
const inventory = getPlayerInventory(player);
let offset = playerInventoryOffsets.get(player) ?? 0;
print(`Current offset: ${offset}, Inventory size: ${inventory.size()}`);
if (direction === "right" && offset + 3 < inventory.size()) {
offset++;
playerInventoryOffsets.set(player, offset);
displayPlayerSwords(player, offset);
print(`Moved right, new offset: ${offset}`);
} else if (direction === "left" && offset > 0) {
offset--;
playerInventoryOffsets.set(player, offset);
displayPlayerSwords(player, offset);
print(`Moved left, new offset: ${offset}`);
} else {
print(`Cannot move ${direction}`);
}
} else {
print("No player found on plate");
}
} else {
print("No players on plate");
}
}
function setClickDetectorsEnabled(enabled: boolean) {
const rightArrow = swordsModel.FindFirstChild("right arrow") as Part;
const leftArrow = swordsModel.FindFirstChild("left arrow") as Part;
if (rightArrow && leftArrow) {
[rightArrow, leftArrow].forEach(arrow => {
const clickDetector = arrow.FindFirstChild("ClickDetector") as ClickDetector;
if (clickDetector) {
// Use MaxActivationDistance instead of Enabled
clickDetector.MaxActivationDistance = enabled ? 80 : 0;
}
});
}
}
squarePlate.Touched.Connect((otherPart) => {
if (otherPart.Name === "CapsuleCollider") {
const character = otherPart.Parent;
if (character && character.FindFirstChild("Humanoid")) {
const player = Players.GetPlayerFromCharacter(character);
if (player && !playersOnPlate.has(player)) {
playersOnPlate.add(player);
playerInventoryOffsets.set(player, 0);
print(`${player.Name} has entered the square plate`);
squarePlate.Color = new Color3(0.941, 0.973, 1);
setModelTransparency(swordsModel, 0, 0);
setModelTransparency(unclaimedModel, 1, 1);
signLabel.Text = "";
displayPlayerSwords(player, 0);
setClickDetectorsEnabled(true);
}
}
}
});
squarePlate.TouchEnded.Connect((otherPart) => {
if (otherPart.Name === "CapsuleCollider") {
const character = otherPart.Parent;
if (character && character.FindFirstChild("Humanoid")) {
const player = Players.GetPlayerFromCharacter(character);
if (player && playersOnPlate.has(player)) {
playersOnPlate.delete(player);
playerInventoryOffsets.delete(player);
print(`${player.Name} has left the square plate`);
squarePlate.Color = new Color3(0.333, 0.333, 0.333);
if (playersOnPlate.size() === 0) {
setModelTransparency(swordsModel, 1, 1);
setModelTransparency(unclaimedModel, 0, 0);
signLabel.Text = "unclaimed";
swordsModel.GetChildren().forEach(child => {
if (child.IsA("Part") && child.Name !== "right arrow" && child.Name !== "left arrow") {
child.GetChildren().forEach(grandchild => {
if (grandchild.Name !== "Decal" && grandchild.Name !== "ClickDetector") {
grandchild.Destroy();
}
});
}
});
print("Cleared all swords from display");
setClickDetectorsEnabled(false);
}
}
}
}
});
// Disable ClickDetectors at the start
setClickDetectorsEnabled(false);
// Set up ClickDetector events
const rightArrow = swordsModel.FindFirstChild("right arrow") as Part;
const leftArrow = swordsModel.FindFirstChild("left arrow") as Part;
if (rightArrow && leftArrow) {
[rightArrow, leftArrow].forEach(arrow => {
const clickDetector = arrow.FindFirstChild("ClickDetector") as ClickDetector;
if (clickDetector) {
clickDetector.MouseClick.Connect(() => {
handleArrowClick(arrow === rightArrow ? "right" : "left");
});
clickDetector.MouseHoverEnter.Connect(() => {
arrow.Transparency = 0.5;
});
clickDetector.MouseHoverLeave.Connect(() => {
arrow.Transparency = 0;
});
}
});
}
it seems as if every small part in my game is sooo complicated… 
