Clone fire's multiple times, and I get this error

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#1

I made a script that spawns a meteor with a function that’s hooked to it so that I can activate it whenever I want to. The only issue is, for some reason the Clone() function fires multiple times and I also get this weird error that I’ve never seen…

  21:33:07.909  startScript re-entrancy has exceeded 3  -  Server - Script:8
  21:33:07.909  Stack Begin  -  Studio
  21:33:07.909  Script 'Workspace.Meteor.Script', Line 8 - function summonMeteor  -  Studio - Script:8
  21:33:07.909  Script 'Workspace.Meteor.Script', Line 23  -  Studio - Script:23
  21:33:07.909  Stack End  -  Studio

local Meteor = script.Parent
local InsideImpact = Meteor:WaitForChild("InsideImpact")
local OutsideImpact = InsideImpact:WaitForChild("OutsideImpact")
local region3Visual = Meteor:WaitForChild("region3Visual")

function summonMeteor()
	local newMeteor = Meteor:Clone()
	newMeteor.Parent = workspace
	
	newMeteor.CFrame = CFrame.new(InsideImpact.CFrame.X, 0, InsideImpact.CFrame.Z) * CFrame.new(math.random(-360, 360), 250, math.random(-360, 360))

	local tween = game:GetService("TweenService"):Create(newMeteor, TweenInfo.new(6, Enum.EasingStyle.Quint, Enum.EasingDirection.In, 0, false, 0), {
		CFrame = InsideImpact.CFrame
	})

	tween:Play()
	
	tween.Completed:Wait()
	
	task.delay(5, game.Destroy, newMeteor)
end

summonMeteor()
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#2

Have you tried using a print statement after cloning the meteor to make sure the function isn’t being called more than once? (Somehow)

Also I’m not too familiar with task.delay yet, but perhaps that’s causing the duplication?

#3 
  21:44:27.421  Bombalooza auto-recovery file was created  -  Studio
  21:44:29.500  a  -  Server - Script:4
  21:44:29.501  a  -  Server - Script:4
  21:44:29.501  a  -  Server - Script:4
  21:44:29.502  a  -  Server - Script:4
  21:44:29.502  startScript re-entrancy has exceeded 3  -  Server - Script:6
  21:44:29.502  Stack Begin  -  Studio
  21:44:29.502  Script 'Workspace.Meteor.Script', Line 6 - function summonMeteor  -  Studio - Script:6
  21:44:29.502  Script 'Workspace.Meteor.Script', Line 34  -  Studio - Script:34
  21:44:29.502  Stack End  -  Studio
  21:44:29.503  b  -  Server - Script:7
  21:44:29.503  c  -  Server - Script:13
  21:44:29.503  d  -  Server - Script:21
  21:44:29.503  b  -  Server - Script:7
  21:44:29.503  c  -  Server - Script:13
  21:44:29.503  d  -  Server - Script:21
  21:44:29.504  b  -  Server - Script:7
  21:44:29.504  c  -  Server - Script:13
  21:44:29.504  d  -  Server - Script:21
  21:44:29.960  Failed to load sound rbxassetid://13804622587: Unable to download sound data  -  Studio
  21:44:30.719  NAAP disabled at runtime.  -  Server
  21:44:35.446  e  -  Server - Script:28
  21:44:35.447  f  -  Server - Script:31
  21:44:35.447  e  -  Server - Script:28
  21:44:35.448  f  -  Server - Script:31
  21:44:35.448  e  -  Server - Script:28
  21:44:35.448  f  -  Server - Script:31

local Meteor = script.Parent

function summonMeteor()
	print("a")
	local newMeteor = Meteor:Clone()
	newMeteor.Parent = workspace
	print("b")
	
	local InsideImpact = newMeteor:WaitForChild("InsideImpact")
	local OutsideImpact = InsideImpact:WaitForChild("OutsideImpact")
	local region3Visual = newMeteor:WaitForChild("region3Visual")
	local summoningSound = newMeteor:WaitForChild("summoningSound")
	print("c")
	
	newMeteor.CFrame = CFrame.new(InsideImpact.CFrame.X, 0, InsideImpact.CFrame.Z) * CFrame.new(math.random(-360, 360), 250, math.random(-360, 360))

	local tween = game:GetService("TweenService"):Create(newMeteor, TweenInfo.new(6, Enum.EasingStyle.Quint, Enum.EasingDirection.In, 0, false, 0), {
		CFrame = InsideImpact.CFrame
	})
	
	print("d")
	
	summoningSound:Play()

	tween:Play()
	
	tween.Completed:Wait()
	print("e")
	
	task.delay(5, game.Destroy, newMeteor)
	print("f")
end

summonMeteor()
#4

Its not task.delay, just made it a comment and the same thing is happening.

#5

Could you check the serverside while running the game? perhaps the script is getting duplicated externally

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#6

Thanks so much for bringing that up, because I actually realized that since the script was in the meteor, and I was cloning the meteor, I guess that also cloned the script which made multiple script instances that did the same exact thing, causing the script to error before it kept going on infinitely.

Although, I am curious on how this happened as after cloning something with a script you typically need to disabled and then re-enable the script itself so that it can function. Do you happen to know if Roblox made some sort of update that made it so you don’t have to do this anymore?

@mcox6

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#7

I’m not entirely sure, but to my experience server scripts usually just run. My advice would be to have maybe a controller script (In server script service rather than having the scripts in the workspace), or maybe even use a module script if you see fit. Glad to see I could help!

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