Comparison to my code and Chat gpt

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#1

Im not sure if this relevant, so bear with me. I’ve been coding legitimately for about 1-2 months. And during this time I had the necessary knowledge to make a trail system, which I was almost finished with. Then I came across a problem, I couldn’t figure out how to make an equip and unequip work, so I asked what chat gpt thought of it when I first heard about it, and I asked it to fix my code. I will tell that I was surprised, little after reading it and applying it, the code chat gpt revised worked perfectly, which made me very discouraged, and I’m not sure what to say, maybe I can learn from this experience.

Here’s my code for equipping

local repstorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local equipped = false


for index, value in pairs(script.Parent.TrailFolder:GetChildren()) do
	if value:IsA("TextButton") then
		value.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
			
			if player.leaderstats.Coins.Value >= value.Price.Value and equipped == false then
				value.Text = "Equipped"
				equipped = true
				repstorage.TrailRemote:FireServer(value.Name, equipped)
			else
				if equipped == true then
					equipped = false
					value.Text = "Equip"
					repstorage.TrailRemote:FireServer(value.Name, equipped)
				end
			end
		end)
	end
end

Chat gpt code for equipping

local repstorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

for index, value in pairs(script.Parent.TrailFolder:GetChildren()) do
	if value:IsA("TextButton") then
		value.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
			if player.leaderstats.Coins.Value >= value.Price.Value then
				-- If the button is already equipped, unequip it
				if value.Text == "Equipped" then
					value.Text = "Equip"
					value.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
					repstorage.TrailRemote:FireServer(value.Name)
				else
					-- Reset the text and appearance of all buttons
					for _, button in pairs(script.Parent.TrailFolder:GetChildren()) do
						if button:IsA("TextButton") then
							button.Text = "Equip"
							button.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
						end
					end
					-- Set the text and appearance of the clicked button
					value.Text = "Equipped"
					value.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(0, 255, 0)
					-- Fire the TrailRemote object with the name of the clicked button as a parameter
					repstorage.TrailRemote:FireServer(value.Name)
				end
			end
		end)
	end
end

Although after reading its not hard to understand, I was just very discouraged that I couldn’t figure it out. I just want to know what you guys think and maybe give some encouragement to keep going.

Although I’m discourage, I want to encourage you guys to never give up, I know it sounds cliché, but its true.

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#2

–server side

local repstorage = game:GetService(“ReplicatedStorage”)
repstorage.TrailRemote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, trail, equipped)
local trail = repstorage.Trail:FindFirstChild(trail)
if equipped == true then
for index, value in pairs(repstorage.Trail:GetChildren()) do
if player.Trail.Value == “None” then
value.ImageColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
else
value.ImageColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
end
end
trail.ImageColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(0, 255, 0)
player.Trail.Value = trail.Name
print(trail.Name)
else
trail.ImageColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
player.Trail.Value = “None”
end
end)

UPDATE

So after a little more research, I’ve managed to get my equip and unequip working. Thank you for your help @ZackeryWatson.

This is a fairly common mistake. You’re trying to use a local variable across multiple events.
local equipped = false
This is false for the current event, but it’s also false for all other events.
You need to use a different variable for each event.
local equipped = false
value.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
local equipped = false
–rest of code
end)

Do this for each event that you want to operate independently.

#3

chat Gpt can never replace the actual devs because it can only give you simple codes and sometimes they don’t give the full code also

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#4

Sorry for late response, but yeah I’ve been trying to figure this out for a couple of days, but the end goal is to make a trail shop. Started by using i,v pairs to loop through a folder, and check if its a text button, then making it where you are able to equip and unequip by clicking that text button, and firing a remote event to do all of the trail magic.

#5

the biggest problem in chat gpt is that the scripts never work and it sometimes doesn’t understand what you need. also when i tested a code from it, it used a something that doesn’t exist and said it needed a “business” plan to use it in studio

#6

The code is basically the same. ChatGPT’s version just adds edits the button’s appearance when equipped.