Damage script not working

[dummycide]

I’m testing out this damage script that I used a while back and for some reason, when a new tool is equipped while the player had the weapon equipped, it stops doing damage after you re-equip it. Why does this happen?

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local Tool = script.Parent
local Handle = Tool:WaitForChild("Handle")

local damage = 10
local enabledToDamage = true

function blow(hit)
	if not enabledToDamage then 
		return 
	end
	enabledToDamage = false

	if not hit.Parent then 
		enabledToDamage = true 
		return 
	end

	local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	local vCharacter = Tool.Parent
	local vPlayer = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(vCharacter)
	local hum = vCharacter:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

	if humanoid and humanoid ~= hum and hum then
		local rightArm = vCharacter:FindFirstChild("Right Arm")
		if rightArm then
			local joint = rightArm:FindFirstChild("RightGrip")
			if joint and (joint.Part0 == Handle or joint.Part1 == Handle) then
				print("Valid hit on another player")
				tagHumanoid(humanoid, vPlayer)
				humanoid:TakeDamage(damage)
				wait(1)
				untagHumanoid(humanoid)
			else
				enabledToDamage = true
			end
		else
			enabledToDamage = true
		end
	else
		enabledToDamage = true
	end
end

function tagHumanoid(humanoid, player)
	local creatorTag = Instance.new("ObjectValue")
	creatorTag.Value = player
	creatorTag.Name = "creator"
	creatorTag.Parent = humanoid
	print("Tagged humanoid:", humanoid)
end

function untagHumanoid(humanoid)
	if humanoid then
		local tag = humanoid:FindFirstChild("creator")
		if tag then
			tag.Parent = nil
			print("Untagged humanoid:", humanoid)
		end
	end
end

function onActivated()
	local character = Tool.Parent
	local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

	if not Tool.Enabled then
		print("Tool not enabled")
		return
	end
	Tool.Enabled = false

	if not humanoid then
		print("Humanoid not found in character")
		return 
	end

	print("Tool activated")
	enabledToDamage = true
	wait(0.5)
	enabledToDamage = false

	Tool.Enabled = true
end

function onEquipped()
	wait(1/3)
	print("Tool equipped")
end

Tool.Enabled = true
Tool.Equipped:Connect(onEquipped)
Tool.Activated:Connect(onActivated)
Handle.Touched:Connect(blow)

[Ethanaut]

Hello! Are any of your first return statements firing when you re-equip the item? I saw that you have print statements everywhere except there and it might outline the issue better if we know which is giving the return, if either.

[dummycide]

All it prints is “Tool activated” and “Tool equipped” when I test it out by myself and when I run it on a local server it prints nothing.

[Ethanaut]

@dummycide

if not enabledToDamage then 
		return 
	end
	enabledToDamage = false

	if not hit.Parent then 
		enabledToDamage = true 
		return 
	end

do you know if these are firing when you are trying to use the item after re-equiping it.

[dummycide]

I edited the code to say this

if not enabledToDamage then 
		print("1")
		return 
	end
	enabledToDamage = false

	if not hit.Parent then 
		print("2")
		enabledToDamage = true 
		return 
	end

and it printed “1” after i clicked once and the handle was touching a rig but when I re-equipped it, it didn’t print any of the numbers.

[Ethanaut]

Hello, still looking through this, not sure what you mean by a local server though. Sorry. Also, when you click, is the tool activating every time and the blow function the only thing not workign?

[dummycide]

I meant local server as in testing it with 2 players in roblox studio (there is an option) and yes it seems like the blow function isnt working

[Ethanaut]

Oh ok thank you very much for making that more apparent.

I am thinking it might be switching priority to touch your characters arm instead of the person you are trying to hit. You might want to attach another part to your tool that hits the other player and avoids your character so that the touch isnt fighting with priorities over who it should be touching.

Another method is raycasting but that would require a bit of a re write and blah blah.

Bottom line I think its just interfering because from what I am seeing you have to exclude the players arm but it might be considering the players arm and only doing the exclusion case instead of the inclusion case with the other players character.

Hopefully this helps or is on track, again I realyl apologize if I am not making sense I have been fried lately because I am overworking myselfLol.