Detect when an equipped tool's name changes

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#1

Hey! :wave:

I’m trying to make a script that detects when a player has a Tool of a certain name equipped. I’m trying to use :ChildAdded but I don’t think this is ideal as it doesn’t work, because the Tool is already in the players Character, it’s name just changes, therefore :ChildAdded doesn’t detect this. I was wondering if I could have some help on what to use as an alternative of the :ChildAdded event for this. Thanks! :heart:

Player.Character.ChildAdded:Connect(function(chid)
	if isInTable(Order, chid.Name) then
		print("Player got item that was in order")
		local ItemName = chid.Name

		for Index, Child in ipairs(ItemHolder:GetChildren()) do
			if Child.Name == ItemName and Child.ItemName.TextColor3 ~= Color3.fromRGB(25, 200, 255) then
				Child.ItemName.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(25, 200, 255)
				break
			end
		end
	end
#2

tool:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Name")

#3

The following code doesn’t seem to be working. Know why?

Player.Character.ChildAdded:Connect(function(chid)
	chid:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Name")
	if isInTable(Order, chid.Name) then
		print("Player got item that was in order")
		local ItemName = chid.Name

		for Index, Child in ipairs(ItemHolder:GetChildren()) do
			if Child.Name == ItemName and Child.ItemName.TextColor3 ~= Color3.fromRGB(25, 200, 255) then
				Child.ItemName.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(25, 200, 255)
				break
			end
		end
	end

	if isOrderComplete() then
		OrderFrameGui.FinishButton.Visible = true
	end
end)
#4

You didn’t use :Connect()

Here is the proper usage:

Player.Character.ChildAdded:Connect(function(chid)
	chid:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Name"):Connect(function()
	    if isInTable(Order, chid.Name) then
		    print("Player got item that was in order")
		    local ItemName = chid.Name

		    for Index, Child in ipairs(ItemHolder:GetChildren()) do
			    if Child.Name == ItemName and Child.ItemName.TextColor3 ~= Color3.fromRGB(25, 200, 255) then
				    Child.ItemName.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(25, 200, 255)
				    break
	    		end
	    	end
	    end

	    if isOrderComplete() then
	    	OrderFrameGui.FinishButton.Visible = true
	    end
    end)
end)