Else statement breaks the script

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve? Hello, I’m making a script that prints the player name in the console when they are in the zone, and when they are not prints that a player is not in the zone

  2. What solutions have you tried so far? I have tried

local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local zone = script.Parent

while wait(.1) do
	local partsInZone = Workspace:GetPartsInPart(zone)
	for i,v in pairs(partsInZone) do
		if v.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
			print(v.Parent.Name, " Is in zone")
		end
	end
	print("The zone is empty")
end

But this seems to print “The zone is empty” even when a player is in the zone

Current code:

local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local zone = script.Parent

while wait(.1) do
	local partsInZone = Workspace:GetPartsInPart(zone)
	for i,v in pairs(partsInZone) do
		if v.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
			print(v.Parent.Name, " Is in zone")
		else
			print("The zone is empty")
		end
	end
end

Thanks!

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#2 
local zone = script.Parent

while wait(.1) do
	
	local partsInZone = workspace:GetPartsInPart(zone)	
	if #partsInZone<1 then print("The zone is empty")
	else
		for i,v in pairs(partsInZone) do
			if v.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then print(v.Parent.Name, " Is in zone") end
		end
	end
	
end
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#3

But what if I’m gonna have other parts in the zone? Maybe multiple players!

#4

Soy you want to specifically only check for humanoids?

#5

I’d use ZonePlus to do this. It already has built-in functions to get players in a zone if I recall.

#6

Yes, for players! Because I intend on updating a script so that it shop a specific GUI when a player enter the zone.

#7

The pairs loop will give you all the players in the zone

#8

I would prefer having my own code. I understand that theres is nothing bad in using plugins

#9

Yeah I understand that, but how to know if there aren’t any players in the zone then because that is my problem from the start.

#10 
local zone = script.Parent

while wait(.1) do

	local partsInZone = workspace:GetPartsInPart(zone)
	local humanoids=0
	for i,v in pairs(partsInZone) do
		if v.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
			print(v.Parent.Name, " Is in zone")
			humanoids+=1
		end
	end
	if humanoids<1 then print("The zone is empty") end
	
end
#11

Well this would work but then how do I detect if a Player has left the zone?

#12

To be honest it sounds to me like you could just use a ProximityPrompt to do this, When a player is close it will show the shop gui and when they leave the area the gui can be hidden.

#13

Yeah but proximity prompts use BillBaordGuis, and I want to be using screen gui!
So I can display a gui when a player enters and hide it when they leave

#14

ProximityPrompts can use whatever type of gui you want. Just change their style to Custom in the properties window.

#15

I’ll give it a try and update you later!

#16

Here’s a quick example for you:
Create a ProximityPrompt inside a part in workspace and name it “MyStorePrompt”, change it’s style to Custom in it’s properties
Create a GUI in PlayerGui for your store and add a localscript to it. Paste the following code into your LocalScript:

local MyStoreGui=script.Parent
local PPS=game:GetService("ProximityPromptService")
PPS.PromptShown:Connect(function(prompt) if prompt.Name=="MyStorePrompt" then MyStoreGui.Enabled=true end end)
PPS.PromptHidden:Connect(function(prompt) if prompt.Name=="MyStorePrompt" then MyStoreGui.Enabled=false end end)
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#17

Ohh this seems simpler than I thought! Thanks!

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#18

Check if this code works.

local zone = script.Parent

while wait(.1) do
	local partsInZone = workspace:GetPartsInPart(zone)
	local playersInZone = {}
	
	for index, v in pairs(partsInZone) do
		if v.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
			table.insert(playersInZone, v.Parent.Name)
		end
	end
	
	if #playersInZone == 0 then
            print("There's no player in the zone")
        end
end
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