Fixing a issue with a system that detects when a player is in a space

Iumey · October 28, 2019, 8:15pm

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I want to make a script that sends a event when a player speaks and is in the room
What is the issue?

i got pictures

i’m using a really nice person on the forums solution (How do I accurately check if a player is in a certain area? - #2 by GoldyyDev)

What solutions have you tried so far?

more stuff yay!

I’ve tried using for i, v in pairs(blah:findtouchingparts()).

This is a “followup” to my last question that wasn’t actualy a issue lol

Full code

local Part = script.Parent.TalkSense
Part.Touched:Connect(function() end) -- Just for a TouchInterest to occur on a CanCollide false part

function CheckIfPlayerIsInArea(Part,Character)
    local touching = Part:GetTouchingParts()
	for i=1,#touching do
		if touching[i] == Character.HumanoidRootPart then
			return true
		end
	end
	return false
end
script.coolok.Event:Connect(function(data)
	if data[1] == "Request" then
		local request = CheckIfPlayerIsInArea()
		if request == true then
		script.coolok:Fire({"Return",true})
		else
			script.coolok:Fire({"Return",false})
		end
	end
end)

mistrustfully · October 28, 2019, 8:24pm

Based on the error, script.Parent.TalkSense doesn’t exist. Try doing script.Parent:WaitForChild("TalkSense") instead.

Iumey · October 28, 2019, 8:29pm

Same issue I think it’s detecting other parts and not being able to find the humanoid root part.

This is the brick

mistrustfully · October 28, 2019, 8:33pm

Are there any other scripts that are deleting the part as the code runs?

Iumey · October 28, 2019, 8:33pm

There shouldn’t be any since it’s supposed to always be there.

johnnygadget · October 28, 2019, 8:34pm

have you considered using FindPartsInRegion3?

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/Workspace/FindPartsInRegion3

Iumey · October 28, 2019, 8:36pm

No. As it’s designed to detect parts rather than anything like players. It would also make it a hassle to move this thing around.

mistrustfully · October 28, 2019, 8:36pm

Is the part anchored? If it is and its still not working @johnnygadget’s reply might work.

Iumey · October 28, 2019, 8:37pm

Yes, It is anchored. I really don’t know why it’s doing this.

Iumey · October 28, 2019, 8:42pm

New issue, Fixed the first one by removing the function and enclosing it in the event.

greenboo5 · October 28, 2019, 8:55pm

based on these two lines of code:

You are forgetting to pass the variable’s Part & Character, which is why it cannot index the HumanoidRootPart, it doesn’t have the character!

Iumey · October 28, 2019, 8:56pm

local Part = script.Parent:WaitForChild("TalkSense")
Part.Touched:Connect(function() end) -- Just for a TouchInterest to occur on a CanCollide false part
script.coolok.Event:Connect(function(data,Character)
	if data[1] == "Request" then
	local touching = Part:GetTouchingParts()
	for i=1,#touching do
		if touching[i] == Character.HumanoidRootPart then
			script.coolok:Fire({"Return",true})
		end
	end
    script.coolok:Fire({"Return",false})
	end
end)

code is slightly different now. don’t exactly know what i’d change to allow this lol

Iumey · October 28, 2019, 8:57pm

i don’t think this line is correct either

0x_7777 · October 28, 2019, 10:20pm

This callback is fine. All you are doing is creating an ‘anonymous’ function inside of the callback argument instead of declaring a function and then passing the reference.