Flashlight keybind script not working

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#1

Hi all
I am making a horror game and i was making a flashlight keybind but the script for that wont work!

Here’s the script

local mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse()

function Light()
	local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
	local playerChar = player.Character
	local playerLight = playerChar.Head:FindFirstChild("Light")

	if playerLight then
		playerLight:Destroy()
	else
		local light = Instance.new("SurfaceLight",playerChar:FindFirstChild("Head"))
		light.Name = "Light"
		light.Range = 60
		light.Angle = 50
		light.Shadows = true
		light.Brigtness = 15.6
	end
end

mouse.KeyDown:connect(function(key)
	key = key:lower()
	if key == "f" then
		script.Sound:Play()
		Light()
	end
end)
#2

use UserInputService.

local uis = game:GetService(“UserInputService”)

uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(k)
if k.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.F then
– your script goes here
end
end)

#3

First of all, you SHOULDN’T be using <Mouse>.KeyDown to handle player input, there’s better and more developed options like UserInputService or ContextActionService. For this example I’d rather say to do this:

local keyCode = Enum.KeyCode.F
local userInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
userInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(_input, gameProcess)
    if gameProcess then return end
    if _input.KeyCode == keyCode then
        flashLight()
    end
end)

This is how it should be looking (I didn’t want it to be highlighted with the input keyword, so I put an underscore before it). From there you can modify the flashlight function to actually work with a control variable (so people can turn it off and on).

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#4

It is actually userInputService. TouchStarted
Not touchBegan

#5

My bad in the writing, I meant InputBegan.

#6

what part dosent work? as the input works

#7

Your light script is client side, are you sure that you want it? No one will see when your light is on. And i recommend you use UserInputService instead player:GetMouse.

#8

I would recommend using UserInputService instead.

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/class/UserInputService

#9

First Create A RemoteEvent In ReplicatedStorage:
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Second, Create a LocalScript in StarterPlayerScripts:

LocalScript:

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local ReplicatedStorage = game.ReplicatedStorage
local Input = ReplicatedStorage.Input

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, _)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
		return Input:FireServer(true) -- Pressing Status
	end
end)

UIS.InputEnded:Connect(function(input, _)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
		return Input:FireServer(false) -- Pressing Status
	end
end)

Third, Create A ServerScript in ServerScriptService or Inside The Tool and insert the sound inside the script, The following one will be in the serverscriptservice:

ServerScript:

local ReplicatedStorage = game.ReplicatedStorage
local Input = ReplicatedStorage.Input

function Light(player)
	local playerChar = player.Character
	local playerLight = playerChar.Head:FindFirstChild("Light")

	if playerLight then
		playerLight:Destroy()
	else
		local light = Instance.new("SurfaceLight",playerChar:FindFirstChild("Head"))
		light.Name = "Light"
		light.Range = 60
		light.Angle = 50
		light.Shadows = true
		light.Brigtness = 15.6
	end
end

Input.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, isPressed)
	if isPressed == true then
		script.Sound:Play()
		Light()
	end
end)

For more information about UserInputService:

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/class/UserInputService

Or via Devfourm:

I hope that i did help you.

Thanks,
Mezo.

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