Help with a property script using Proximity Prompt

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#1

I need help with this:

I want it so in my game, you can claim a property with a Proximity prompt…
If you claim the property, I want the player that claimed it, AKA the owner to be the only one allowed in…
What I have got below, does work.

local ProximityPrompt = script.Parent

ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Claim here"

ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(plr)
	ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Claimed by ".. plr.Name
end)

then after that, I would like it to verify the player that triggered the Proximity prompt, and then make that player the only one allowed in, or the only one who is allowed to lock, unlock and open the door. (The door can be opened by anyone if it is unlocked).

Help please! :grin: Thanks :grin::grin::grin:

#2 
local ProximityPrompt = script.Parent

ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Claim here"

ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(plr)
   if not ProximityPrompt.ActionText:sub(1,7) == "Claimed" then
	   ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Claimed by ".. plr.Name 
   else
       print("This door was already claimed!")
   end
end)

From here, you can create a separate script or a new code block for the locking mechanics.

#3

Thank you, but when I am given code, I like to understand it. Can you explain the

ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(plr)
   if not ProximityPrompt.ActionText:sub(1,7) == "Claimed" then
	   ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Claimed by ".. plr.Name

That is the only bit I don’t understand
That is how I learn to get better :grin:

#4

Understandable.

The :sub(i,j) method, or the string.sub(str,i,j) function is returns the substring of s (string) that starts at i and ends at j. In more simpler words:

ProximityPrompt.ActionText:sub(1,7)

would get

"Claimed"

because those are the first 7 characters of the string. (characters 1 through 7)
Another example would be:

ProximityPrompt.ActionText:sub(1,4) 
-- This would return "Clai" since those are the first four characters

Final example:

ProximityPrompt.ActionText:sub(2,5) 
-- This would return "laim" since it got the characters after 2, until 5.

Note that in the way I used this function, we checked to make sure the beginning text was NOT “Claimed”. Which leaves us with:

 if not ProximityPrompt.ActionText:sub(1,7) == "Claimed" then

Since ‘Claimed’ is the first 7 gathered characters, we’re checking if the substring of ActionText (1,7) is NOT “Claimed”, meaning it has not been claimed yet.

#5

Thanks! I will test if it works now! :grin:

#6

Just another example to make it a bit more simpler.

local myString = "Hello world! My name is programher"

print(myString:sub(1,12))
--> "Hello world!" (first 12 characters)
#7

I get this now! I am just testing if it will work!

Edit: for some reason I can’t test because it keeps kicking me off studio… :expressionless:

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#8

Sorry to disturb you… It doesn’t work. Sorry :frowning:

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#9

You can disconnect the event, for the door’s you can use a number with the player’s userid.

local ProximityPrompt = script.Parent
ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Claim here"

local Door = -- path to the door
local Connection

local OwnerId = 1
local Locked = false

local ClickDetector = Instance.new("ClickDetector")
ClickDetector.Parent = Door

Connection = ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(plr)
	ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Claimed by ".. plr.Name
    OwnerId = plr.UserId
    Connection:Disconnect()
end)

ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)
    if Locked and OwnerId ~= plr.UserId then
        return
    end

    -- door stuff here
end)