I am currently making a crude crafting system that detects if the player has tools in their backpack, and then uses them and consumes them to craft a certain item, the whole crafting system is managed using a local function to save space and I have no idea how to actually detect if the player has a certain amount of specific items in a local function.
this is specific part of the local function that manages the actual crafting, i’ve thought of using a table to detect if the player has tools in their backpack, but then I realized that I have to make this local function compatible (if that is a phrase?), which means that I need a variable in my local function which manages how much scrap I need to craft a specific item, and how much gunpowder I need to craft it as well, as not all recipes are the same.
God i’ve tried to think of even a slight solution, but my brain just froze when thinking about one, I looked on the dev forum for probably 40 minutes now with no success or even step forward, I really need help or else I will have to scrap this crafting system (no pun intended), which would really be a shame and quite a hit in my morale for my game.
Here is the FULL script (please do not steal)
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage')
local AmmoFolder = ReplicatedStorage.CraftingSystemFolder.AmmoPress
local Players = game:GetService('Players')
local debounce = false
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage')
local CraftingEvent = ReplicatedStorage.Remotes.CraftingEvent
local Preview
local PreviewPart
local craftdb = false
local ScrapCount = {}
local GunpowderCount = {}
script.Parent.MainPart.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)
if debounce == false then
debounce = true
plr.PlayerGui.CraftingGui.AmmoPress.Visible = true
else
debounce = false
plr.PlayerGui.CraftingGui.AmmoPress.Visible = false
end
end)
local function TemplatePreview(identification,objectType,clonePosition,craftTime)
if identification == objectType then
Preview = clonePosition:Clone()
PreviewPart = Instance.new('Part')
PreviewPart.Size = Preview:FindFirstChild('Handle').Size * 1.2
PreviewPart.Transparency = 1
PreviewPart.Parent = workspace
Instance.new('ClickDetector').Parent = PreviewPart
PreviewPart.Anchored = true
Preview.Parent = workspace
Preview.Handle.TouchInterest:Destroy()
PreviewPart.Position = Preview:FindFirstChild('Handle').Position
for i,v in pairs(clonePosition:GetChildren()) do
if v:IsA('BasePart') then
v.Transparency = 0.5
v.Anchored = true
v.Position = script.Parent.MainPart.Position + Vector3.new(0,3,0)
end
end
PreviewPart.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)
for i,v in pairs(plr.Backpack:GetChildren()) do
if v.Name == 'Scrap' then
table.insert(ScrapCount,i,v)
end
end
for i,v in pairs(plr.Backpack:GetChildren()) do
if v.Name == 'Gunpowder' then
table.insert(GunpowderCount,i,v)
end
end
craftdb = true
ReplicatedStorage.CraftingSystemFolder.HammerIcon:Clone().Parent = PreviewPart
ReplicatedStorage.CraftingSystemFolder.CraftingSound:Clone().Parent = PreviewPart
PreviewPart:FindFirstChild('CraftingSound'):Play()
wait(craftTime)
PreviewPart:FindFirstChild('HammerIcon'):Destroy()
PreviewPart:FindFirstChild('CraftingSound'):Destroy()
local FinishedPart = clonePosition:Clone()
FinishedPart.Parent = workspace
for i,v in pairs(FinishedPart:GetChildren()) do
v.Anchored = false
v.Transparency = 0
v.Position = PreviewPart.Position + Vector3.new(0,3,0)
end
craftdb = false
end)
end
end
CraftingEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr,identification)
if craftdb == false then
if Preview ~= nil then
Preview:Destroy()
end
if PreviewPart ~= nil then
PreviewPart:Destroy()
end
TemplatePreview(identification,'LightAmmo',AmmoFolder["Light Ammo (60)"],5)
TemplatePreview(identification,'MediumAmmo',AmmoFolder["Medium Ammo (30)"],10)
TemplatePreview(identification,'HeavyAmmo',AmmoFolder["Heavy Ammo (10)"],15)
end
end)
I really do hate it when I cannot think of a solution and have to resort to people to write it for me, so I really do apologise.