Hiding ProximityPrompt from player who activates it

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#1

I have this system where a player can create a “Host match”, which another player can join by interacting with the proximity prompt.
However, it seems that the prompt shows up for the player who hosts it as well, which I don’t want.
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Is there a way I can hide this from the player that started the host match?

Code:

local function addProximityPrompt(player)
	local promptAttachment = Instance.new("Attachment")
	local prompt = Instance.new("ProximityPrompt")
	promptAttachment.Parent = player.Character.UpperTorso
	prompt.ActionText = "Join Match"
	prompt.ObjectText = player.Name
	prompt.RequiresLineOfSight = false
	prompt.Parent = promptAttachment
end
#2

From a LocalScript just destroy the player’s own proximity prompt:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local client = Players.LocalPlayer

client.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character: Model)
    character.DescendantAdded:Connect(function(descendant: Instance)
        if descendant:IsA("ProximityPrompt") then
            descendant:Destroy()
        end
    end)
end)

This will destroy new proximity prompts.

#3

I tried that on a localscript, but it seems that it also destroys the prompt on the server side

#4

What if you tried just disabling the prompt? I’m certain that there is an Enabled property for proximity prompts (I’m not 100% sure because I never used proximity prompts), so try setting it to false instead of destroying the prompt.

#5

Looks like a replication thing.

Try creating the prompts client-sided instead:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local client = Players.LocalPlayer

local function addProximityPrompt(player)
	-- by the way it isn't necessary to parent a prompt to an attachment if you won't change the offset :p
	local promptAttachment = Instance.new("Attachment")
	local prompt = Instance.new("ProximityPrompt")
	promptAttachment.Parent = player.Character.UpperTorso
	prompt.ActionText = "Join Match"
	prompt.ObjectText = player.Name
	prompt.RequiresLineOfSight = false
	prompt.Parent = promptAttachment
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(addProximityPrompt) -- add new prompts for new players

for _, player in ipairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
	if player ~= client then
		addProximityPrompt(player)
	end
end
Hide ProximityPrompt, which is on all players, from the client?
#6

This actually worked out! I forgot that proximity prompts could be disabled like that lol

#7

This is a bit off topic but I was wondering, what’s the purpose of the colon right after character and descendant?