How can I make a script change properties locally after being touched by the player?

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#1

Hello,

I’m trying to make it so that instead of making it so if a player touches the part, it only disappears for them instead of the entire sever.

I’m not quite sure where to look to solve this, everything I see just tells me how to do what I’ve already done (change the parts properties for the server)

Here is my code:

local block = script.Parent
local debounce = true

block.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChildWhichIsA('Humanoid')
	if humanoid and debounce == true then
		debounce = false

		block.Transparency = 0.8
		block.CanCollide = false
		wait(3)
		block.Transparency = 0
		block.CanCollide = true
		debounce = true
	end
end)

Thank you!

#2

take your script put it in a local script inside starterpack. Then change the path of your block variable and should be fine.

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#3

I appreciate the solution, but I don’t think it would be very efficient because there will be a lot of these parts in the game and I don’t want everything to just disappear when you stand on a block, is there an alternative way where I can put the script inside the part or maybe a folder?

Thanks!

#4

Its more efficient to do it this way than to have a script inside of each part. if you have multiple parts then just use a loop.

for i,v in pairs (workspace:GetChildren()) do
if v.Name == ‘Transparent Part’ and v:IsA(‘Part’) then
v.Transparency = 1
end
end

alternatively you could use an event and do sever to client. But just using a local script for this 1 thing is far more efficient than having 1 script inside of each part like youre wanting to. Like that would cause way more lag than you need. And when dealing with just player side things it has to be inside a local script. You cant have server script deal with solo player things unless its very case specific.

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#6

I agree with doing it this way just because it’s cleaner. Use CollectionService if you only want certain parts to have the touch detection.

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#7

You can use a Player object to find the player who touched the part. You can then use Player.Character to find the Humanoid of the player, and then do the rest of your script as normal.
local block = script.Parent
local debounce = true

block.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) – get the player who touched the part
if player and debounce == true then
debounce = false

block.Transparency = 0.8
block.CanCollide = false
wait(3)
block.Transparency = 0
block.CanCollide = true
debounce = true
end
end)