How can I make the ball spawn more than once

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  1. What do you want to achieve? An orb shooting ability

  2. What is the issue? The script work perfectly at first, but once I try to use it for a second time I get an error saying The Parent property of waterBall is locked, current parent: NULL, new parent Workspace

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? I tried using the debris system but I kept getting the same error

here’s my script

-- variables
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local character = player.Character

local splash = RS.Splash:Clone()
local waterBall = RS.waterBall
local bv = Instance.new("BodyVelocity")
bv.P = math.huge
bv.Velocity = Vector3.new(0,2,0)
bv.MaxForce = Vector3.new(4000,4000,4000)

local bvClone = bv:Clone()

local target = mouse.Target
local qPressed = false

-- script

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input,gameprocessed)
	if gameprocessed then return end
	
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Q then
		if mouse.Target == workspace.Terrain then
			
			qPressed = true
			
			game.Debris:AddItem(waterBall, 5)
			waterBall.Parent = workspace
			waterBall.Position = mouse.Hit.p - Vector3.new(0,0.5,0)
			bv.Parent = waterBall
			
			for count = 1,5 do
				wait(1)
				bv.Velocity = bv.Velocity/2
			end
		end
	end
end)

UIS.InputEnded:Connect(function(input, gameprocessed)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Q then
		qPressed = false
		
		bv:Destroy()
		
		local moveVelocity = Instance.new("BodyVelocity", waterBall)
		moveVelocity.Velocity = CFrame.new(waterBall.Position, mouse.Hit.Position).LookVector * 100
		
		waterBall.Touched:Connect(function(Touched)
			if Touched:isDescendantOf(character) then return end
			
			splash.Position = waterBall.Position
			waterBall:Destroy()
			splash.Parent = workspace
			
			if Touched.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
				Touched.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):TakeDamage(15)
			end

			wait(1)

			for i = 1,300 do
				splash.ParticleEmitter.Rate -= 10
				wait()
			end

			splash:Destroy()
		end)
	end
end)

All help is appreciated <3

2

i think u need to clone ur waterball because at first it sets the original waterball to workspace so when it tries to do it again theres nothing in replicatedstorage named waterball

3

Still gives me that error, it’s really strange

4

To clone something multiple times it should be added in some sort of loop or event to trigger it.

What you have done is put :Clone() outside the event (UIS.InputBegan or UIS.InputEnded).
If you clone it in the Event then it will Clone the ball when it is Triggered.

Hope it helps, if not i may have understood your question wrong.

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Using Debris:AddItem() or calling :Destroy() on any instance will lock it’s parent and you won’t be able to re-parent it back, instead you should be either reparenting the ball to nil (which will allow you to put it back in it’s old place) or do what @DFROBUXX said