How can I make this zone "contested?"

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#1

I’m a bit newer on the scripting side. I recently made a system with region3 that when a player steps on a part they are given money. I then learned it was deprecated and I also learned about OverlapParams. I made a script using it and then I realized I’m stuck on something (kind of) important.
I am trying to make it so when 2 or more players are standing in the same zone it is contested.

Here is the script so far…


local territory = game.Workspace.Territory

-- parameters for hit detections
local filterObjects = {"Handle,"}
local maxObjectsAllowed = 1000
local params = OverlapParams.new(OverlapParams.new(filterObjects,Enum.RaycastFilterType.Blacklist,maxObjectsAllowed,"Default"))
-- parameters for hit detections



function ZoneSystem()
	local objectsInSpace = workspace:GetPartsInPart(territory,params) -- gets parts in territory and puts it into a table
	
	for i, v in pairs(objectsInSpace) do -- goes through the objectsInSpace table
		task.wait(1)
		if objectsInSpace[i].Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") ~= nil then -- if its a human
			local char = objectsInSpace[i].Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid").Parent
			print(char)
		end
		
		
	end
end


while true do
	task.wait(1)
	ZoneSystem()
end

I think my main question is if there is any ideas on how I can add a contest system inside my zone system function? I was thinking of something along the lines of finding if there is more then one humanoid in the zone, but I couldn’t quite figure out how I would get that to work…

Also is there any way to improve the efficiency of my code or what I have written already? Looking for any tips as I am still learning.

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#2

Perhaps could make an adjustment to the script that stores all humanoids it finds:

function ZoneSystem()
        local detectedChars = {}
	local objectsInSpace = workspace:GetPartsInPart(territory,params) -- gets parts in territory and puts it into a table
	
	for i, v in pairs(objectsInSpace) do -- goes through the objectsInSpace table
		task.wait(1)
		if objectsInSpace[i].Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") ~= nil then -- if its a human
			local char = objectsInSpace[i].Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid").Parent
			print(char)
                        table.insert(detectedChars, char)
		end
		
		
	end
        return detectedChars
end

That way you’d know who’s in the area. You could then use #detectedChars and wait until it equals to or is bigger than 2, and then start the contest system as needed

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