How do I add a debounce to this toggle script?

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1

I made a toggle script, but I don’t want it to be spammed. I tried making a debounce but it won’t work. Here’s the code:

uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, processed)
if t.Parent.Parent == plr.Character and not reloading and equip_value == false then
if input.KeyCode ~= Enum.KeyCode.G or processed or reloading then return end
if toggle == false then
idle:Stop()
hold:Play()
print(“Toggle!”)
toggle = true
t.Parent.Events.Equip:FireServer()
else if toggle == true then
toggle = false
t.Parent.Events.Equip:FireServer()
idle:Play()
hold:Stop()
print(“Toggle off!”)
end
end
end
end)

2

Can you format it please? It’d make it a lot easier to read. However, from what I can see, you do not delay any time from switching the states of toggle. Try adding a wait before setting it back to a false state.

3

Sorry I don’t know how to change the text into LUA format on this website, do I have to add something before in order to make it formatted?

4

Also I tried adding a wait and it doesn’t work.

5

Surround your pasted code with ``` to format it this way.

-- here are the variables needed for the debounce functionality
local debounce = true
local cooldown = 1

-- indented the code and surrounded expressions with parentheses for easier reading
uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, processed)
	-- no need to compare booleans to true or false, just use 'if (variable) then' or 'if (not variable) then'
	-- also combined the if-statement after this to get rid of redundancy
	if ((input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.G) and (not processed)
		and (t.Parent.Parent == plr.Character) and (not reloading)
		and (not equip_value) and debounce) then
		
		debounce = false
		if (not toggle) then
			idle:Stop()
			hold:Play()
			print(“Toggle!”)
			toggle = true
			t.Parent.Events.Equip:FireServer()
		else -- you can just use 'else' since a boolean only has 2 possible values
			toggle = false
			t.Parent.Events.Equip:FireServer()
			idle:Play()
			hold:Stop()
			print(“Toggle off!”)
		end
		-- add a delay so the event can be fired again after (cooldown) seconds
		spawn(function()
			wait(cooldown)
			debounce = true
		end)
	end
end)
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6

Try using the Stopped event for the animation before setting the debounce to false.

Example:

if toggle == false then
    idle:Stop()
    hold:Play()
    hold.Stopped:Wait()
    toggle = true
else
    hold:Stop()
    idle:Play()
    idle.Stopped:Wait()
    toggle = false
end

If you want the animation to stop playing before playing the other, use the IsPlaying property of the animation.

if toggle == false and idle.IsPlaying == false then --check if idle anim is playing before playing the hold anim
    hold:Play()
    --etc
elseif hold:IsPlaying == false then
    idle:Play()
    --etc
end
7

Doesn’t work for some reason (30 charactersssss)

8

Alright I’ll try that. (30 characters))))

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	if t.Parent.Parent == plr.Character and not reloading and equip_value == false then
		if input.KeyCode ~= Enum.KeyCode.G or processed or reloading then return end
		if toggle == false and cd == false then
			cd = true
			idle:Stop()
			hold:Play()
			print("Toggle!")
			toggle = true
			t.Parent.Events.Equip:FireServer()
			wait(1)
			cd = false
		else if toggle == true and cd == false then
			toggle = false
			cd = true
			t.Parent.Events.Equip:FireServer()
			idle:Play()
			hold:Stop()
			print("Toggle off!")
			wait(1)
			cd = false
			end
		end
	end
end)```

I finally figured it out after just testing it around.