How to check if a player is STILL touching a part

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#1

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I want to make a wall red while a player is touching a part and another wall green if the first wall is red for two seconds. I’m only a beginner in scripting and can’t seem to find out the issue in my code. Therefore, I’m seeking help from you guys.
Here’s a video of what’s happening:
robloxapp-20220530-1659441.wmv (794.5 KB)
The first wall seems to flicker between red and black while the second one remains black.
Here’s my code:

wait(5)
print("Script is has started")

local wall = game.Workspace.Wall
local wall2 = game.Workspace.WallTheSecond
local grass = game.Workspace.GrassPatch
local wallIsRed = false
wall.Color = Color3.fromRGB(0, 0, 0)
wall2.Color = Color3.fromRGB(0, 0, 0)

grass.Touched:Connect(function()
	wallIsRed = true
	wall.Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 0, 0)
end)

grass.TouchEnded:Connect(function()
	wallIsRed = false
	wall.Color = Color3.fromRGB(0, 0, 0)
end)

if wallIsRed then
	wait(2)
	wall2.Color = Color3.fromRGB(0, 255, 0)
end

Again, I’m only a beginner in coding so please correct me if I’m missing something.

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#2

oh damn i forgot to delete the first thing

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#3

This is untested, but it’s the general idea.

function StillTouchingObject(Object: Instance) : Boolean
for Index, BasePart in next, Object:GetTouchingParts() do
if (not BasePart:IsA('MeshPart') or not BasePart.Parent:IsA('Model')) then continue end;

if BasePart:IsDescendantOf(Character) then return true; end;
end;
return false;
end;

local IsTouching = StillTouchingObject(YOUROBJECT);
print(IsTouching);

or to stop an action when the player stops touching an object:

RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
local IsTouching = StillTouchingObject(YOUROBJECT?);
if not IsTouching then return end;
print('Player Touching Object');
end);
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#4

What do I replace “Character” with?

#5

No Character is the players Character, is this a local script or server script btw?

#6

It’s a local script placed in StarterCharacterScripts as I’m gonna use this

#7

Perhaps look at using a resource such as ZonePlus

#8

*StarterPlayerScripts (If I’m tryna edit the post it’sgiving the 403 error)

#9

Add this to the top of your script, then everything else I said, to the bottom.

local PlayerService = game:GetService('Players');
local Player = PlayerService.LocalPlayer;
local Character = (Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait());