How to detect if touching a certain part from SSS

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#1

How can I modify this to add more if touching, since it is located inside a ServerScriptService. I have a script that uses a RemoteEvent so that when the player hits a button, it uses the RemoteEvent to update leaderstats by one for a simulator game. I have a zone that if your in it, it changes it by more than one, so how can I do it. ServerScriptService cannot store parts.

Script (It just changes by one, doesn’t detect if player is touching certain part):

local debounce = false
game.ReplicatedStorage.Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
if debounce == false then
	player.leaderstats.Splits.Value += 1
	debounce = true
	wait(1.4)
	debounce = false
end
end)
#2

You can’t parent a part directly to ServerScriptService, but you can still manipulate and create or destroy them from it.

So you should still be able to detect if a player is touching the part through Touched in your server script

#3

How would I detect that? Additionally, the part needs to be transparent and canCollide needs to be off (so that the player can’t see its there)

#4

You would do it just like you would in any other script

-- in SSS
local newPart = Instance.new("Part")
newPart.Parent = workspace
newPart.Transparency = 1
newPart.CanCollide = false
newPart.Anchored = true
newPart.CFrame = --whatever you want here

newPart.Touched:Connect(function(part)
    if part.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
        -- technically not required but i like only doing the HRP
        -- mostly so players with like big wings won't trigger it sooner
        if part.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then
           reward = reward + 1
        end
    end
end)
#5

I’ve written a script that checks if for a humanoid, through a part in the workspace. Everything works, except the connect function (that connects the onTouched function)

Code:

local debounce = false
game.ReplicatedStorage.Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
if debounce == false then
		
		local function onTouched(Obj)
			local h = Obj.Parent.Parent.Workspace.Part:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
			if h then
				player.leaderstats.Splits.Value += 1
			end
         end
		script.Parent.Parent.Workspace.Part:Connect(onTouched)
    end
end)

Error:

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#6

Change this:
script.Parent.Parent.Workspace.Part:Connect(onTouched)

It should be script.Parent.Parent.Workspace.Part.Touched:Connect(onTouched)

#7

Isn’t that the same exact code?

Edit: nvm i see it now

#8

No. You did Part:Connect. It should be Part.Touched:Connect.

#9

No error this time, I also changed the Obj to script.

Code:

local debounce = false
game.ReplicatedStorage.Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
if debounce == false then
		
		local function onTouched(Obj)
			local h = script.Parent.Parent.Workspace.Part:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
			if h then
				player.leaderstats.Splits.Value += 1
			end
         end
		script.Parent.Parent.Workspace.Part.Touched:Connect(onTouched)
    end
end)
#10

ok, I’m confused as to why you are taking the long route to the part? It should simply be

workspace.Part

Although this probably isn’t the fix to the script

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#11

That looks correct.

Does it work as intended? What happens when the player touches the part?

Something that I think might be a problem is this line:
local h = script.Parent.Parent.Workspace.Part:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

Change it to this:
local h = Obj.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

#13

That script works, but it has not yeild. It is supposed to only trigger when the button is pressed.

#14

its because the touch triggers super fast, there needs to be a cooldown, I tried making my own, but it didnt work.