How to have this function continue running even though it was deleted

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#1

Hello. I’m trying to have a function that spawns in an enemy after its “parent enemy” dies. The mob is summoned via a modulescript and is given quite a bit of parameters when spawning. The function works fine, but once the “parent enemy” is destroyed, the “child enemy” stops moving, presumably because the function that it was called on no longer exists. Is there any way to keep this mob module function running even after what called it is gone?

local tower = script.Parent

dead = false

local mob = require(game.ServerScriptService.Main.Mob)
local function summonEnemy()
	local map = workspace.Map:FindFirstChildOfClass("Folder")
	local mobtospawn = game.ServerStorage.Mobs["MuffinSheep"]
	local quantity = 1
	local waittime = 0.1
	local waypoint = script.Parent.MovingTo.Value
	local path = script.Parent.WaypointsType.Value
	local height = (tower.PrimaryPart.Size.Y/2) + tower.Humanoid.HipHeight
	local offset = Vector3.new(0, height, 0)
	local mobheight = (mobtospawn.PrimaryPart.Size.Y/2) + mobtospawn.Humanoid.HipHeight
	local moboffset = Vector3.new(0, mobheight, 0)

	local SizeDifference = moboffset - offset

	local position = script.Parent.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame + SizeDifference


	mob.Spawn(mobtospawn.Name,quantity,waittime,map,waypoint,path,position)
end

tower.Humanoid.Changed:Connect(function()
	if tower.Humanoid.Health <= 0 and dead == false then
		dead = true
		wait(2.9)
		summonEnemy()
	end
end)
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#2

I want to make it noteworthy before anyone asks, the wait(2.9) at the bottom is not preventing the script from working. The enemy is delayed from getting destroyed before the wait is over, and once it is over, the enemy then gets destroyed.

#3

Hello!
Did you get any errors?

#4

Nope, weirdly enough. I’ve tried doing a spawn(function) to see if the function would continue after the script was deleted but it didn’t work.

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#5 
tower.Humanoid.Changed:Connect(function()
	if tower.Humanoid.Health <= 0 and dead == false then
		dead = true
		wait(2.9)
		summonEnemy()
        dead = false
	end
end)

After summoning an enemy you need to set the dead value to false

#6

Didn’t seem to work. The dead = true prevents that part of the script from running multiple times, besides, as i said the script gets deleted after the enemy is spawned.

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#7

Maybe just don’t delete the script?

#8

I could try and make the script call upon a remoteevent and then have another script that won’t get deleted with the code. and then just move the code there. I think that would be a better solution now that I think about it.

#9

Oh sorry my mistake, the script is inside the tower. Maybe before the tower is deleted move it to a new tower.

#10

If you want scripts to affect the game environment after the object(s) of which they pertain to have been removed (destroyed) then you should avoid placing those scripts inside of said object(s).