I don’t know if I need to clarify more, but I have been trying to look for this for a while.
I basically need to figure out how to make a button that when clicked, finds the nearest buyable object in a tycoon. Sort of like this:
Unfortunately, no matter what I try, I am failing to find a solution.
This is my script (Pardon me if there are simple mistakes, I started experimenting like mad with the code
wait(5)
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Humanoid = Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local Button = Player.PlayerGui.FindGui.FindButton
local CanSearch = false
local Range = 1000
local Target = nil
local Folder = game.Workspace.TycoonModel.Buttons
Button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
if CanSearch == false then
if Humanoid:FindFirstChild("Beam") then
Humanoid:FindFirstChild("Beam"):Destroy()
end
Button.Text = "X"
for i, v in pairs(Folder:GetChildren()) do
if v.Price.Value <= Player.leaderstats.Cash.Value then
if Player:DistanceFromCharacter(v.ButtonPart.Position) <= Range then
Range = Player:DistanceFromCharacter(v.ButtonPart.Position)
Target = v
end
end
return Target
end
if Target then
if Button.Text == "X" then
CanSearch = true
local Attachment0 = Humanoid:FindFirstChild("RootRigAttachment")
local Attachment1 = Target.ButtonPart.Attachment
local Beam = script.Beam:Clone()
Beam.Parent = Humanoid
Beam.Attachment0 = Attachment0
Beam.Attachment1 = Attachment1
Beam.Enabled = true
end
end
elseif CanSearch == true then
Button.Text = "?"
end
end)
And here are some screenshots of the layout, so you can understand my code a bit more.
If you need me to clarify any more, just let me know.
Have all the buttons in a table. Have a var for MinDistance which will be the first button on init. Every 1 sec (or a bit more, so not to overload) run through all of them, checking the distance (magnitude) between the character’s primary part and the button. If the distance of button in MinDistance > current checked button then MinDistance = current button. Once you loop through all buttons adjust the beam to point at MinDistance’s button.
local players = game:GetService("Players")
local runService = game:GetService("RunService")
local player = players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local tycoonModel = Instance.new("Model") --path to your tycoonModel
local buttons = tycoonModel:WaitForChild("Buttons")
local currentClosestDistance, currentClosestButton = math.huge, nil
runService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
for _, v in pairs(buttons:GetChildren()) do
if (v.ButtonPart.Position - character.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude < currentClosestDistance then
currentClosestButton = v
print("closest button to "..player.Name.." is: "..v.Name)
end
end
end)
Sorry for the late reply. I have been experimenting and fixing my script, as well as debugging it. Unfortunately, the i, v in pairs loop only prints one of the three buttons names that I have, and therefore yields the rest of the loop.
Can anyone tell me my problem here? Here is my script:
wait(5)
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Humanoid = Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local Button = Player.PlayerGui.FindGui.FindButton
local Sound = script.Sound
local CanSearch = false
local Range = 1000
local Target = nil
local Folder = game.Workspace.TycoonModel.Buttons
local Beam = script.Beam:Clone()
Beam.Parent = Humanoid
local NewBeam = Humanoid:FindFirstChild("Beam")
Button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
CanSearch = not CanSearch
print(CanSearch)
if CanSearch == true then
for i, v in pairs(Folder:GetChildren()) do
print(v.Name)
if v.Price.Value <= Player.leaderstats.Cash.Value then
if v.ButtonPart.Transparency == 0 then
if Player:DistanceFromCharacter(v.ButtonPart.Position) <= Range then
Range = Player:DistanceFromCharacter(v.ButtonPart.Position)
Target = v.Name
end
end
end
return Target
end
print(Target)
if Target then
Button.Text = "X"
local Attachment0 = Humanoid:FindFirstChild("RootRigAttachment")
local Attachment1 = Target.ButtonPart.Attachment
NewBeam.Attachment0 = Attachment0
NewBeam.Attachment1 = Attachment1
NewBeam.Enabled = true
end
elseif CanSearch == false then
NewBeam.Enabled = false
Sound:Play()
Button.Text = "?"
end
end)
If you could find the issue, I would really appreciate it. Here is what I want the script to do:
When the Button is clicked, it searches for the closest buyable object
If one is found, create a beam and attach it to the button from the player
If not, play a sound to let the player know
Update if the object found gets bought
Right now, it clones the beam successfully into the player and updates the value of CanSearch, but the for i, v in pairs loop is going through one of the objects and then yielding the script. (It does not even find the closest one right now)
