How to make a new working wire system

PorchThatHuantsMe · May 18, 2024, 10:11am

right now I have a tool to wire two parts together. only problems is its just not good. so I was wondering how to make a wireing system. My current one is probably isn’t even coded right, don’t try to fix it just explain how to make a new one and better one still using bool values and object values or something similar to the screenshot atleast

local Object = script.Parent.Parent

local OtherWire = script.Parent.Value
local OtherPower = OtherWire:WaitForChild("CurrentlyPowered")

local OtherElectricity = OtherWire.Parent:FindFirstChild("Electricity")

local Beams = {}

local Wire = script.Parent
local Power = script.Parent:WaitForChild("CurrentlyPowered")

local Electricity = Wire.Parent:FindFirstChild("Electricity")


--// Functions

local function BeamCheck()
	if Power.Value == true then
		for _,v in Wire:GetChildren() do
			if v:IsA("Beam") then
				v.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.new(1, 1, 0))
			end
		end
	else
		for _,v in Wire:GetChildren() do
			if v:IsA("Beam") then
				v.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.new(0, 0, 0))
			end
		end
	end
end

local function TogglePower(b)
	
	BeamCheck()
	
	for _,v in Wire.Parent:GetDescendants() do
		if v.Name:find("Power") then
			if v.Value~=b then
				wait(.2)
				v.Value = b
				print("Communicated to "..tostring(b))
			end
		end
	end
	
end


--// Script

BeamCheck()

TogglePower(OtherPower.Value)

if Electricity then
	TogglePower(true)
end

Wire.Parent.DescendantAdded:Connect(function(c)
	BeamCheck()

	if c.Name:find("Power") then
		c.Value = Power.Value
	end
end)
OtherWire.Parent.DescendantAdded:Connect(function(c)
	BeamCheck()

	if c.Name:find("Power") then
		c.Value = Power.Value
	end
end)

OtherPower:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function()
	BeamCheck()

	TogglePower(OtherPower.Value)
end)

Power:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function()
	BeamCheck()
end)

my firs time creating a wireing system and it barely works so how do I make an actual one? the way mine worked was object values and bool values. bool value for if its on and objectvalue for other node. It connects like wires like this.

it looks like it works in that picture but it doesn’t. If I were to uncheck the electricity on the generator (the block) the wires would still keep the power and the system is just hard to follow and it’s just bad.

So I want a system for wiring that is explainable and I can follow easily, and that actually works all the time. also the beams are black when unpowered and on when they are powered. the mian problem I have is make the wire depend on the powers. So for example, if I had a generator, and two nodes infront, and in a line I connected : Generator to node, node to node. And then I turned the generators power and electrivity off. but the nodes are still on even though they have no power.

I really want to create a wiring system so if anyone can explain a way to do this that works that’d be great.

And mostly the biggest example is ultimate build. The wire system it works.

PorchThatHuantsMe · May 18, 2024, 11:12am

I still need explanation how to make new wiring system and .

scavengingbot · May 18, 2024, 4:04pm

hello!
Your question was very interesting, because I’ve never actually developed a wire system myself…
But I decided I wanted to try it, so I made a wire system for you, the code might look chaotic because I made it quickly, because it is an example code, but you might change it or make it more beautiful!

I’ve added comments where I think they would be useful, but I recommend reading the documentation on stuff you’ve never seen!

Anyway, so for this system, you need a tool, two remote events inside replicated storage, and three tags:

“power” - a power source
“conductor” - conducts power through wires.
“action” - something like light, which receives power and performs an action, stated by the name of the part.

then inside serverscriptservice, add a script, this will manage the three tags:

local col = game:GetService("CollectionService")--collectionservice, ruler of tags.
local actions = require(game.ServerScriptService.Actions)--the module with actions
local connections = {}--store the connections

local function add(inst: Part)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end--required if check, for no errors
	
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", false)--create a new attribute for status
	local click = Instance.new("ClickDetector")--create click for turning on power source
	
	click.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)--click event, changing color and attribute
		if inst:GetAttribute("Activated") then
			inst:SetAttribute("Activated", false)
			inst.BrickColor = BrickColor.new('Really red')
		else
			inst:SetAttribute("Activated", true)
			inst.BrickColor = BrickColor.new('Lime green')
		end
	end)
	
	click.Parent = inst--parent click to the target instance
	--do some other config here...
end

local function sub(inst: Instance)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end--required if check for no errors
	
	local click = inst:FindFirstChildOfClass("ClickDetector")--find a click
	if click then click:Destroy() end--destroy if it exists
	
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", nil)--remove activated attribute, optional
	--do some other cleaning here...
end

col:GetInstanceAddedSignal("power"):Connect(add)--on instance added with tag, run add func
col:GetInstanceRemovedSignal("power"):Connect(sub)--on instance removed with tag, run sub func
for _, obj in ipairs(col:GetTagged("power")) do--for all existing power sources, run add func on them.
	add(obj)
end

--conductor tag handling

local function addcon(inst: Instance)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end
	
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", false)--add an attribute
	--do some other config here...
	connections[inst] = inst:GetAttributeChangedSignal("Activated"):Connect(function()
		if inst:GetAttribute("Activated") then
			inst.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Lime green")
		else
			inst.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Really red")
		end
	end)
end

local function subcon(inst: Instance)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", nil)--not really necessary
	--do some custom cleanup here
	if connections[inst] then
		connections[inst]:Disconnect()
	end
end

col:GetInstanceAddedSignal("conductor"):Connect(addcon)
col:GetInstanceRemovedSignal("conductor"):Connect(subcon)
for _, con in ipairs(col:GetTagged("conductor")) do
	addcon(con)
end

--action tag handling

local function addac(inst: Instance)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", false)--create an attribute
	--do some custom config for action objects
	
	connections[inst] = inst:GetAttributeChangedSignal("Activated"):Connect(function()
		if actions[inst.Name] then actions[inst.Name](inst) end--call the instance's action func if it exists
	end)
end

local function subac(inst: Instance)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", nil)--not really necessary
	--do some custom cleanup here
	
	if connections[inst] then connections[inst]:Disconnect() end
end

col:GetInstanceAddedSignal("action"):Connect(addac)
col:GetInstanceRemovedSignal("action"):Connect(subcon)
for _, ac in ipairs(col:GetTagged("action")) do
	addac(ac)
end

I know the names are afwul, but It’s because my C developer-type brain picked the names, (in c and c++ you might see names like ‘INT32_LEAST_MIN’ and ‘size_t’ or ‘basic_string<char_allocator… etc’)
(my lua brain and c brain where fighting in this script haha)

then create a tool, and add a localscript to the tool, make sure the tool has a handle, because otherwise .Equipped won’t run!

local tool = script.Parent
local wire = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("wire")
local unwire = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("unwire")
local uis = game:GetService("ContextActionService")--context action ss for input

local selected = {}--to save the selected parts!
local debounce = false--deboucne for reaction speed

local hovered: Instance = nil--for the currently hovering part
local hoverhighlight = nil --to store the hover highlight
local mousemoveconnection = nil--to store our mousemove con

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer--player
local mouse = player:GetMouse()--player's mouse

local function unselect()
	hovered = nil
	mouse.TargetFilter = nil --remove them from target filter
	if hoverhighlight then hoverhighlight:Destroy() end--clean up effects
end

local function deselectAll()
	for _, obj: Instance in ipairs(selected) do--destroy all highlights
		local highlight = obj:FindFirstChildOfClass("Highlight")
		if highlight then highlight:Destroy() end
	end
	
	table.clear(selected)
end

local function addtoselected()
	local highlight = Instance.new("Highlight")--customize selection highlight
	highlight.FillColor = Color3.fromRGB(0, 170, 255)
	highlight.OutlineColor = Color3.fromRGB(0, 125, 188)
	highlight.Parent = hovered
	
	table.insert(selected, hovered)
end

local function selectt()--two tts because there is a built in func named 'select'
	hovered = mouse.Target
	mouse.TargetFilter = hovered
	
	hoverhighlight = Instance.new("Highlight")--customize highlight
	hoverhighlight.FillTransparency = 1
	hoverhighlight.OutlineColor = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
	hoverhighlight.Parent = hovered--set parent LAST
end

local function clean()
	unselect()--clean up everything
	deselectAll()--clean up currently selected
	
	uis:UnbindAction("PressToWire")--unbind our key press
	uis:UnbindAction("PressToUnwire")
	if mousemoveconnection then mousemoveconnection:Disconnect() end--disconnect event
end

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
	mousemoveconnection = mouse.Move:Connect(function()--when the mouse is moved, manage highlights
		if not mouse.Target then unselect() return end
		if mouse.Target == hovered then return end--object is the same, no need to reapply the effects
		if hovered then unselect() end--if there is an old object, clean up effects
		
		if not mouse.Target:HasTag("action") and not mouse.Target:HasTag("conductor") and not mouse.Target:HasTag("power") then return end--not eligible
		selectt()--select the new target
	end)
	
	uis:BindAction("PressToWire", function(name: string, state: Enum.UserInputState) 
		if state ~= Enum.UserInputState.Begin then return end--has to begin to work
		wire:FireServer(table.unpack(selected))--unpack selected, and send it with the event
		
		deselectAll()--deselect everything afterwards
	end, false, Enum.KeyCode.C)--any keycode
	
	uis:BindAction("PressToUnwire", function(name: string, state: Enum.UserInputState) 
		if state ~= Enum.UserInputState.Begin then return end--has to begin to work
		unwire:FireServer(table.unpack(selected))--unpack selected, and send it with the event

		deselectAll()--deselect everything afterwards
	end, false, Enum.KeyCode.V)
end)

tool.Activated:Connect(function()--add to selected, if eligible
	if not hovered then return end--error check
	if table.find(selected, hovered) then return end--is already selected
	
	addtoselected()--add obj to selected
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(clean)--connect the cleanup operation to both finalize events
tool.Destroying:Connect(clean)

this client script manages the client sided effects, like selection boxes and yeah.
Yes the system comes with its own effects, because I decided it would be cool.

The system also allows for multiple selection, so you select three parts, and they’d get connected in the order you selected them!

then in the serverscriptservice add a new script, different from the collectionscript, this script will manage the server sided wires; when a client sends a request to wire two objects, the server will connect them!

local wire = game.ReplicatedStorage.wire--get remote
local unwire = game.ReplicatedStorage.unwire--get remote
local connections = {}--keep track of the connections

wire.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, ...)--server connection
	local tab = table.pack(...)
	for i=1, #tab do
		if i <= 1 then continue end--avoid connecting solely one object & gaurantee the existance of 2 objects
		
		local obj1 = tab[i-1]
		local obj2 = tab[i]
		
		if connections[obj1] and connections[obj1][obj2] then return end--obj1 already connected to obj2

		local attach1 = Instance.new("Attachment", obj1)
		local attach2 = Instance.new("Attachment", obj2)

		local ibeam = Instance.new("Beam")--customize wire
		ibeam.Attachment0 = attach1
		ibeam.Attachment1 = attach2
		ibeam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.fromRGB(255, 170, 0), Color3.fromRGB(0, 170, 255))
		ibeam.Parent = obj1--set parent AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE

		if not connections[obj1] then connections[obj1] = {} end--add an empty array if it doesn't exist yet
		connections[obj1][obj2] = obj1:GetAttributeChangedSignal("Activated"):Connect(function()--when set to true, set our obj2 to true aswell.
			obj2:SetAttribute("Activated", obj1:GetAttribute("Activated"))--change activated in obj2 to match 1's status
		end)
	end
end)

unwire.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr,...)--the disconnect func, cleans up everything.
	local tab = table.pack(...)--transform ... to table
	for i=1, #tab do
		if i <= 1 then continue end--avoid disconnecting between 1 obj, and make sure 2 objs are present
		
		local obj1 = tab[i - 1]
		local obj2 = tab[i]
		
		if not connections[obj1] or not connections[obj1][obj2] then continue end--doesn't have any connections, so no disconnection needed
		local attach1 = obj1:FindFirstChildOfClass("Attachment")--get the effects
		local attach2 = obj2:FindFirstChildOfClass("Attachment")
		local ibeam = obj1:FindFirstChildOfClass("Beam")
		
		if attach1 then attach1:Destroy() end--destroy the effects between the objects
		if attach2 then attach2:Destroy() end
		if ibeam then ibeam:Destroy() end
		
		connections[obj1][obj2]:Disconnect()--disconnect the attribute listener
		--[[
		if you want to make it so the conductor and action don't stay on after disconnecting just do:
			obj2:SetAttribute("Activated", false)
		]]
	end
end)

and lastly, you might’ve seen a module require in the collection script, well that’s because I wanted ia module, where all of the functions are defined for electrical actions, and when an action object turns on it would take the object’s name and search for a function that has the same name in the module. Then it would call that function on the object.
This promotes not adding a bunch of script instances that listen to attriubte changes, aswell as you get a nice overview of all possible actions an action object can perform!

module:

local actions = {}

function actions.light(obj: BasePart)
	if obj:GetAttribute("Activated") then
		local pointlight = Instance.new("PointLight")--customize pointlight
		pointlight.Brightness = 5
		
		obj.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
		obj.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Baby blue")
	else
		local pointlight = obj:FindFirstChildOfClass("PointLight")--clean up pointlight
		if pointlight then pointlight:Destroy() end
		
		obj.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic--default here
		obj.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Grey")--default here
	end
end

return actions

it currently only has one function, ‘light’, for lights.
put this modulescript in serverscriptservice!

explanation on the system:
when the tool hovers over an eligible part (a part with any of the three tags mentioned before), it will highlight it (so the player knows it is interactable).
once the mouse is pressed on the part, it becomes blue (indicating it is selected), and when you press ‘C’ it will connect all selected parts, in the order of selection, by looping through each part and connecting them to the previous part in the array.

when you select parts and press ‘V’ it will disconnect all parts from eachother in the order of selection.

when You turn on a power source (by clicking on it, since the collection script adds a clickdetector) it becomes green, indicating it is active, any connected part will also become active, and the collectionscript takes care of identifying special behavior, for example, if it is a conductor it doesn’t need to do anything except change the color to green, but if it is an action it looks for the matching function, calling it on the target if it exists.

here is a video:

this is my first try on a wire system, so hope it is better than yours atleast, because that is what you asked for!

Hope this helps!

edit: realized I’m not using the debounce variable in the tool script, well you can remove it.
edit: I never actually fully read requests, I always just look at it for 3s and my brain fills in the rest of the request automatically so I missed your request where you wanted the beams to change color when power turns off.

well you can add it in the collection script, for each tag, in the if statement for attribute checking, in the else block, search for a beam using:

local beam = inst:FindFirstChildOfClass("Beam");
beam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.new())--black

and in the if block, you might want to change the color back to normal so something like:

local beam = inst:FindFirstChildOfClass("Beam");
beam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.new(1, 1, 1))--white

modified script:

local col = game:GetService("CollectionService")--collectionservice, ruler of tags.
local actions = require(game.ServerScriptService.Actions)--the module with actions
local connections = {}--store the connections

local function add(inst: Part)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end--required if check, for no errors
	
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", false)--create a new attribute for status
	local click = Instance.new("ClickDetector")--create click for turning on power source
	
	click.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)--click event, changing color and attribute
		local beam = inst:FindFirstChildOfClass("Beam")--find beam
		
		if inst:GetAttribute("Activated") then
			inst:SetAttribute("Activated", false)
			inst.BrickColor = BrickColor.new('Really red')
			
			if beam then beam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.fromRGB(255, 170, 0), Color3.fromRGB(0, 170, 255)) end
		else
			inst:SetAttribute("Activated", true)
			inst.BrickColor = BrickColor.new('Lime green')
				
			if beam then beam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.new(0, 0, 0)) end
		end
	end)
	
	click.Parent = inst--parent click to the target instance
	--do some other config here...
end

local function sub(inst: Instance)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end--required if check for no errors
	
	local click = inst:FindFirstChildOfClass("ClickDetector")--find a click
	if click then click:Destroy() end--destroy if it exists
	
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", nil)--remove activated attribute, optional
	--do some other cleaning here...
end

col:GetInstanceAddedSignal("power"):Connect(add)--on instance added with tag, run add func
col:GetInstanceRemovedSignal("power"):Connect(sub)--on instance removed with tag, run sub func
for _, obj in ipairs(col:GetTagged("power")) do--for all existing power sources, run add func on them.
	add(obj)
end

--conductor tag handling

local function addcon(inst: Instance)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end
	
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", false)--add an attribute
	--do some other config here...
	connections[inst] = inst:GetAttributeChangedSignal("Activated"):Connect(function()
		local beam = inst:FindFirstChildOfClass("Beam")
		
		if inst:GetAttribute("Activated") then
			inst.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Lime green")
			if beam then beam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.fromRGB(255, 170, 0), Color3.fromRGB(0, 170, 255)) end
		else
			inst.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Really red")
			if beam then beam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.fromRGB(0, 0, 0)) end
		end
	end)
end

local function subcon(inst: Instance)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", nil)--not really necessary
	--do some custom cleanup here
	if connections[inst] then
		connections[inst]:Disconnect()
	end
end

col:GetInstanceAddedSignal("conductor"):Connect(addcon)
col:GetInstanceRemovedSignal("conductor"):Connect(subcon)
for _, con in ipairs(col:GetTagged("conductor")) do
	addcon(con)
end

--action tag handling

local function addac(inst: Instance)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", false)--create an attribute
	--do some custom config for action objects
	
	connections[inst] = inst:GetAttributeChangedSignal("Activated"):Connect(function()
		if actions[inst.Name] then actions[inst.Name](inst) end--call the instance's action func if it exists
		local beam = inst:FindFirstChildOfClass("Beam")
		if not beam then return end
		
		if inst:GetAttribute("Activated") then
			beam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.fromRGB(255, 170, 0), Color3.fromRGB(0, 170, 255))
		else
			beam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.new(0, 0, 0))
		end
	end)
end

local function subac(inst: Instance)
	if not inst:IsA("BasePart") then return end
	inst:SetAttribute("Activated", nil)--not really necessary
	--do some custom cleanup here
	
	if connections[inst] then connections[inst]:Disconnect() end
end

col:GetInstanceAddedSignal("action"):Connect(addac)
col:GetInstanceRemovedSignal("action"):Connect(subcon)
for _, ac in ipairs(col:GetTagged("action")) do
	addac(ac)
end

add this to collection script
edit: my dumb brain switched the color values in the power source tag handler, so switch those around and it should display the correct colors

also you can change the color sequence value in the server wire handler,if you want a different starting color.

edit: I detected a funny memory leak in the module haha, I forgot to parent the pointlight to the object in the light function . you need to parent it to the object to fix the memory leak, thanks.

PorchThatHuantsMe · May 18, 2024, 6:12pm

I didn’t expect anybody to write a couple whole scripts for this topic, so thank you a lot. I added clickdetectors to only parts with the power or action tag, and I’m also going to make other changes after figuring out the code more. right now the system is not working am I doing something wrong?

black part is a power source.

and then:

is it supposed to be activated because a power source is connected to it? it’s not activating which also returns false on the text for the attribute.

What I would expect is my nodes to return true when they are connected to a valid power source. In this case, my power source is activated, on the server.

scavengingbot · May 18, 2024, 6:23pm

you don’t need to add click detectors to power sources, the collection script automatically instantiates clickdetectors for parts tagged ‘power’.

action tag stuff don’t need click detectors, because they will automatically turn on when they get power.

the only tag which needs clickdetectors is the power tag, and it gets them automatically seen here in the script:

what is the wireable tag? If it’s from your own system then maybe our systems are clashing with eachother causing the error?

also the default beam color is orange blue, even if the source isn’t turned on, you can modify the default beam color here:

so it might look like it is active but it doesn’t work, but it might be that the default color is blue orange, and that it makes you think it is active while it is actually off.

try activating the source after you’ve connected it and see if it works.
also currently if you connect something and the source is already on, the connected part won’t turn on, why is it like this? I simply forgot to add a feature which handles that!

no worries modify this:

wire.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, ...)--server connection
	local tab = table.pack(...)
	for i=1, #tab do
		if i <= 1 then continue end--avoid connecting solely one object & gaurantee the existance of 2 objects
		
		local obj1 = tab[i-1]
		local obj2 = tab[i]
		
		if connections[obj1] and connections[obj1][obj2] then return end--obj1 already connected to obj2

		local attach1 = Instance.new("Attachment", obj1)
		local attach2 = Instance.new("Attachment", obj2)

		local ibeam = Instance.new("Beam")--customize wire
		ibeam.Attachment0 = attach1
		ibeam.Attachment1 = attach2
		ibeam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.fromRGB(255, 170, 0), Color3.fromRGB(0, 170, 255))
		ibeam.Parent = obj1--set parent AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE

		if not connections[obj1] then connections[obj1] = {} end--add an empty array if it doesn't exist yet
		connections[obj1][obj2] = obj1:GetAttributeChangedSignal("Activated"):Connect(function()--when set to true, set our obj2 to true aswell.
			obj2:SetAttribute("Activated", obj1:GetAttribute("Activated"))--change activated in obj2 to match 1's status
		end)
		
		if obj1:GetAttribute("Activated") then--this checks if the previous part is active, sets the next part to
			obj2:SetAttribute("Activated", true)--active if it is.
		end
	end
end)

maybe with these changes it will work?
hope this helps!

PorchThatHuantsMe · May 18, 2024, 6:25pm

yea it turns out it was the feature you had forgotton to add.

Now it works!

scavengingbot · May 18, 2024, 6:29pm

also here,

local wire = game.ReplicatedStorage.wire--get remote
local unwire = game.ReplicatedStorage.unwire--get remote
local connections = {}--keep track of the connections

wire.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, ...)--server connection
	local tab = table.pack(...)
	for i=1, #tab do
		if i <= 1 then continue end--avoid connecting solely one object & gaurantee the existance of 2 objects
		
		local obj1 = tab[i-1]
		local obj2 = tab[i]
		
		if connections[obj1] and connections[obj1][obj2] then return end--obj1 already connected to obj2

		local attach1 = Instance.new("Attachment", obj1)
		local attach2 = Instance.new("Attachment", obj2)

		local ibeam = Instance.new("Beam")--customize wire
		ibeam.Attachment0 = attach1
		ibeam.Attachment1 = attach2
		ibeam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.new(0, 0, 0))--default color is now black
		ibeam.Parent = obj1--set parent AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE

		if not connections[obj1] then connections[obj1] = {} end--add an empty array if it doesn't exist yet
		connections[obj1][obj2] = obj1:GetAttributeChangedSignal("Activated"):Connect(function()--when set to true, set our obj2 to true aswell.
			obj2:SetAttribute("Activated", obj1:GetAttribute("Activated"))--change activated in obj2 to match 1's status
		end)
		
		if obj1:GetAttribute("Activated") then--this checks if the previous part is active, sets the next part to
			obj2:SetAttribute("Activated", true)--active if it is.
			ibeam.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.fromRGB(255, 170, 0), Color3.fromRGB(0, 170, 255))--sets the ibeam to orange blue, only when it is on
		end
	end
end)

unwire.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr,...)--the disconnect func, cleans up everything.
	local tab = table.pack(...)--transform ... to table
	for i=1, #tab do
		if i <= 1 then continue end--avoid disconnecting between 1 obj, and make sure 2 objs are present
		
		local obj1 = tab[i - 1]
		local obj2 = tab[i]
		
		if not connections[obj1] or not connections[obj1][obj2] then continue end--doesn't have any connections, so no disconnection needed
		local attach1 = obj1:FindFirstChildOfClass("Attachment")--get the effects
		local attach2 = obj2:FindFirstChildOfClass("Attachment")
		local ibeam = obj1:FindFirstChildOfClass("Beam")
		
		if attach1 then attach1:Destroy() end--destroy the effects between the objects
		if attach2 then attach2:Destroy() end
		if ibeam then ibeam:Destroy() end
		
		connections[obj1][obj2]:Disconnect()--disconnect the attribute listener
		obj2:SetAttribute("Activated", false)--this turns the object off when disconnected
	end
end)

changes are:

the default color is black
the forgotten feature now sets the beam to orange blue when it is already active
when disconnecting, it turns the object off, so the object doesn’t retain its energy, you can delete this line if you don’t want this:

obj2:SetAttribute("Activated", false)--this turns the object off when disconnected

hope this helps!

system · June 1, 2024, 6:29pm

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