How to make a queue pad

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#1

I’m trying to make a pad that when a player steps on it it glows then when they get off it’s dull I was able to do it with touched and touch ended events but it’s buggy sometimes the characters animation would trigger an on and off visual anyone have any alternatives?

#2

add two touch detectors so one on the outside what detects when they leave the pad and one when the player steps on it

#3

In this scenario, using simply .Touched events will not be what you need. To make it work, you will need to use a spatial query, which sounds complex but is just a phrase that means “check if something exists in a space”.

I don’t have much context from your post, but I will try my best to answer.
The query workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox() checks if something exists in an area defined by a box.

So, for example:

local Pad = workspace.QueuePad

task.spawn(function()
	while true do
		local QueryResults = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(
			Pad.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, 3, 0), -- The position of the "box", using a CFrame
			Vector3.new(5, 5, 5) -- The size of this "box"
			-- You can use an OverlapParams object to further filter down your results.
			-- This is more useful for situations like combat scripts, for example, for here we don't need it.
		)
		
		if QueryResults then -- Sometimes, spatial queries will return nil, so check if it's not nil first!
			for i, v in pairs(QueryResults) do
				-- From here, check if any characters exist.
				if v and v.Parent then
					if v.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid") then
						-- It's a character!
						Pad.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
						break -- Leave the for loop we made.
					end
				end
			end
			-- If the loop wasn't broken, just set the material to something dull.
			Pad.Material = Enum.Material.Glass -- Glass looks good for this.
		end
		
		task.wait(0.05) -- this isn't necessary something to check very often
		-- so it's fine to check only every 1/20 of a second.
	end
end)