How to make a tool that makes the player invisible, but not the tool the player is holding?

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#1

I’m attempting to make a simple tool that turns the player invisible, but not the tool itself. I’m using a basic invisibility tool script I pulled from toolbox, but it makes the tool invisible as well. When I tried to fix this, it made both the player and tool visible again, so I assume I’ve simply put the loop in the wrong location.

Here’s the script, with my modifications labelled:

local p = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer

repeat wait() until p.Character
local char = p.Character

local Tool = script.Parent

Tool.Equipped:Connect(function()

	for i, v in ipairs(char:GetDescendants()) do
		if v:IsA("BasePart") or v:IsA("Decal") then

			if v.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then

			else
				v.Transparency = 1

			end

		for i, v in ipairs(Tool:GetDescendants()) do -- i think ive got this in the wrong place
			v.Transparency = 0
			end -- end misplaced(?) loop
			
		end
	end

end)

Tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()

	for i, v in ipairs(char:GetDescendants()) do
		if v:IsA("BasePart") or v:IsA("Decal") then

			if v.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then

			else
				v.Transparency = 0

			end




		end
	end


end)

Including script samples with your suggestions would be awesome. Thanks!

#2

When looping through the character to make it invisible, you can just check to make sure its not a descendant of the tool itself:

local p = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer

repeat wait() until p.Character
local char = p.Character

local Tool = script.Parent

Tool.Equipped:Connect(function()

	for i, v in ipairs(char:GetDescendants()) do

		if not v:IsDescendantOf(Tool) and (v:IsA("BasePart") or v:IsA("Decal")) then

			if v.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then

			else
				v.Transparency = 1

			end

		end
	end

end)

Tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()

	for i, v in ipairs(char:GetDescendants()) do
		if v:IsA("BasePart") or v:IsA("Decal") then

			if v.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then

			else
				v.Transparency = 0

			end




		end
	end


end)
#3

Hello there! I see this script is inside the Tool, and in one of the lines, you put:

Tool:GetDescendants())

The loop tries to change every single Instance of the tool to Transparency = 0, but Transparency is not a property of the script, maybe try changing it to Tool:GetChildren()
Or do the following:

for i, v in pairs(Tool:GetDescendants()) do
    if v:IsA("BasePart") then
        v.Transparency = 0
    end
end
#4

This ends up hiding decals that are descendants of the tool. Any way to fix that?

#5

Oops sorry I didn’t look at the whole line of code,

Change:

if not v:IsDescendantOf(Tool) and v:IsA("BasePart") or v:IsA("Decal") then

To:

if not v:IsDescendantOf(Tool) and (v:IsA("BasePart") or v:IsA("Decal")) then
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#6

Just realized that this only makes the player invisible to themselves, ie the invisibility isn’t global, which I need it to be.
Changing this from a local to global script hasn’t done anything and keeps the player visible.
Any suggestions?