How would I go about with canceling moves for my Combat System?

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1

I want to add a feature to my Combat System where you can cancel one’s move, how would I execute this properly? If anyone has any ideas to what features I could use, please let me know!

I’ll paste the code I wrote for my moves so that way you can get a general idea on what I’m trying to do here, basically trying to cancel a move.

--Services
local RS = game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage')
local Debris = game:GetService('Debris')

--Modules
local CombatSystem = require(RS.Modules.CombatSystem)

--Remote Events
local ability = RS.RemoteEvents.CombatStyle.ability

local tripleCombo = script.Parent.Animations.VictimPlayer.AbilityAnims.tripleCombo
local victimAnims = {
	tripleCombo.tcHurt1,
	tripleCombo.tcHurt2,
	tripleCombo.tcHurtFinal
}

local animCount
ability.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, combatAbility)
	local char = player.Character
	local hum = char.Humanoid
	local Animator = hum.Animator
	
	local charParts = {
		char.RightHand,
		char.LeftHand
	}
	
	if combatAbility == 2 then
		animCount = 0
		
		local tripleComboAnim = script.Parent.Animations.Player.AbilityAnims.tripleComboAnim
		Animator:LoadAnimation(tripleComboAnim):Play()
		
		if animCount > 3 then
			animCount = 1
		end
		
		delay(0.3,function()
			local hitbox = script.Parent.Abilities.PunchHitbox:Clone()
			hitbox.Parent = workspace.Assets.Hitboxes
			hitbox.CFrame = charParts[1].CFrame
			Debris:AddItem(hitbox,0.6)
			
			animCount += 1
			
			local weld
			local function weldToPart(part, hitbox)
				weld = Instance.new('WeldConstraint')
				weld.Part0 = part
				weld.Part1 = hitbox
				weld.Parent = hitbox
			end
			
			weldToPart(charParts[1],hitbox)
			
			local connect
			local function affectVictim(hitbox,dmg,count)
				connect = hitbox.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
					if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild('Humanoid') and not hit:IsDescendantOf(char) then
						connect:Disconnect()

						local victimChar = hit.Parent
						local victimHum = hit.Parent.Humanoid
						local victimHumrp = hit.Parent.HumanoidRootPart
						local victimAnimator = victimHum.Animator

						--Damage
						victimHum:TakeDamage(dmg)

						--Stun Time
						CombatSystem.setStunTime(victimChar,30)
						
						--Knockback
						if dmg == 15 then
							local knockback = Instance.new('BodyVelocity')
							knockback.MaxForce = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
							knockback.P = math.huge
							knockback.Velocity = -victimHumrp.CFrame.LookVector * 20 + Vector3.new(0,20,0)
							knockback.Parent = victimHumrp
							Debris:AddItem(knockback,1)
						end
						
						--Animations
						local hurtAnim = victimAnims[animCount]
						victimAnimator:LoadAnimation(hurtAnim):Play()

						--VFX
						local hitParticle = script.Parent.VFX.TripleComboHit:Clone()
						hitParticle.Parent = victimHumrp

						delay(0.2,function()
							hitParticle.Enabled = false
							Debris:AddItem(hitParticle,1)
						end)
					end
				end)
			end
			
			affectVictim(hitbox,8,animCount)
			
			wait(0.7)
			weld:Destroy()
			
			animCount += 1
			
			local hitbox1 = script.Parent.Abilities.PunchHitbox:Clone()
			hitbox1.Parent = workspace.Assets.Hitboxes
			hitbox1.CFrame = charParts[2].CFrame
			Debris:AddItem(hitbox1,0.6)
			
			weldToPart(charParts[2], hitbox1)
			affectVictim(hitbox1,8,animCount)
			
			wait(0.9)
			
			animCount += 1
			
			local hitbox2 = script.Parent.Abilities.PunchHitbox:Clone()
			hitbox2.Parent = workspace.Assets.Hitboxes
			hitbox2.CFrame = charParts[1].CFrame
			Debris:AddItem(hitbox2,0.6)
			
			weldToPart(charParts[1], hitbox2)
			affectVictim(hitbox2,15,animCount)
		end)
	end
end)```
3

Sorry for the bump. I have 2 ideas for this. First your ability script can create a bool value inside the character that is using an ability, it can be named “Cancel”, the value is set to false. In the ability script make a “Changed” function for “Cancel” (If “Cancel” value is changed, it fires the function). When another player attacks with combat, his combat script looks for “Cancel” inside the character he attacked and if it finds it, it sets the “Cancel” value to true, while the “Changed” function in ability script stops the script. Another idea is using a bindable function or bindable event. When the player attacks with combat, it fires the event, another player’s ability script gets it and stops the script. I hope I explained clearly and helped you. If you have any questions, ask me.

4

Someone can use a move called cancel or something and then on the other script it will consistently check if that move is being played if it is the script stops.