How would I hide a Proximity Prompt for certain players?

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#1

i am trying to have a proximity prompt show up for a generator only for players who have a battery. please help.

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#2

Well, this is just a guess, but I this you want to use a local script. What players in specific do you want to hide it from?

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#3

if a player doesn’t have a battery than they cannot see the prompt. i found a PromptHidden() event but im not sure how id access that. or if its just a function i can call.

#4

You can set the Enabled property of the proximity prompt to false on a localscript if the player does not have a battery.

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#5

i will try this. can i put the local script anywhere?

#6

Put it under StarterPlayerScripts, and basically just check if the character has the battery or not on a loop. If they do, enable it, else just disable it.

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#7

could you give me an example. i’m having trouble with it. these are my variables.

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local gen_pp = game.Workspace.generator.ProximityPrompt

local battery_char = player.Character:FindFirstChild("battery")
local battery_back = player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("battery")
#8

Oh man I use to write in snake case. Anyways, it could look something like this:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local gen_pp = game.Workspace.generator.ProximityPrompt

local battery_found = false
local connections = {}

player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
	connections[#connections + 1] = character.ChildAdded:Connect(function(child)
		if child.Name == 'battery' and not battery_found then
			battery_found = true
			gen_pp.Enabled = true		
		end
	end)
	connections[#connections + 1] = character.ChildRemoving:Connect(function(child)
		if child.Name == 'battery' and battery_found then
			battery_found = false
			gen_pp.Enabled = false
		end
	end)
end)

player.CharacterRemoving:Connect(function(character)
	for _, connection in pairs(connections) do
		connection:Disconnnect()
	end
	connections = {}
	battery_found = false
	gen_pp.Enabled = false
end)
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#9

haha what’s snake case? and dang if i showed you the loop i just wrote out you’d probably gag.

#10

snake_case_is_where_you_write_like_this_with_no_caps

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#11

ohhh lol yeah i do that because it helps me process the information. but here’s my lights script so you know.

light = game.Workspace.light.SpotLight
pp = script.Parent.ProximityPrompt
gen_pp = game.Workspace.generator.ProximityPrompt
failed = false
count = 0
rs = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
rs_battery = game.ReplicatedStorage.battery
player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local function myClone()
	local clonedPart = rs_battery:Clone()
	clonedPart.Parent = game.Workspace
	
	local bat_pp = Instance.new("ProximityPrompt")
	bat_pp.Parent = clonedPart
	
	bat_pp.Triggered:Connect(function(plr)
		--gen_pp.Enabled = true
		local tool = Instance.new("Tool")
		tool.Name = "battery"
		local clone = rs_battery:Clone() -- this lets it know its the model 
		clone.Anchored = false
		clone.Name = "Handle" -- every tool has to have a handle
		clone.Parent = tool -- parent the handle
		tool.Parent = plr.Backpack -- telling the location 
		clonedPart:Destroy()
	end)
end

pp.Triggered:Connect(function(plr)
	if failed == false then
		light.Enabled = not light.Enabled
		
		count = count +1
		
		if count >= 3 then
			light.Enabled = false
			failed = true
			count = 0
			myClone()
			print"failed"
		end
	end
end)



gen_pp.Triggered:Connect(function(plr)
	if failed == true then 
		failed = false

		local battery_char = plr.Character:FindFirstChild("battery")
		local battery_back = plr.Backpack:FindFirstChild("battery")
		
		if battery_char ~= nil then 
			battery_char:Destroy()
			gen_pp.Enabled = false
		elseif battery_back ~= nil then
			battery_back:Destroy()
			gen_pp.Enabled = false
		end
		print"fixed"
	end
end)
#12

it works man. thank you so much. i’ve been working on this script for 3 freaking ddays dudde haha