How Would You Script A Swordfighting Platform?

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#1

Hello there!

I’m not very educated in scripting but I want to make a sword fighting game.

How would I script something where when you step on a part it gives you a sword. I know its probably easy for most people, but I don’t know much of anything about scripting.

If you have any idea on this please let me know!

Thanks,
HighSkewl

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#2

get the sword that you want to use and put it in the replicated storage, and then you would clone it whenever the player steps on the block

local block = --the block that is touched
local sword = -- the sword in the replicates storage

block.Touched:Connect(function(hit) -- Fires when the block is stepped on, then creating a variable for the part that stepped on it
    if hit.Parent:FindFirstchild("Humanoid") then -- Checks if it's an actual player
        if not hit.Parent:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Tool") then -- Checks if they have a sword already
            sword:Clone().Parent = hit.Parent -- Gives the sword to the player(and equipping it)
        end
    end
end)

Now since you are new to scripting let me explain what some advanced things mean:

FindFirstChildWhichIsA("")
That means that if the script finds a child(a child is basically what is in something) that is a specific instance, for example, a tool, an int value etc. Basically anything that you can insert into the game is an instance.

sword:Clone()
It says it, it clones the sword

Any further questions you can ask me

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#3

So with the local block = and the local sword = Would I have to add anything into the script for it to know which block or which sword, or does it already know? Because when I touch the block it doesn’t give me a sword.

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#4

did you put the sword as a tool into the replicates storage? And did you clone it from the replicated storage?

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#5

What does it mean to clone it from the storage?

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#6

What he means is, when you put something in ServerStorage, it technically isnt in the game. ServerStorage is a place for you to put templates and pre made objects that can be inserted into the workspace via ServerScript at any given time. Cloning the sword from storage is basically taking that sword that you have stored away in ServerStorage, making a copy or that sword, and then putting it wherever it needs to be put.

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#7

Okay. would It need to be somewhere in the script, or in the part?

Sorry, im new to this so I dont know anything

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#8

The sword must be placed in ServerStorage. The Part must be somewhere in the Workspace.

so what this is here:

You need to put your block ^^^ where it says block, and your sword where it says sword

for example:

local sword = game.ServerStorage.Sword --Replace the word sword here with whatever you named your sword
local block = game.Workspace.Part --Again, replace the word part with whatever you named your platform
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#9

Thank you! that was very helpful.

Happy new years!

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#10

Be sure to mark @VegetationBush’s post as the solution with the check box under his post

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Sorry to keep on, but I have the script down and everything, but it still doesn’t work… Am I doing something wrong?

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#12

You have put the sword in ReplicatedStorage. you need to put the sword in ServerStorage. (although ReplicatedStorage would also function properly too if you were to alter the script. As the script is currently geared toward taking it from ServerStorage, i would place your sword there)

#13

The script will throw an error because in line 5 child has a lower case. It should be FindFirstChild(“Humanoid”). If you put away the sword in the inventory this script will just give it back to you again. I added a check to prevent that. This check will check the players inventory if the there is no tool in character.

local block = script.Parent
local sword = game.ReplicatedStorage.ClassicSword

block.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
   	if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		if not hit.Parent:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Tool") then
			if not game.Players[hit.Parent.Name].Backpack:FindFirstChild(sword.Name) then
				sword:Clone().Parent = hit.Parent
				print(sword.Name .. " gave to " .. hit.Parent.Name)
			end
		end
	end
end)

Here is a place file for it. Sword giver.rbxl (23.3 KB)

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