I can't use Touched event properly

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#1

Hey. There is a square locked on players mouse and it should make red every npc when touched. But it’s not working as expected. Sorry for my english but i will add a video too. Is there any alternative to touched event or am i doing something wrong ?

Here is my code :

RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function(step)
	squareReal.Position = Vector3.new(mouse.Hit.p.X,0,mouse.Hit.p.Z)
	squareVisual.Position = Vector3.new(mouse.Hit.p.X,0,mouse.Hit.p.Z)
end

squareReal.Touched:Connect(function(part)
	if part.Parent.Parent.Name == "NPCs" then
		if part:IsA("MeshPart") then
			part.TextureID = ""
		end
	end
end)

squareReal.TouchEnded:Connect(function(part)
	if part.Parent.Parent.Name == "NPCs" then
		if part:IsA("MeshPart") then
			part.TextureID = part.Texture.Value
		end
	end
end)

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#2

Lua is case-sensitive, so make sure your parent keywords are capitalized. Like so:

if part.Parent.Parent.Name == "NPCs" then
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#3

You should probably use a debounce with Touched events since it seems the red colour change is turning off and on but won’t stay on one colour.

#4

Ahh yeah it’s my bad but behaving is the same with upper or lower ‘p’ weird.

#5

I have no idea how to use debounce on this situation but i will try it.

#6

Also, why make 2 variables for the same thing?
squareReal and squareVisual are identical values so just use 1 variable for both.