Hello fellow devs!
I have been working on an aspect of my game, and I finally solved it! I won’t deny that the code is kind of sloppy. Let me explain what the point of it is.
I’m making a tycoon game, and I wanted to make it so that once you claim one, you can’t claim another. Here is the layout:
next to each tycoon that is claimable, there is a proximity prompt that allows you to claim it. In the workspace, I made parts for functional tycoons so far.
in the script for the currency, I added this chunk to set myself on the right track
it then checks if that value’s name has been changed like this:
if in fact the name has not been changed it then changes the name to “HasTycoon” so that the other prompts won’t falsely give you that tycoon as well. Here is what the full script from the prompt looks like
script.Parent.Triggered:Connect(function(plr)
if plr:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("IntValue").Name == "HasTycoon" then
else
plr.Val.Name = "HasTycoon"
game.ServerStorage.Blue.buyCircle.Parent = game.Workspace
script.Parent.Enabled = false
local playerName = Instance.new("IntValue")
playerName.Parent = script.Parent.Parent
wait(1)
playerName.Name = plr.Name
print(playerName.Name .. " Claimed Blue!")
end
end)
this then goes on to a Billboard GUI that displays your user name…" 's Tycoon"
what I’m asking is, is there a more efficient way to do this?
Thanks in advance!
I’m honored that you named your IntValue after me.
Jokes aside, couldn’t you just use a BoolValue instead of using the name of an IntValue and use a StringValue for the player’s name instead of an IntValue’s name as the player’s name? I feel like that would be more efficient.
Here’s the optimized code for you. I haven’t tested it, but try this:
-- Wherever your previous code for the IntValue was would be replaced by this
local val = Instance.new("BoolValue")
val.Parent = plr
val.Name = "HasTycoon"
val.Value = false
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local HasTycoon = --[ Put the path to the Boolean Value here ]--
script.Parent.Triggered:Connect(function(plr)
if HasTycoon.Value == true then
-- Code here
else
HasTycoon.Value == true
ServerStorage.Blue.buyCircle.Parent = game.workspace
script.Parent.Enabled = false
local playerName = Instance.new("StringValue")
playerName.Parent = script.Parent.Parent
wait(1)
playerName.Value = plr.Name
print(playerName.Value .. " Claimed Blue!")
end
end)
