Improving My Polygon Creation System

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Okay so, I made this script which generates a polygon from different nodes, this method is called ear clipping and it works perfectly, the first loop will create a triangle in the first three nodes while the second loop will create a triangle in the subsequent nodes.

Now, this is just a preview of the polygon I want to generate and it is a local script in a text button. What I want to achieve is whenever I press ā€œXā€ or backspace on my keyboard, the preview, and its nodes will be destroyed and the loop will stop, until I press the button again and secondly, when I right-click on my mouse, a remote event gets fired and the nodes get deleted, while the preview becomes a real model and visible to everyone.

local mouse = player:GetMouse()

local UIS = game:GetService('UserInputService')
local runService = game:GetService('RunService')
local remote = game.ReplicatedStorage.generateFloor

local nodes = {}
local a
local b
local c
local toggle = false

function Round(Num, To)
	return math.floor(Num / To + .5) * To
end

local node1 = Instance.new("Part", workspace)
node1.Name = "FloorNode1"
node1.Anchored = true
node1.Transparency = 0.5
node1.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic
node1.Shape = Enum.PartType.Ball
node1.Size = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1)
node1.CanCollide = false
node1.Color = Color3.fromRGB(202, 202, 202)

runService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	if toggle then
		local MouseP = mouse.Hit.Position
		node1.CFrame = CFrame.new(Vector3.new(Round(mouse.Hit.p.X, 4), 10, Round(mouse.Hit.p.Z, 4)))*CFrame.Angles(0,0,math.rad(90))
	end
end)

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	toggle = true
	mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
		local node2 = Instance.new('Part', workspace)
		node2.Name = "SecondNode"
		node2.Anchored = true
		node2.Transparency = 0.2
		node2.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic
		node2.Shape = Enum.PartType.Ball
		node2.Size = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1)
		node2.CanCollide = true
		node2.Color = Color3.fromRGB(129, 255, 137)
		node2.CFrame = node1.CFrame
		table.insert(nodes, node2) 
		
		if #nodes == 3 then
			node2.Color = Color3.fromRGB(129, 255, 137)
			a = nodes[1] 
			b = nodes[2]
			c = nodes[3]
			local ta
			local tb
			ta, tb = require(script.Triangle)(a.Position, b.Position, c.Position, workspace, ta, tb)
		elseif #nodes > 3 then 
			node2.Color = Color3.fromRGB(129, 255, 137)
			a = nodes[1]
			b = nodes[#nodes - 1] 
			c = nodes[#nodes] 
			local ta
			local tb
			ta, tb = require(script.Triangle)(a.Position, b.Position, c.Position, workspace, ta, tb)
			
			UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
				if input.KeyCode == "X" or input.KeyCode == "Backspace" then
					toggle = false
					-- Preview gets deleted and its nodes, loop stops
				end
			end)
			
			mouse.Button2Down:Connect(function()
				if #nodes == 3 or #nodes > 3 then
					remote:FireServer() -- Nodes gets deleted and preview will appear to everyone in the server
				end
			end)
		end
	end)
end)

Iā€™m using the traingle module, you can find it here

Any help? Thanks for reading.

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