Looping Explosions on Parts

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#1

How do I script an explosion to repeat the explosion effect on a certain part(s) as long as another certain script is running/enabled?

#2

Use a While True do loop! This will keep playing until you break it

#3

I have tried that, but it only exploded once, then stopped.

#4

did you ever try Cloning and destorying it?(i’m new but this is a way i would do it but i think u can do that)

#6

Something along the lines of this could work:

while wait(1) do
     local explosion = Instance.new("Explosion")
     explosion.Parent = part
     --You can configure the explosion's properties here
end
#7

Yeah, that would work, however, I’m using it in a meltdown-like thing for a research facility, and it has code that needs to happen after the explosion, and I tried making the click detector run the script, but it didn’t work then.

#8

I need the explosion to only happen when a certain script is running, though.

#9

@ijmod said a script that will work im pretty sure

#10

Then use a bool Value and when it is fals/true then it will work or use if staement.

#11

Ah I see. So I just make it run at the same time as the click detector runs the meltdown script?

#12

So you can add an if condition to see if the script is enabled. This would not be an efficient option, so I suggest storing a value in the server to handle the explosion toggle

#13

Ah. I’m not familiar with storing values or any of those things, so how would I do that? I understand the script parts.

#14

BoolValue allows data be sent over the game so it will store the data until changed !(my way of defining it)
There is other values that can help u too,For Example intNumber

#15

So, what you’re saying is, have a value in the server waiting, and then when the certain script is running, have a certain line in the script that makes that value true, then the explosion runs?

#16

yup thats right and so then you can run the script

#17

I’m not aware of your situation and when the said script should be disabled or enabled, but you can create a variable stored in the server and call a remote event every time the explosion is toggled.

It could look something along the lines of:

local ExplosionIsOn = false

RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player, Toggle)
     ExplosionIsOn = Toggle --The toggle being a bool value which can be set from the client
end)

while wait(1) do
     if ExplosionIsOn == true then
           local explosion = Instance.new("Explosion")
          explosion.Parent = part
          --You can configure the explosion's properties here
     end
end
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#18

Yeah this is a example @ijmod this is a good example man

#19

Where would I add the remote function to? I’m not familiar with where these things go.

#20

You Should First learn how to use RemoteEvents

#21

So that is just a generalized piece of code that yours could end up looking like. It’s up to the developer to figure out how I can do this and why I need to do this, but I want to lead you in the right direction :slight_smile: If you are unsure as to how to use remote events/functions, there are many great sources that can explain in depth as to how you can use them and why you should use them.

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