My touched events are firing to much leading to player getting to many points

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Im also using this blacklistt players system for the touched events someone suggested but still not working

This is of a thing where the player can only claim points after a certain amount of time

Here is my current script:

   local DataStoreServce = game:GetService("DataStoreService")

local DebrisService = game:GetService("Debris")

local DataStore = DataStoreServce:GetDataStore("lo1_229112")

local TimeForWait = 5 --//btw this is in scends


function Set(Player)
	local s,e = pcall(function()
		DataStore:SetAsync(Player.UserId, os.time())
	end)
end


game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Player)
	
	local CurrentTime = os.time()
	
	--print(CurrentTime)
	
	Set(Player)
	
end)

local function TeleportBack(player)
	player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position =  game.Workspace.Lobby.BackToSpawn.Position
end


local blacklist = {};

function foundInList(player)
	for _,target in ipairs(blacklist) do
		if target == player then
			return true;
		end
	end
	return false;
end

local function UnBlackListPlayer(player)
	for i,v in ipairs(blacklist) do
		if v.Name == player.Name then
			table.remove(blacklist, i)
			print('cool')
		end
	end
end



script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
		
		for i,v in pairs(blacklist)
		do
			print(v)
		end
		
			if player then
				
				if not foundInList(player) then
					
				table.insert(blacklist,player);
		
				local Data = DataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId)
				local Points = player.leaderstats.Points
			
				if Data == nil then
					print("Player can get points")
					
					Points.Value = Points.Value + 500
					--TeleportBack(player)
					Set(player)
					--wait(1)
				elseif os.time() - Data >= TimeForWait then
					print("HWTA")
					
					Points.Value = Points.Value + 500
					--TeleportBack(player)
					Set(player)
					
				else
					print("Player claimed before")
				end
	
				--print("Old data is " .. Data .. " new data is .. ".. os.time())
			
			--print("its been ".. os.time() - Data.. " seconds")
		end
		end
		wait(5)
		UnBlackListPlayer(player)
	end
end)


game:BindToClose(function()
	for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
		Set(v)
	end
end)
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You should add a debounce to your touched event. Your teleport event is not going to instantly teleport players away, and a player may be able to get additional touches on the brick before teleportation. A debounce is simply a boolean that’s used to filter out repetitive touches. Here’s example code of one:

local debounce = false

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
    if not debounce then     --same as if debounce == false
        debounce = true
        --Do fancy stuff
        wait(3)    --Substitute 3 for how often you want your part touched
        debounce = false
    end
end)

What this code will do is basically filter out touches for 3 seconds once it is touched. Once three seconds are up, it will accept touches again. Hopefully this helps you with your problem.

3

But , debounces woudlnt be specfic for a player, the denounce would do it for all players

Correct me if Im wrong, thats what people said on my topic I posted before

4

You are correct, but there is a fancy way to do debounces that are specific to each player. All you simply need is a table to keep track of the humanoids you hit, and manage their debounces seperately, like this:

local hitHums = {}

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit) 
    local hum = hit.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
    if hit and hit.Parent and hum and hum.Health > 0 and not hitHums[hum] then
        hitHums[hum] = true
        --Do fancy stuff :)
        wait(3)
        hitHums[hum] = false
    end
end)

This basically takes advantage of lua dictionaries, where we are using the player’s humanoid as the key and that key is used as their own personal debounce! I used this method all the time for hitboxes on my weapons.

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That seems a little complciated lol but yah thanks, I will try that today