This all worked great when I tested with a rig so I went ahead and changed for enemy players character.
Basically I decided to save the player.characters parts to a table. I got the name and the color. Idk if I need the name but it’s there anyway. I’ve probably made a mistake somewhere which is why I’m struggling now. When the player enters the game the color of the players characters parts are saved into a module that I can call at any time. The reason being that I wanted feedback to the player when they get hit by an attack (their player turns red for a bit) and then is supposed to turn back to the original color. Idk what that color will be so I saved it to the module as the player enters the game.
I’m having trouble iterating over the player’s character and the module to turn the colors back to original.
Table seems to work on player join
-- MODULE --
local PlayerInfoModule = {}
function PlayerInfoModule.GetInitialColor(character)
local initialColors = {}
for _, part in pairs(character:GetChildren()) do
if part:IsA("MeshPart")then -- ignore HumanoidRootPart
local partInfo = {
name = part.Name,--keep if name needed
color = part.Color
}
table.insert(initialColors, partInfo)
end
end
return initialColors
end
function PlayerInfoModule.OnPlayerJoin(player)
print(player.Name .. " has joined.")
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
PlayerInfoModule.CharacterAdded(character)
end)
end
function PlayerInfoModule.OnPlayerDied(player)
print(player.Name .. " has died.")
end
function PlayerInfoModule.OnPlayerLeave(player)
print(player.Name .. " has left.")
end
function PlayerInfoModule.CharacterAdded(character)
if character then
local initialColors = PlayerInfoModule.GetInitialColor(character)
if initialColors then
print(initialColors)-- just check the table is being formed and loaded correctly
else
print("Table has no data")
end
else
print("Character not loaded properly.")
end
end
return PlayerInfoModule
--SCRIPT--
---- Spell Casting Script ----
-- SERVICES --
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local SoundService = game:GetService("SoundService")
local DebrisService = game:GetService("Debris")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local ServerScriptService = game:GetService("ServerScriptService")
-- MODULES --
local playerInfoModule = require(ServerScriptService:WaitForChild("PlayerInfoModule"))
-- EVENTS ETC --
local castEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("CastEvent")
local canAttack = {}
castEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, eventType, arg1)
local character = player.Character
if eventType == "Water Bolt" then
-- add in casting animation here (player winds up like a baseball throw)
local animTrack = character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(ServerStorage.Animations.SpellAnim.CastingAnim)
local animTime = animTrack.Length
animTrack:Play()
task.wait(animTime)
local startPosition = character.RightHand.Position
local endPosition = arg1
local duration = (endPosition - startPosition).Magnitude / 60
-- how to cast during an animation keyframe?
local waterBoltClone = ServerStorage.Particles.Water.WaterBolt:Clone()
waterBoltClone:PivotTo(character.RightHand.CFrame)
waterBoltClone.Parent = workspace
local tweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(duration, Enum.EasingStyle.Cubic, Enum.EasingDirection.Out)
--create tween for water bolt casting
local castingTween = TweenService:Create(waterBoltClone, tweenInfo, {Position = endPosition})
castingTween:Play()
--play sound
DebrisService:AddItem(waterBoltClone, duration)
--Damage the enemy
waterBoltClone.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and not table.find(canAttack, hit.Parent.Name)then
local enemyCharacter = hit.Parent
table.insert(canAttack, enemyCharacter.Name)
enemyCharacter.Humanoid.Health -= 10
--Enemy Damage Effect
for i, v in pairs(enemyCharacter:GetChildren())do
if v:IsA("MeshPart")then
local tween1 = TweenService:Create(v, TweenInfo.new(0.4, Enum.EasingStyle.Exponential, Enum.EasingDirection.Out),{Color = Color3.new(255,0,0), Transparency = 0.5})
tween1:Play()
end
end
task.wait(0.1)
table.remove(canAttack, table.find(canAttack, enemyCharacter.Name))
--module to get the characters parts color
local enemyStats = playerInfoModule.GetInitialColor(enemyCharacter)--find the correct players table
--checking players parts against module table parts
for i, v in pairs(enemyCharacter:GetChildren())do
for _, part in pairs(enemyStats.initialColors)do--this is not a table, error table = nil
if v.Name == part.name and v:IsA("MeshPart")then
v.Color = part.color
break
end
end
local originalColor = v.Color
local tween2 = TweenService:Create(v, TweenInfo.new(0.4, Enum.EasingStyle.Exponential, Enum.EasingDirection.In),{Color = originalColor, Transparency = 0})
tween2:Play()
end
end
end)
end
end)
The Error,
