PartsBoundInBox Hitbox Issue

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#1

I’m trying to have the hitbox constantly update but I don’t know how. I thought about and tried using a while loop but I can’t get it to work. The hitbox(purple.Inner) is tweened for both its size and position. I looked around the devofurm but couldn’t get anything related to constantly updating partsboundinbox.

Thank you in advance!

	local purpleOverlapParameters = OverlapParams.new()
	
	local purpleHitContents = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(purple.Inner.CFrame, purple.Inner.Size, purpleOverlapParameters)
	local hits = {}
	for i,v in pairs(purpleHitContents) do
		local hit = v
		if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and hit.Parent.Name ~= player.Name then
			if not hit.Parent.Humanoid:FindFirstChild(player.Name) then
				return
			end
			hits[hit.Parent.Name] = true
			hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):TakeDamage(250)
			wait(4)
			hits[hit.Parent.Name] = false
		end
	end

	game.Debris:AddItem(sphereVFX31, 1)
	game.Debris:AddItem(sphereVFX32, 1)
	game.Debris:AddItem(purple, 10)
#2

What exactly is the issue when using a while loop?

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#3 
	local purpleOverlapParameters = OverlapParams.new()
	while purple.Inner do
		wait()
		local purpleHitContents = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(purple.Inner.CFrame, purple.Inner.Size, purpleOverlapParameters)
		local hits = {}
		for i,v in pairs(purpleHitContents) do
			local hit = v
			if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and hit.Parent.Name ~= player.Name then
				if not hit.Parent.Humanoid:FindFirstChild(player.Name) then
					return
				end
				hits[hit.Parent.Name] = true
				hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):TakeDamage(250)
				wait(4)
				hits[hit.Parent.Name] = false
			end
		end
	end

Just doesn’t work, and I also have code below, so if I use the while loop it will never reach that part of the code(I think)

#4 
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local purpleOverlapParameters = OverlapParams.new()
	
RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
		local purpleHitContents = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(purple.Inner.CFrame, purple.Inner.Size, purpleOverlapParameters)
		local hits = {}
		for i,v in pairs(purpleHitContents) do
			local hit = v
			if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and hit.Parent.Name ~= player.Name then
				if not hit.Parent.Humanoid:FindFirstChild(player.Name) then
					return
				end
				hits[hit.Parent.Name] = true
				hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):TakeDamage(250)
				wait(4)
				hits[hit.Parent.Name] = false
			end
		end
	end)

Maybe try hearbeat?

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#5

To make the code below the while true do works you need to put the while true do inside

task.spawn(function()
	
end)
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#6

I just tried this, the hit doesn’t take any damage

	local function purpleDetectionLoop()
		while purple.Inner do
			wait()
			local purpleOverlapParameters = OverlapParams.new()
			local purpleHitContents = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(purple.Inner.CFrame, purple.Inner.Size, purpleOverlapParameters)
			local hits = {}
			for i,v in pairs(purpleHitContents) do
				local hit = v
				if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and hit.Parent.Name ~= player.Name then
					if not hit.Parent.Humanoid:FindFirstChild(player.Name) then
						return
					end
					hits[hit.Parent.Name] = true
					hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):TakeDamage(250)
					wait(4)
					hits[hit.Parent.Name] = false
				end
			end
		end
	end
	
	task.spawn(purpleDetectionLoop)
#7

I tried this code and the humanoid didn’t take any damage.

#8

My purple part is tweened and anchored. Could this have anything to do with why it isn’t working?

#9

make sure that the hit.Parent is the players character. Preferrably add a print statement to check what the parent is.

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#10


I’m using the code you gave me and filtered the output so that it only shows rig. I added print(v.Parent) to the code.

#11

Have you checked whether the humanoid took damage or not through properties, because the rig’s HealthDisplayType/Distance might be disabled.

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#12

It’s enabled and I also checked in the properties window

#13

Could you send the exact code that was used in the video?

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#14

I’ve been changing the code a lot but it was something similar to this:

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local purpleOverlapParameters = OverlapParams.new()
	
RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
		local purpleHitContents = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(purple.Inner.CFrame, purple.Inner.Size, purpleOverlapParameters)
		local hits = {}
		for i,v in pairs(purpleHitContents) do
			local hit = v
			if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and hit.Parent.Name ~= player.Name then
				if not hit.Parent.Humanoid:FindFirstChild(player.Name) then
					return
				end
				hits[hit.Parent.Name] = true
				hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):TakeDamage(250)
				wait(4)
				hits[hit.Parent.Name] = false
			end
		end
	end)
#15

Where was the print statement shown in the video?

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#16

it was below local hit = v

#17

Try putting it right above where the humanoid is supposed to take damage to see whether the issue is hitting it or dealing damage.

#18

I just noticed a strange error thats going on right now

#19 
	task.wait(5)
	local purple = game.ServerStorage.PurpleSphereVFX3:Clone()
	purple.Parent = game.Workspace
	purple:PivotTo(sphereVFX31["8"].CFrame)

	local purpleSizeTweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(
		2, -- Time animating
		Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, -- EasingStyle
		Enum.EasingDirection.Out, -- EasingDirection
		0, -- Repitions
		false, -- Reverse post tween?
		0 -- Delay time
	)
	
	local purpleSizeTween1 = ts:Create(purple.Inner,purpleSizeTweenInfo,{Size=Vector3.new(4.28,4.28,4.28)})
	purpleSizeTween1:Play()
	local purpleSizeTween2 = ts:Create(purple.Outer1,purpleSizeTweenInfo,{Size=Vector3.new(5.74,5.77,5.75)})
	purpleSizeTween2:Play()
	local purpleSizeTween3 = ts:Create(purple.Outer2,purpleSizeTweenInfo,{Size=Vector3.new(5.74,5.77,5.75)})
	purpleSizeTween3:Play()
	local purpleSizeTween4 = ts:Create(purple.Outer3,purpleSizeTweenInfo,{Size=Vector3.new(7.11,8.18,3)})
	purpleSizeTween4:Play()
	local purpleSizeTween5 = ts:Create(purple.Outer4,purpleSizeTweenInfo,{Size=Vector3.new(6.17,6.68,6.77)})
	purpleSizeTween5:Play()

	local function waitUnanchor()
		task.wait(0.5)
		humanoidRootPart.Anchored = false
	end

	task.spawn(waitUnanchor)

	local function purpleShootTween()
		task.wait(1)
		local purpleShootTweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(
			5, -- Time animating
			Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, -- EasingStyle
			Enum.EasingDirection.Out, -- EasingDirection
			0, -- Repitions
			false, -- Reverse post tween?
			0 -- Delay time
		)

		local purpleShootGoal = {
			Position = humanoidRootPart.Position + humanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector * 1000
		}

		local purpleShootTween1 = ts:Create(purple.Inner, purpleShootTweenInfo, purpleShootGoal)
		purpleShootTween1:Play()
		local purpleShootTween2 = ts:Create(purple.Outer1, purpleShootTweenInfo, purpleShootGoal)
		purpleShootTween2:Play()
		local purpleShootTween3 = ts:Create(purple.Outer2, purpleShootTweenInfo, purpleShootGoal)
		purpleShootTween3:Play()
		local purpleShootTween4 = ts:Create(purple.Outer3, purpleShootTweenInfo, purpleShootGoal)
		purpleShootTween4:Play()
		local purpleShootTween5 = ts:Create(purple.Outer4, purpleShootTweenInfo, purpleShootGoal)
		purpleShootTween5:Play()
	end

	task.spawn(purpleShootTween)

	local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
	local purpleOverlapParameters = OverlapParams.new()

	RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
		local purpleHitContents = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(purple.Inner.CFrame, purple.Inner.Size, purpleOverlapParameters)
		local hits = {}
		for i,v in pairs(purpleHitContents) do
			local hit = v
			if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and hit.Parent.Name ~= player.Name then
				if not hit.Parent.Humanoid:FindFirstChild(player.Name) then
					return
				end
				hits[hit.Parent.Name] = true
				hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):TakeDamage(250)
				wait(4)
				hits[hit.Parent.Name] = false
			end
		end
	end)
	
	game.Debris:AddItem(sphereVFX31, 1)
	game.Debris:AddItem(sphereVFX32, 1)
	game.Debris:AddItem(purple, 10)

end)

thats part of the code used in the video

#20

See if this works:

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local purpleOverlapParameters = OverlapParams.new() -- id highly suggest adding the player' character as a blacklist
local alreadyHit = {}
	
RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
    local purpleHitContents = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(purple.Inner.CFrame, purple.Inner.Size, purpleOverlapParameters)

    for i, part in pairs(purpleHitContents) do
        local char = part.Parent
        local humanoid = char:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

        if humanoid and table.find(alreadyHit, char) == nil then
            table.insert(alreadyHit, char)

			humanoid:TakeDamage(250)

			task.wait(4)

            if table.find(alreadyHit, char) then
               table.remove(alreadyHit, table.find(alreadyHit, char))
            end
		end
	end
end)
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