Players won't anchor?

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#1

Hello everyone, I hope your day is going well…

I need some help with scripting.
I inserted a localscript into the workspace and entered this script so that the player can’t move until they press the play button:

script.Parent.Player.LocalPlayer.Anchored = true until

script.Parent.PlayButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function() then

Player.LocalPlayer.Anchored = false

end)

I don’t know what’s wrong, because it won’t work…
Please help?
Thanks!

#3

The fact is that you aren’t referencing a BasePart, nor referencing things correctly. I don’t know where the Player comes from and I believe you meant Players.LocalPlayer.Character as the correct reference. You need to anchor a part called HumanoidRootPart to freeze them, but it keeps them suspended in the air.

For alternative freezing, there is ContextActionService:

On another note, LocalScripts don’t function in workspace. You need to move them into a proper place, such as the player’s PlayerGui or the UI part.

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#5

Thank you. I was wondering if you could help with another problem related to the issue though?

The player stays anchored, until you press the close button on the customization thing I added, then the character can move freely…??

The close button is called BackButton and the play button is called PlayButton.

#6

Do you meant by a toggle button? You can use a switch statement for this.

#7

I’m sorry, but ive only been scripting for a month so i dont quite understand-

#8

A togglable switch statement would look like this.

local switch = false
if not switch then
    switch = true
    - - do some stuffs here.
    wait(0.1)
else
    switch = false
    - - do some stuffs here
    wait(0.1)
end

 — NOTE: I add a wait() to act as a debounce. You can remove it if you want.
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#9

Good to know-.

Idk, the script decides its going to work (but stop working when i press the close button on customization gui) and then the next minute it decides not to work at all!

#10

With this, you can use ONE button. It will toggle whatever thing your trying to do.

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#11

Okay so where do i put it? Inside the localscript?

sorry for being a nuisance, i know i am

#12

So to answer your question. Here a script.

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local root = plr.Character.HumanoidRootPart or plr.Character.Torso

Attach this to both on the switch statement, just change it’s anchroed Boolean value.

#13

You can put this under a local script and under a text button.

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#14

Alright, i’ll keep you updated.

#15

What does it mean by add some stuff here in your script? (this one: local switch = false
if not switch then
switch = true
- - do some stuffs here.
wait(0.1)
else
switch = false
- - do some stuffs here
wait(0.1)
end )

Sorry, I’m really dumb ;-;

#16

That’s where you change the Boolean value of the anchored of the player’s root part/PrimaryPart of the model.

#17

i feel so bad but

what’s a boolean :grimacing:

i’m sorry i am pretty inexperienced ;-;

#18

Boolean value contains 2 values. True or false. Imagine a switch being turned on, that’s True. And now imagine it’s turned off, that’s a false. It’s very useful in if statements to check if you wanna only execute lines of codes when the condition is met. I suggest you to learn more of the basics of scripting, especially from AlvinBlox from YouTube. That’s where I mastered my basics of scripting. Hope these helps.

#19

I made a script for you. Read the comments carefully to understand it. The script is located in StarterGui and it is LocalScript.

    local Players = game.Players -- Creating a variable for the Players service
    local character = Players.LocalPlayer.Character -- Getting access to Character.

    if not character or not character.Parent then -- Add the function if the Character did not have time to decide from the very beginning of the game.
    character = Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:wait()
    end

    
    local Button = Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("ScreenGui").TextButton -- define the button to click. In my case, this is a test button in my testGui, so add your own button here.

    character.HumanoidRootPart.Anchored = true 

    Button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function() -- when you click the button, Anchor is disabled.
    if character.HumanoidRootPart.Anchored == true then
    character.HumanoidRootPart.Anchored = false
    end
    end)
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#20

Put the local script in PlayerGui. Also anchor the HumanoidRootPart and and wait for the character to load. That should fix it entirely. Local Scripts also are a little more complicated when in Workspace or in any area that isn’t the client.

#21

where do you find the playergui in the explorer?

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#22

It’s StarterGui. Although when the game loads everything in the StarterGui is loaded in the player called “PlayerGui.” My bad.

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