RunService does not disconnect

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#1

Hello, I am trying to make a pet follow the player, even after they die. This works, but for some reason, the runservice.Stepped that I am using takes about 15 loops before disconnecting.

I am basically checking if the humanoid’s health is less than or equal to 0, and if it is, to disconnect the Runservice and to run the function again.

Here is my code


function givePetEmojiCool(player)
	if player then
		local character = player.Character
		if character then
			print("adding pet emojicool")
			local humRootPart = character.HumanoidRootPart
			local newPet = CoolEmojiPet:Clone()
			newPet.Name = "CoolEmojiTemplate"
			newPet.Parent = game.Workspace

			local head = newPet.HeadEmoji
			head.CFrame = humRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(10, 10, 10)
			local heliCopter = newPet.HeliCopter


			head.Anchored = false

			head:SetNetworkOwner(player)


			newPet.Parent = character

			local bodyPos = Instance.new("BodyPosition", head)
			bodyPos.MaxForce = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
			bodyPos.P = 10000

			local bodyGyro = Instance.new("BodyGyro", head)
			bodyGyro.MaxTorque = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
			
			petList[player] = "EmojiCool"
			
			local rv = bodyGyro.CFrame.rightVector
			local debounce = false
			local stepped
			stepped = runService.Stepped:Connect(function()
				if character.Humanoid.Health > 0 then
			
					heliCopter.Orientation = Vector3.new(0, heliCopter.Orientation.Y - 2.5, 0)
					bodyPos.Position = humRootPart.Position + Vector3.new(2, 3, -6)
					bodyGyro.CFrame = humRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(90), 0)
				else
					stepped:Disconnect()
					
					if petList[player] == "EmojiCool" then
						if not debounce then
							print("this should only print once") -- this prints about 15 times
							givePetEmojiCool(player)
							debounce = true
						end			
					end	
				end
			end)
		end
	end
end

What could be the problem?

Thanks :slight_smile:

#3

Try Heartbeat, it should stop exactly when disconnecting it.

#4

I tried using heartbeat but the pet doesn’t appear anymore

#5

The pet only appears for one player, the player that bought the pet, but for the others it’s stuck in the air and not moving

#6

Hm, interesting. How did you use Heartbeat? Because it should… Atleast I think

#7

This is the new code


function givePetEmojiCool(player)
	if player then
		local character = player.Character
		if character then
			print("adding pet emojicool")
			local humRootPart = character.HumanoidRootPart
			local newPet = CoolEmojiPet:Clone()
			newPet.Name = "CoolEmojiTemplate"
			newPet.Parent = game.Workspace

			local head = newPet.HeadEmoji
			head.CFrame = humRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(10, 10, 10)
			local heliCopter = newPet.HeliCopter


			head.Anchored = false

			head:SetNetworkOwner(player)


			newPet.Parent = character

			--remoteEventY:FireClient(player, heliCopter.Name)

			local bodyPos = Instance.new("BodyPosition", head)
			bodyPos.MaxForce = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
			bodyPos.P = 10000

			local bodyGyro = Instance.new("BodyGyro", head)
			bodyGyro.MaxTorque = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
			
			petList[player] = "EmojiCool"
			
			local rv = bodyGyro.CFrame.rightVector
			local debounce = false
			local stepped
			stepped = runService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
				if character.Humanoid.Health > 0 then
			
					heliCopter.Orientation = Vector3.new(0, heliCopter.Orientation.Y - 2.5, 0)
					bodyPos.Position = humRootPart.Position + Vector3.new(2, 3, -6)
					bodyGyro.CFrame = humRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(90), 0)
				else
					stepped:Disconnect()
					
					if petList[player] == "EmojiCool" then
						if not debounce then
							print("this should only print once") -- this prints about 15 times
							givePetEmojiCool(player)
							debounce = true
						end
					
						
					end
					
				end
			
				
			end)
				
			
			
			


		end
	end


end
#8

This shouldn’t work but it’s best to try it, since you’re working with the character as there is a if statement checking if the Health is over 0 you can try and see if RenderStepped works, it shouldn’t but maybe it will?

Heartbeat should def work I’m just not entirely sure why it isn’t working for you.

#9

renderstepped can only be used from localscripts, so unfortunately I can’t use it.

#10

Oh sorry thought you were working off a ClientScript, I’m lost to understand why it’s not working to be completely honest with you.

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#11

Thanks for the help, I will probably leave it like that for now.