Script doesn't work the way i want it to

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Hello, devs!
I am currently trying to recreate the checkpoint effect that every difficulty chart obby has.
SCRIPT:

local p = workspace.Folder:GetChildren()
debounce = false

local inf = TweenInfo.new(
	1,
	Enum.EasingStyle.Quad,
	Enum.EasingDirection.Out,
	0,
	true,
	0
)
local endinginf = 
	{
		Size = Vector3.new(9, 1, 9);
		Transparency = 0.5;
		Color = Color3.fromRGB(85, 255, 127)
	}


for i, v in pairs(p) do
	v.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
		local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
		local parttween = ts:Create(v, inf, endinginf)

		if debounce == false then
			if humanoid then
				debounce = true
				parttween:Play()
			end
		end
	end)
end

(It’s a local script)
BUG:
robloxapp-20210602-2152169.wmv (1.4 MB)
Basically if one of the folder’s children does the event, the other one doesn’t.

2

I’m not sure but these are the things I would personally do differently, try this and maybe it helps.

  • put local before the debounce

  • instead of having the “p” variable, put it directly into the for i,v pairs loop

Hope this helps out somehow :upside_down_face:

3

You’re never setting the debounce to false.

4

You didn’t set the debounce to false after it runs the tween. Also, keep in mind that tween:Play() does not yield; you will have to add another wait() statement for the debounce to work properly.

5

I want it to happen one time for each children. (not all of them at the same time)

6

You set the debounce as false by default at the start of the script, so only 1 Checkpoint would get activated

If you want to trigger for every checkpoint, put the debounce variable inside the loop:

local p = workspace.Folder:GetChildren()

local inf = TweenInfo.new(
	1,
	Enum.EasingStyle.Quad,
	Enum.EasingDirection.Out,
	0,
	true,
	0
)
local endinginf = 
	{
		Size = Vector3.new(9, 1, 9);
		Transparency = 0.5;
		Color = Color3.fromRGB(85, 255, 127)
	}


for i, v in pairs(p) do
    local debounce = false
	v.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
		local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
		local parttween = ts:Create(v, inf, endinginf)
        
		if debounce == false then
			if humanoid then
				debounce = true
				parttween:Play()
			end
		end
	end)
end
1 Like
7

Then create a separate variable for each children. You should probably use attributes for that.

for i, v in pairs(p) do
	v.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
		local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
		local parttween = ts:Create(v, inf, endinginf)

		if not humanoid:GetAttribute('Already Ran') then --by default, they won't have this attribute
			if humanoid then
				humanoid:SetAttribute('Already Ran', true) --once they ran, the attribute will be set for them and they won't be allowed to run anymore
				parttween:Play()
			end
		end
	end)
end

Or you can use a table instead to keep track of each humanoid:

local record = {}

for i, v in pairs(p) do
	v.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
		local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
		local parttween = ts:Create(v, inf, endinginf)

		if not record[humanoid.Parent.Name] then --assuming that the parent of each humanoid has a unique name?
			if humanoid then
				record[humanoid.Parent.Name] = true --records down the humanoid's name so that they won't be allowed to run anymore
				parttween:Play()
			end
		end
	end)
end