Script not detecting humanoidrootpart

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#1

This is really frustrating, I’m trying to make it so only the humanoidrootpart doesn’t get affected in my script but it just affects it everytime!

local functions = {}

function functions.Start(plr)
	local tweeninfo = TweenInfo.new(1.5, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear, Enum.EasingDirection.InOut)
	local tweeninfo2 = TweenInfo.new(0.5, Enum.EasingStyle.Sine, Enum.EasingDirection.InOut)
	local tweenservice = game:GetService("TweenService")
	local chr = plr.Character
	local hum = chr:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
	local health = hum.Health
	
	for i, part in pairs(chr:GetDescendants()) do
		if (part:IsA("BasePart") or part:IsA("MeshPart") or part:IsA("Part") and part.Name ~= "HumanoidRootPart") then
			local tween = tweenservice:Create(part, tweeninfo, {Transparency = 1})
			tween:Play()
			part.Material = Enum.Material.Foil
		elseif part:IsA("BillboardGui") then
			part.Enabled = false
		elseif part:IsA("Decal") then
			local tween3 = tweenservice:Create(part, tweeninfo, {Transparency = 1})
			tween3:Play()
		end
	end
	
	hum.HealthChanged:Connect(function(curhealth)
		if hum.Health < health then
			for i, part in pairs(chr:GetDescendants()) do
				if (part:IsA("BasePart") or part:IsA("MeshPart") or part:IsA("Part") and part.Name ~= "HumanoidRootPart") then
					local tween2 = tweenservice:Create(part, tweeninfo2, {Transparency = 0})
					tween2:Play()
					part.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic
				elseif part:IsA("BillboardGui") then
					part.Enabled = true
				elseif part:IsA("Decal") then
					local tween3 = tweenservice:Create(part, tweeninfo2, {Transparency = 0})
					tween3:Play()
				end
			end
		end
	end)
end

function functions.End(plr)
	local tweenservice = game:GetService("TweenService")
	local tweeninfo2 = TweenInfo.new(1, Enum.EasingStyle.Sine, Enum.EasingDirection.InOut)
	local chr = plr.Character
	
	for i, part in pairs(chr:GetDescendants()) do
		if (part:IsA("BasePart") or part:IsA("MeshPart") or part:IsA("Part") and part.Name ~= "HumanoidRootPart") then
			local tween2 = tweenservice:Create(part, tweeninfo2, {Transparency = 0})
			tween2:Play()
			part.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic
		elseif part:IsA("BillboardGui") then
			part.Enabled = true
		elseif part:IsA("Decal") then
			local tween3 = tweenservice:Create(part, tweeninfo2, {Transparency = 0})
			tween3:Play()
		end
	end
end

return functions

I’d really appreciate some help!

#2

I couldn’t catch what was wrong then I looked closely into your if statement and noticed OR and not AND But it seemed alright then I Looked into BasePart maybe the BasePart segment of the condition could use a

part:IsA("BasePart") and part.Name ~= "HumanoidRootPart"

well, This might not be what’s wrong but it’s the only thing I can guess. I also recommend a little debugging.
Printing everything that is affected under the first conditional.

#3

That sadly didn’t fix it. I searched up “Are meshparts considered baseparts?” and it said they were a form of basepart so I deleted that part and did this:

if (part.Name ~= "HumanoidRootPart" and part:IsA("MeshPart") or part:IsA("Part")) then

yet it still doesn’t work

#4

Well… you kinda recreated the problem
it would be

if (part.Name ~= "HumanoidRootPart" and part:IsA("MeshPart") or part:IsA("Part")  and  part.Name ~= "HumanoidRootPart") then
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#5

The or is making it not detect the humanoid basepart.
I think you need to do this:

if (part:IsA("BasePart") and part.Name ~= "HumanoidRootPart") then
#6

I think this fixed it! Thank you! but how would i make it so the transparency is 0.5 on the client side?

#7

You would just change the transparency locally within a local script.

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#8

I will try, thanks for the help.

#9

MeshPart instances and Part instances are both members of the main class “BaseParts” so if a part is a “MeshPart” instance or a “Part” instance then it is inherently a “BasePart” instance, as such you do not need to check for those specific class types (MeshPart and Part) and the conditional statement can be simply changed to the following.

if (part:IsA("BasePart") and part.Name ~= "HumanoidRootPart") then
#10

Yes, I’ve already said that on one of my replies here but thanks for the reply anyways…