Script timeout: exhausted allowed execution time

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#1

Hello, when I try to run my script

local Target = game.ReplicatedStorage.NPC
local Script = game.ReplicatedStorage.NPC:WaitForChild("Script")

function onTouched(hit)
	if game.Workspace.Value.Value == 1 then
		Target.Parent = game.Workspace
		Script.Disabled = false
		wait(0.50)
		Target.Parent = game.ReplicatedStorage
		Script.Disabled = true
		script.Disabled = true
		wait()
	end
end
script.Parent.Touched:connect(onTouched)

it freezes my testing window and says “Script timeout: exhausted allowed execution time” in the output, eventually it unfreezes 20 seconds later. Why is this happening and is there a simple way of fixing this?

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Script timeout: exhausted allowed execution time
#2

Add a debounce. When you touch the brick, it’s firing it many times, not just once. If you need help with that I can help. It is very simple though.

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#3

Hmmm, try this

local Target = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("NPC")
local Script = Target:WaitForChild("Script")
function onTouched(hit)
	if game.Workspace.Value.Value == 1 then
        Target.Parent = game.Workspace
	     Script.Disabled = false
         wait(0.50)
         workspace:WaitForChild("NPC").Parent = game.ReplicatedStorage
          workspace:WaitForChild("NPC"):WaitForChild("Script").Disabled = true
      end
end
end
script.Parent.Touched:connect(onTouched)
#4

@JigglyWiggles @static2240 Still not working, now It’s not giving me the error message for both your guy’s solutions but It’s not doing anything anymore.

#5

debounce should be added because you need your NPC.Script to be enabled and disabled only once. This should work

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local Target = ReplicatedStorage.NPC
local Script = ReplicatedStorage.NPC.Script

local debounce = false
function onTouched(hit)
	if not debounce and workspace.Value.Value == 1 then
		debounce = true
		print("Touched only once")
		
		Target.Parent = workspace
		Script.Disabled = false
		wait(0.50)
		Target.Parent = ReplicatedStorage
		Script.Disabled = true
		script.Disabled = true
	end
end
script.Parent.Touched:connect(onTouched)
#6

This does work. But it brings back up the original “Script timeout: exhausted allowed execution time” problem that I was facing before.image

#7

What exactly are you trying to do? It looks like you want to spawn in an NPC character than then despawn it when a brick is touched. Is this true?

#8 
local debounce = false

function onTouched(hit)
	if game.Workspace.Value.Value == 1 then
if debounce == false then
debounce = true
		Target.Parent = game.Workspace
		Script.Disabled = false
		wait(0.50)
		Target.Parent = game.ReplicatedStorage
		Script.Disabled = true
		script.Disabled = true
		wait()
delay(1.3, function()
debounce = false
end)
	end
end
end
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(onTouched)

Try this.

#9

Yes. And also enable a script.

#10

What about the script you are trying to enable is there a loop inside that script ?
Roblox Lua scripts are extremely fast so fast that if you have a loop say:

 while true do
      print("This thing")
 end

It will freeze studio for 10-20 seconds and you will see in the output that “This thing” was printed around 15 - 20 thousand times and you will have your error so your issue is most likely in the script your trying to enable
(Note: When working with loops always add a “wait(Amount of seconds”)

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#11

Perhaps, I will check. I’ll get back soon.