Seems like equiping a tool triggers a part's touch ended event

[Anthonycanada (Anthony)]

Hey so I am making an area loader for a game I’m developing and it seems whenever I equip a tool the part.TouchEnded event gets triggered and then part.Touch right after it

If anyone knows a fix for this please let me know, this is the script I have below

server script

local Areas = workspace:FindFirstChild("AREA_LOADER")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Load = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").AREA_LOADER.Load
local Deload = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").AREA_LOADER.Deload

for _, child in ipairs(Areas:GetChildren()) do
	local trigger = child:FindFirstChild("LoadTrigger")
	local parts = child:FindFirstChild("Parts")
	if trigger and parts then
		trigger.Touched:Connect(function(partTouched)
			if partTouched.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
				if partTouched.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then
					local player = Players:FindFirstChild(partTouched.Parent.Name)
					if player then
						Load:FireClient(player, child.Name)
					end
				end
			end
		end)

		trigger.TouchEnded:Connect(function(partTouched)
			if partTouched.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
				if partTouched.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then
					local player = Players:FindFirstChild(partTouched.Parent.Name)
					if player then
						Deload:FireClient(player, child.Name)
					end
				end
			end
		end)
	end
end

[MykoNil]

What is the reason for using the touchEnded event in this case? Does unequip event not work? Maybe add a test case for if not the player that owns the tool? aka if not tool.backpack.Parent?

[Anthonycanada (Anthony)]

I’ve changed it to detect if your actually still within the cords of the trigger and it seems to work, added a bit of clearance so it still unloads properly. If anyone comes up with this issue again this is the solution

local Areas = workspace:FindFirstChild("AREA_LOADER")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Load = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").AREA_LOADER.Load
local Deload = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").AREA_LOADER.Deload

for _, child in ipairs(Areas:GetChildren()) do
	local trigger = child:FindFirstChild("LoadTrigger")
	local parts = child:FindFirstChild("Parts")
	if trigger and parts then
		trigger.Touched:Connect(function(partTouched)
			if partTouched.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
				if partTouched.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then
					local player = Players:FindFirstChild(partTouched.Parent.Name)
					if player then
						Load:FireClient(player, child.Name)
					end
				end
			end
		end)

		trigger.TouchEnded:Connect(function(partTouched : Instance)
			if partTouched.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
				print(`Part: {partTouched.Name} Left Trigger`)
				if partTouched.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then
					if not isPositionInsidePart(trigger, partTouched.Position) then
						local player = Players:FindFirstChild(partTouched.Parent.Name)
						if player then
							Deload:FireClient(player, child.Name)
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end)
	end
end

function isPositionInsidePart(basePart, testPosition, clearance)
	clearance = clearance or 1 

	if basePart and basePart:IsA("BasePart") then
		local partSize = basePart.Size
		local partPosition = basePart.Position

		local halfExtentsWithClearance = (partSize - Vector3.new(clearance, clearance, clearance)) / 2

		local minBoundsWithClearance = partPosition - halfExtentsWithClearance
		local maxBoundsWithClearance = partPosition + halfExtentsWithClearance

		local isInsideX = testPosition.X >= minBoundsWithClearance.X and testPosition.X <= maxBoundsWithClearance.X
		local isInsideY = testPosition.Y >= minBoundsWithClearance.Y and testPosition.Y <= maxBoundsWithClearance.Y
		local isInsideZ = testPosition.Z >= minBoundsWithClearance.Z and testPosition.Z <= maxBoundsWithClearance.Z

		return isInsideX and isInsideY and isInsideZ
	else
		return false
	end
end