Sliding Doors from GUI Button

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve? I want to make sliding doors open and close with one gui button.

  2. What is the issue? I have no idea how to do it :stuck_out_tongue:

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? I have watched multiple videos.

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#2

Make a click function for the button to tween the doors in the direction you want them to go.

#3

In order to create a sliding door, that opens from a GUI button requires a few things

First lets create our door in Workspace
I have created a very basic door to suit our purpose

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Now we need a UI button
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This will require 2 scripts, a local script to control the GUI and a Server script (or just Script) to control the door
What we will do is put a local script under the OpenDoor Gui and a server script under the door, in addition we will add a remote event which we will use to connect the scripts later
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Now lets get coding!

For our local script, we will want to fire the remote event. When we fire it, it will trigger the other script!

local remoteEvent = game.Workspace.Door:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent") -- We use wait for child to make sure that the client has the remote event replicated in workspace. 
local debounce = false --This is just to prevent spamming and lag on the server
-- Although it wont help against exploiters 
script.Parent.OpenButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	if debounce == false then
		debounce = true
		remoteEvent:FireServer()
		wait(1)
        debounce = false
	end
end)

Now lets get to our server script

lremoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function()
	if doorOpen == false and movingDoors == false then -- We must open the door!
		doorOpen = true 
		movingDoors = true
		for i=1,5,StudsPer do
			script.Parent.Right.Position = script.Parent.Right.Position + Vector3.new(StudsPer,0,0)
			script.Parent.Left.Position = script.Parent.Left.Position - Vector3.new(StudsPer,0,0)
			wait(0.1)
		end
		movingDoors = false
	elseif doorOpen == true and movingDoors == false then
		doorOpen = false 
		movingDoors = true
		for i=1,5,StudsPer do
			script.Parent.Right.Position = script.Parent.Right.Position - Vector3.new(StudsPer,0,0)
			script.Parent.Left.Position = script.Parent.Left.Position + Vector3.new(StudsPer,0,0)
			wait(0.1)
		end
		movingDoors = false
	end
end)

Tada, we now have an open-able door.
Note that if you rotate the door, you will have to change these lines

script.Parent.Right.Position = script.Parent.Right.Position - Vector3.new(StudsPer,0,0)
script.Parent.Left.Position = script.Parent.Left.Position + Vector3.new(StudsPer,0,0)

You can also lerp the door for better smoother movement

Openable door.rbxl (21.8 KB)

Edit: Fixed the variable bug

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#4

Thank you for the script. The problem is, you can only open and close it once. How do you do it so you can do it a bunch of times?

#5

Whoops, looks like I forgot to change the variable in the closing feature, silly mistake
Try this one, I have also edited the post’s server script to fix that
Openable door.rbxl (21.8 KB)

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#6

It works! The issue is that inside of my part(s) there is a union (which is part of the door). It isn’t moving with the part itself. How do I do that?

#7

You either need to then tween the union again, as models cannot be tweened right now. And you just use tween!

local tweenservice = game:GetService("TweenService")
local doorRight = game.Workspace.Door.Right -- don't judge me for weird variable names lol
local doorLeft = game.Workspace.Door.Left
local guiButton = script.Parent -- make sure to put this script in localScript under the textbutton

local tweeninginfo = TweenInfo.new(5,Enum.EasingStyle.Linear,Enum.EasingDirection.InOut,1,false,0.5)
local propRight = {Vector3.new(--[[Position of the right door]])}
local propLeft = {Vector3.new(--[[again do the pos of your choice]])}

local tween = tweenservice:Create(doorRight,tweeninginfo,propRight)
local tweenTwo = tweenservice:Create(doorLeft,tweeninginfo,propLeft)

local db = false
guiButton.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
if db == false then
db = true
tween:Play()
tweenTwo:Play()
wait(8.5)
db = false
end
end)

Oh yeah, remember to tween your union!

EDIT2: kingerman’s way might be more reliable.

#8

Would it work if I put the union inside the part?

#9

Thank you so much for helping me! One quick question, how do I make it slide out less?

#10

Sorry for the delayed response
Change the 5 value in

for i=1,5,StudsPer do

to whatever number you want

#11

Thank you so much! You’re the best!