Small problem with my hitbox script

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#1

I’m working on a hitbox, but theres somthing that i cant quite figure out how to do.

The script ragdolls the user. I want it to unragdoll after 2 seconds, but I also want it to reset the timer and replace it with a new timer if another move hits (example: user hits first move that ragdolls for 2 seconds hits, and then someone else or the user uses another move that ragdolls for 3 and hits the player that is already ragdolled. The player then has to wait 3 seconds before unragdolling instead of 2).

Also note that this destroys from another script 0.1 seconds after spawning in, so creating a module script that does all the timed ragdoll stuff would be best for this.

script:

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Ragdoll = require(ReplicatedStorage.RagdollModule)
local TimedRagdoll = require(game.ServerScriptService:WaitForChild("RagdollManager"))

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

local hitboxPart = script.Parent
local DAMAGE = script.Parent.Damage.Value
local KNOCKBACK_FORCE = 50

local hitPlayers = {}

local senderName = script.Parent.Sender.Value

for _, part in pairs(workspace:GetPartsInPart(hitboxPart)) do
	local character = part:FindFirstAncestorOfClass("Model")
	local humanoid = character and character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	local root = character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")

	if humanoid and root and part.Name ~= senderName then
		if not table.find(hitPlayers, character.Name) then
			table.insert(hitPlayers, character.Name)
			print("Hit:", character.Name)

			humanoid:TakeDamage(DAMAGE)
			
			local direction = (root.Position - hitboxPart.Position).Unit
			root.Velocity = direction * KNOCKBACK_FORCE
			Ragdoll.RagdollCharacter(character)
		end
	end
end

Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!

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#2

Hope this logic could help ^^
(note: I’m using Luau’s typed variables and I’m writing this in a browser so there may be some errors)

  1. Make a table with charater model as a key and value as a thread
    eg. local timerThread: {[Model]: thread} = {}

  2. When a player hit, Check if timerThread[Player's Character] exists or not, if no (returned nil) then ragdoll the player and create a new timer that stops ragdoll after a certain time then remove(timer) itself from the timerThread table. After that, store that new timer into the timerThread table.
    if there already exists a timer thread in the table (timerThread[Player's Character] doesn’t return nil), cancel that timer and then creates a new one.
    Assuming RagdollChar(character: Model) ragdolls the player and
    StopRagdoll(character: Model) stop player from ragdoll state

eg.

local timerThread: {[Model]: thread} = {}

local function createTimer(character: Model, sec: number): thread
	return task.delay(
		sec ,
		function()
			StopRagdoll( [[Player's Character]] )
			timerThread[ [[Player's Character]] ] = nil
		end
	)
end

-- Somewhere in the touched event
--[[Assuming]] local char: Model = [[Player's Character]]
--[[Assuming]] local secs: number = [[Unragdoll after ... seconds]]

if not timerThread[char] then
	RagdollChar(char)
	timerThread[char] = createTimer(char, secs)
else
	task.cancel(timerThread[char])
	timerThread[char] = createTimer(char, secs)
end
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#3

What would I put inside my server hitbox script to add a player to this function? Also just to confirm, this IS a module script, right?

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#4

No i’m only suggesting a concept to reset the unragdoll timer😅

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#5

Oh. Could you write one that would work as a module script please?

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#6

I’m sorry, I think I can’t do that for now because I’ve never worked with ragdolls😭

#7

I already have a ragdoll module, I just want a module script that, when a function is called from a different script, will add a timer that the script that called the function will input. And if the same function is then called again from a different script, it will not only reset the timer, but replace it with the new one. I will do all the ragdoll stuff, I just need help writing the timer script.

#8

I found an example script and tweaked it, and now it works perfectly.

finished script:

local StunManager = {}

local activeTimers = {}

local Ragdoll = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.RagdollModule)

function StunManager.StartEffectTimer(character: Model, duration: number)
	if not character or not character:IsA("Model") then 
		warn("Invalid character") 
		return 
	end

if activeTimers[character] then
	task.cancel(activeTimers[character])
end

Ragdoll.RagdollCharacter(character)
wait()
Ragdoll.RagdollCharacter(character)

activeTimers[character] = task.delay(duration, function()
	activeTimers[character] = nil
	Ragdoll.UnragdollCharacter(character)
	end)
end

return StunManager