Touch event purchase is prompting all players in the game. Why?

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I have a certain powerup that you can touch in game and be prompted to purchase it for 5 robux.

Unfortunately, it is prompting literally everyone in the game (at the same time). I realize this might be a simple fix but I can’t figure out how to fix it. (It is a LocalScript)

Here is the code responsible for the prompting:

local MarketplaceService = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

Powerup.Touched:Connect(function(h)
	if db == false and h.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		db = true
		MarketplaceService:PromptProductPurchase(player,productId)
		wait(1)
		db = false
	end
end)

Thanks in advance!

2

Because you’re not checking if the person that is touching the part is your localplayer, you can fix this easily like this:

if db == false and Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(h.Parent) == player then
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It seems like the local scripts will all detect the touch, so it would be better to use a server script under the part that should be touched and prompt the player from there.

Example:

--Server Script under the part that prompts purchase 
local Players = game:GetService("Players") 
local mps = game:GetService("MarketPlaceService") 

local debounce = false

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit) 
	if not debounce then
		debounce = true
		if hit and hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
			local plr = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
			mps:PromptProductPurchase(plr.UserId, product id) 
			debounce = false
		else
			debounce = false
		end
	end
end)
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Ah. I figured that the LocalPlayer was only referring to one player anyways. Whoops.