Touched() event running twice even with debounce

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#1

I’m trying to make enemies spawn projectiles cloned from a folder that damage the player through the following script. The script is handled on client-side as the projectiles appear jittery or laggy when handled on the server-side.

The issue is that the Touched() event appears to activate too frequently that it runs twice before the debounce variable can be set to true. I’ve also attempted using tick() and disconnecting the event and setting it to nil at the start of the function, which produced the same results.

local module = {}

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local Debris = game:GetService("Debris")
local AttackLib = ReplicatedStorage.Library.AttackLib
local DamageRemote = ReplicatedStorage.Remotes.DamageEvent

local BULLET_SPEED = 50

local tweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(
	0.3,
	Enum.EasingStyle.Sine,
	Enum.EasingDirection.In
)

function module:Attack(enemy)
	if enemy then
		local targetFolder = AttackLib:FindFirstChild(enemy.Name)
		if targetFolder then
			
			--custom code now
			local nBullet = targetFolder.Bullet:Clone()
			nBullet.BodyVelocity.Velocity = enemy.Torso.CFrame.LookVector * BULLET_SPEED
			nBullet.CFrame = enemy.Torso.CFrame
			
			nBullet.Parent = workspace.DebrisHolder
			
			local debounce = false
			delay(5, function()
				if nBullet ~= nil then
					nBullet:Destroy()
				end
			end)
			nBullet.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
				local hum = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild('Humanoid')
				
				if hum and game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) then
					if debounce then return end
					debounce = true
					DamageRemote:FireServer(enemy, hum, nil, 'Magical')
					
					nBullet.Anchored = true
					TweenService:Create(nBullet, tweenInfo, {Size = Vector3.new(4,4,4), Transparency = 1}):Play()
					Debris:AddItem(nBullet, 0.3)
				end
			end)
		end
	end
end

return module

Thanks in advance!

#2

I think its because you’re cloning “nBullet” which makes the system think theres 2 humanoid parts that are hitting the part or whatever it is.

#3

The bullet is cloned from a folder in ReplicatedStorage.

#4

Could you try this? It’s basically the same, but it’s what I usually do for a debounce:

if hum and game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)  and debounce == false then
 debounce = true
 wait()
#5

Turns out I was being an absolute idiot and ran the AI script from two places, which while calling different functions both led to the AI attacking.

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