Towers being super unreliable

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  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    i want my towers in this to be able to detect enemies near it in a radius

  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    the issue is that when any towers are placed, sometimes they just straight up dont detect enemies

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    print statements, changing the conditional variables, and some other methods to preform the task clearly.

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script:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local part = script.Parent.HumanoidRootPart
local radius = 4
local nearestEnemy, nearestDistance = nil
local configuration = script.Parent:FindFirstChild("Configuration")
local dmg = configuration:FindFirstChild("DMG").Value
local cooldown = configuration:FindFirstChild("CD").Value

local function attack()
	if not nearestEnemy then return end
	print("passed")
	local hum = nearestEnemy:FindFirstChild("Enemy")
	print(nearestEnemy.Name.." enemy")
	print(hum.Name.." humanoid")
	if nearestEnemy and hum then
		print("exists")
		local punchAnim = script.Parent:FindFirstChild("PunchAnimation")
		local anim = script.Parent.Humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(punchAnim)
		anim:Play()
		part.punch:Play()
		if not hum then
			print("humanoid doesnt exist")
			return
		end
		print("Humanoid exists")
		local enemyHp = hum.Health
		hum:TakeDamage(dmg)
		if hum.Health <= 0 then
			nearestEnemy:Destroy()
			nearestEnemy = nil
			nearestDistance = 0
			if game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(script.Parent.PlacedBy.Value) then
				game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(script.Parent.PlacedBy.Value).leaderstats.Cash.Value += 20 + enemyHp
			end
		end
	else
		print("nearest enemy and hum do not not exist (can be either one)")
		return
	end
end
task.spawn(function()
	while task.wait(cooldown) do
		attack()
		wait(cooldown)
	end
end)

while task.wait() do
	for _, enemy in pairs(workspace:FindFirstChild("Enemies"):GetChildren()) do
		if not enemy then
			return
		end
		local character = enemy
		local distance = script.Parent.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Magnitude-enemy.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Magnitude
		if not character or distance > radius or (nearestDistance and distance >= nearestDistance) then
			continue
		end
		nearestDistance = distance
		nearestEnemy = enemy
	end

	if nearestEnemy and nearestEnemy.PrimaryPart then 
		local targetPosition = Vector3.new(nearestEnemy.PrimaryPart.Position.X, part.Position.Y, nearestEnemy.PrimaryPart.Position.Z)
		local look = CFrame.lookAt(part.Position, targetPosition)
		for _,basePart:Part in pairs(script.Parent:GetChildren()) do
			if basePart:IsA("Part") then
				local tween = TweenService:Create(basePart, TweenInfo.new(0.05, Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, Enum.EasingDirection.In, 0, false, 0), {
					CFrame = look * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(0), 0)
				}):Play()
			end
		end
	end
end

inside of the tower
image

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