Trouble with Destroy()

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#1

I am making a part that self destructs when you click it. When I use the destroy function, nothing happens on click.

Edit: Turns out my click detector just doesn’t work and the test from before was an error that made it seem like it worked.

Here’s the code to destroy the part.

Part = game.Workspace.Wedge

game.Workspace.ClickPart.OnServerEvent:Connect(function()
	Part:Destroy()
	Part = nil
end)

Edit: This is where the scripts are: Game

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#2

It is destroying a different part than the part in question. Then subsequent calls results into Attempt to index nil.

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#3

Can I see the script where it fires the event?

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#4

Here. Turns out I must have messed up somewhere in the click detecting since I retested it and it just doesn’t work

Part = game.Workspace.Wedge

--The wedge

ClickDetector = Part.ClickDetector
--Detects click
ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function ()
	workspace.ClickPart:FireClient()
end)
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#5

The mistake that you made there is that your firing the event to the client and not the server. Put the first code in a local script in starter gui; replace OnServerEvent with OnClientEvent and rewrite the script with FireClient() should be written like this:

Part = game.Workspace.Wedge

--The wedge

ClickDetector = Part.ClickDetector
--Detects click
ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function (player)
	workspace.ClickPart:FireClient(player)
end)

I added the parameter player because FireClient() must be fired to that specific player. FireAllClients() goes to all clients so it doesn’t need any parameter in it.

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#7

They’re different because when I was typing OnClientEvent it only came up with OnServerEvent.

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#8

That’s what I’m saying that the 1st code has to be in a local script and started in starter gui.

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#9

Ohhhhhhhhh it has to be a Local script.

I though it could be a normal script.

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#10

In starter gui* my bad. (char limit)

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#11

I knew it had to be in starter GUI. Why does it have to be in there anyway?

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#12

By 1st do you mean the one I first posted or the click detection one?

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#13

There’s a difference: FireServer() means to fire an event from a client to the server and FireClient() and FireAllClients() mean to fire an event from the server to the client or to all clients.

By the way:

Yes, I mean the first posted.

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#14

So both of the scripts should be local?

Also all this talk of FireClient() and FireServer() is starting to confuse me a bit. What script should have what type of firing so we can sort this out?

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#15

The 1 with fire client has to be regular and the 1 with onClientEvent has to be local.

In the local script in StarterGui:

Part = game.Workspace.Wedge

game.Workspace.ClickPart.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	Part:Destroy()
	Part = nil
end)

In a regular script (Not in StarterGui):

Part = game.Workspace.Wedge

--The wedge

ClickDetector = Part.ClickDetector
--Detects click
ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function (player)
	workspace.ClickPart:FireClient(player)
end)

So the regular script doesn’t have to be moved.

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#16

Ok, thank you. Going to make those edits now and see how it goes. I’ve also noticed that click detectors don’t work in studio when I test. Is that normal?
What I mean is that when I hover over the part in play mode, theres not click detector.

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#17

That sometimes happens (though it worked for me a while ago), you can also add a proximity prompt to it as well:

Part = game.Workspace.Wedge

--The wedge

ClickDetector = Part.ProximityPrompt
--Detects click
ClickDetector.Triggered:Connect(function (player)
	workspace.ClickPart:FireClient(player)
end)
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#18

Still not working. I swear Studio hates me. Going to try swapping the code around to see if the code is just in the wrong scripts.

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#19

You know what, start from the top again.

  1. Mention what your goal is, explicitly state what and how
  2. Explain current behavior in contrary to expected
  3. Leave relevant information, e.g. scripts in action of this behavior
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#20

I want to make a part destroy when it’s clicked to release an unanchored sphere since I can’t turn the part into a sphere. Is it possible to change a part’s shape or am I just looking in the wrong places?

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#21

Let’s try to change this statement a bit more. Can you technically explain the part(first one mentioned)? Also it looks like you’re trying something with physics, e.g. Goldberg machine?

By technically, I mean something like workspace.DeleteThisPart.

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