Wall that pulses when touched not working

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#1

Hi. So, what I’m trying to do is make a wall that pulses when you touch it, but when I touch it the wall keeps pulsing which I only want it to pulse once. Heres the code

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function()

while wait(0.5) do
	
	script.Parent.Transparency = script.Parent.Transparency - 0.1
	
	wait(0.8)
	
	if script.Parent.Transparency == 0.5 or script.Parent.Transparency < 5 then
		
		while true do
			
			script.Parent.Transparency = script.Parent.Transparency + 0.1
			
			wait(0.8)
			
			if script.Parent.Transparency == 1 or script.Parent.Transparency > 1 then
				
				break
				
			end
			
		end
		
	elseif script.Parent.Transparency == 1 or script.Parent.Transparency > 1 then
		
		break
		
	end
end
end)
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#2

I believe this is what you are looking for. It would’ve been hard to explain, so I hope you do not mind this.

local part = script.Parent
local pulseStart = 0.5 --any value that would be the transparency of the part
local pulseEnd = 0 --any value as well
local debounce = false --use debounce, to control the event from firing TOO many times
local alreadyPulsed = false

local function pulse()
	
	for i = 0, pulseStart, 0.1 do 
		
		part.Transparency = i
		wait(0.25)
		
	end
	
	wait(0.5)
	
	for i = (part.Transparency), pulseEnd, -0.1 do 
		
		part.Transparency = i
		wait(0.25)
		
	end
	
	alreadyPulsed = true --to only make the part pulse once
	wait(0.25)
	
end

part.Touched:Connect(function()
	
	if not debounce then
		
		debounce = true
		
		if alreadyPulsed == false then
		
			pulse()
		
		end
		
		wait(1)
		debounce = false
		
	end	
	
end)

part.TouchEnded:Connect(function()
	
	alreadyPulsed = true
	
end)

Edit: I would recommend not using :Touched() events since I find them a bit awkward to work with. An alternative would be to use magnitude distances (for circular regions only). But if you really need them you may as well use them.

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#3

ok, ive tried tweaking around with the script you made because the pulse was intended to go fade in then fade out, but for some reason its not working

#4

Touched is fired when any part touches the part which is why it keeps pulsing, so if you want it to only fire when a player touches it do

function(hit)
if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild(“Humanoid”) then

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