What is the best method for automatic doors?

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#1

So I have rigged a door and animated it so that the doors will open automatically when a player is nearby.

I have tried various ways of detecting when a player is nearby, Touched and TouchEnded, Region3, and Magnitude, all have seemed to make the door animation play repeatedly even when using debounce.

What do you think is the best method for this?

#2

If you use a debounce correctly the animation won’t play multiple times, can I see the code you have this far?

#3

local doorOpen = false
local OpenAnimation = script.Parent.Parent.Open
local CloseAnimation = script.Parent.Parent.Close

while wait(0.1) do

local players = game.Players

for i, v in pairs(players:GetChildren()) do
	if v.Character and not doorOpen then
		doorOpen = true
		
		local mag = (script.Parent.Position - v.Character.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude
		if mag < 20 then

			local LoadOpenAnimation = script.Parent.Parent.AnimationController:LoadAnimation(OpenAnimation)
			LoadOpenAnimation:Play()
			
		elseif mag > 20 and plr then
			
			plr = nil
			local LoadCloseAnimation = script.Parent.Parent.AnimationController:LoadAnimation(CloseAnimation)
			LoadCloseAnimation:Play()
			doorOpen = false
		end
	end
end

end

#4

doorOpen was meant to be placed after mag check.

#5 
local doorOpen = false
local OpenAnimation = script.Parent.Parent.Open
local CloseAnimation = script.Parent.Parent.Close
local players = game.Players
local door = workspace:WaitForChild("Door") --change this reference

door.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		local player = players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
		if not doorOpen then
			local mag = (script.Parent.Position - v.Character.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude
			if mag <= 20 then
				local LoadOpenAnimation = script.Parent.Parent.AnimationController:LoadAnimation(OpenAnimation)
				LoadOpenAnimation:Play()
				doorOpen = true
			elseif mag >= 20 then
				local LoadCloseAnimation = script.Parent.Parent.AnimationController:LoadAnimation(CloseAnimation)
				LoadCloseAnimation:Play()
				doorOpen = false
			end
			task.wait(5) --5 seconds between opening door again
			doorOpen = false
		elseif doorOpen then
			--do code when door is open if needed
		end
	end
end)