While loop still running even though bool is set to false

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1

Does anyone know why this code doesn’t work?

local Tool = script.Parent
local RemoteEvent = Tool:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")

-- Client

Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	RemoteEvent:FireServer(true)
end)

Tool.Deactivated:Connect(function()
	RemoteEvent:FireServer(false)
end)

-- Server

RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, isActive)
	while isActive do
		print("Active")
		wait(0.1)
	end
	-- runs loop again even though isActive is set to false
end)
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2

This would be because the isActive that was sent through the remote event is what is being checked, as Firing a event does not update the last time the event was fired unless it is a variable outside of the function that is being changed.

3

It’s because if just keeps creating new while true loops every remote event. You’ll need to separate the while true from the remote event somehow.

4

do this for your server

local active
RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, isActive)
	active=isActive
end)
while active do
	print("Active")
	wait(0.1)
end

you might wanna wrap that while loop in a spawn() or maybe coroutine