Why is my part detect script not working?

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#1

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  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I want my script to make a part green if a part is not inside of it and red if there is a part inside of it

  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    I don’t know why its not working

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    I have tried Devforum and YT.

#2

The reason your code does not work is because it is not constantly being updated. An alternative to GetTouchingParts() is the TouchEnded event.

Try using this code for your script:

local isTouching = false

Structure.Touched:Connect(function(touchPart)
	Structure.Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 0, 0)
	isTouching = true
end)

Structure.TouchEnded:Connect(function(touchPart)
	Structure.Color = Color3.fromRGB(0, 255, 0)
	isTouching = false
end)
#3

it sometimes works, but sometimes it doesnt work, why is that?

#4

I believe this is because the script checks if any part is touching/stopped touching the ‘Structure’ (including a player character).
Are you trying to detect if a specific part is touching the Structure? If so, you will need to have a check under both Touch events to see if the touched part is that specific part you are trying to detect.

Example:

local isTouching = false

Structure.Touched:Connect(function(touchPart)
	if touchPart.Name == "" then-- name of specific part here
		Structure.Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 0, 0)
		isTouching = true
	end
end)

Structure.TouchEnded:Connect(function(touchPart)
	if touchPart.Name == "" then-- name of specific part here
		Structure.Color = Color3.fromRGB(0, 255, 0)
		isTouching = false
	end
end)
#5

it still doesn’t work when i add in the name of the part, but also i just want it to detect if its touching any part not a specific one

#6

but i am using a local script, idk if thats why

#7

:GetTouchingParts returns a table with its parts otherway it’s just empty and your for i,v in pairs(Touchingparts) won’t even iterate

print(workspace.Part:GetTouchingParts())
Output: {}

Checking if the table contains anything

if #TouchingParts == 0 then
	-- no touching BasePart
else
	-- at least 1 touching BasePart
end

“#: An unary operator that return the length of the a string or a table”

Note that your code is only running once