Why Won't It Respawn?

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1

So i’m making a script where the ball respawns when it is nil or destroyed. Yes it works at first so it spawns. but when i drop it off the map it doesn’t???

local RespawnPoint = script.Parent
local Ball = script.Parent.ClonedBall.Value
local CurrentBall = nil
local NewBall = nil

while wait() do
	if CurrentBall == nil then
		local BallClone = Ball:Clone()
		BallClone.Position = RespawnPoint.Position	
		BallClone.Parent = workspace.Balls
		NewBall = BallClone
		CurrentBall = NewBall
	end
end
2

Check that the parent isn’t nil also

local RespawnPoint = script.Parent
local Ball = script.Parent.ClonedBall.Value
local CurrentBall = nil
local NewBall = nil

while wait() do
	if CurrentBall == nil or CurrentBall.Parent == nil then
		local BallClone = Ball:Clone()
		BallClone.Position = RespawnPoint.Position	
		BallClone.Parent = workspace.Balls
		NewBall = BallClone
		CurrentBall = NewBall
	end
end

It’s worth noting that this is probably better to make event based. Overall it’s not too processing intensive to just loop, but with this you can just respawn it once it’s been destroyed instead of checking over and over.

local Ball = script:WaitForChild("Ball")
local ActiveBall

local connection
local function CreateBall(child, parent)
	if not ActiveBall or parent == nil then
		if connection then connection:Disconnect() end --Not technically needed because the ball getting destroyed would call this

		ActiveBall = Ball:Clone()
		ActiveBall.Position = Vector3.new(0,10,0)
		ActiveBall.Parent = game.Workspace

		connection = ActiveBall.AncestryChanged:Connect(CreateBall)
	end
end
CreateBall()
3

thanks for the help, as i couldn’t find any good ways to make a respawning system