So You Want To Make A Kill Brick, Eh?

Hey there! The Doc here, and today I'm doing to show you how to make a kill brick. Please note that this is a simple thing, but this was my application blog post so I wanted to share it. Thanks!

First, open Studio and insert a part using the context menu via right clicking.

Now select that part, and make it how you like. I made mine like lava.

Now highlight the part, and insert a script via the context menu.

This first method is going simply removing (destroy really) their head. To do that, we need to Add a touch event to the script. Open the script, and add the following. Feel free to name the function whatever your want!

function deathTouch(part)

end

script.Parent.Touched:connect(deathTouch)

Currently that's an empty function. First, we need to see if the part that hit it is still there.

function deathTouch(part)

  if part then

  end

end

script.Parent.Touched:connect(deathTouch)

If it's still there, it'll continue just fine. If not, it'll just stop running.

Next, we need to check if a player touched it. I use a nifty function called (this is also a link to the function on the wiki) GetPlayerFromCharacter(model).

function deathTouch(part)

  if part then
    local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
    if plr then

    end
  end

end

script.Parent.Touched:connect(deathTouch)

Now we just need to call BreakJoints() on the character.

function deathTouch(part)

  if part then
    local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
    if plr then
      plr.Character:BreakJoints()
    end
  end

end

script.Parent.Touched:connect(deathTouch)

And if you just want to do a certain amount of damage, replace the code with

local touchers = { }

function deathTouch(part)

  if part then
    local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
    if plr then
        local hum = plr.Character:FindFirstChild('Humanoid')
        if hum then
            local found;
            for _,v in pairs(touchers) do
                if v == plr.Name then
                    found = true
                end
            end
            if found then return end -- don't double damage
            hum:TakeDamage(20)
            table.insert(touchers, plr.Name)
            wait(1)
            local caught;
            for _,z in pairs(touchers) do
                if z == plr.Name then
                    caught = _
                end
            end
            table.remove(touchers, caught)
        end
    end
  end

end

script.Parent.Touched:connect(deathTouch)

In that last script there was quite a few things added, but I'll get into that in another post. I should also note that it is more extensive since it will not allow someone to get damaged twice in a one second period. Feel free to change the damage within the TakeDamage(20) section, and if you don't want a time out, just put a 0 for the wait(1).

That's it! Now admire your work, then go ahead and save it to your models! See you next time!