Creating a block that when touched, inserts a script into their StarterGui? [SOLVED]
I'm not requesting a full script, I'm just at loss for how to go about this. As of now, this is what I'm pretty sure I know I'll have to do:
- Place the script into lighting
- Make sure the script is local, and the coding is compatible with such
- I might, in some way, have to use "Clone()"? (I'm not familiar with its parameters, or its function)
However, these are the issues I'm encountering:
- How do I remotely insert something from lighting into a player by name of object?
- (The big one) How do I know which player to insert the script into? (For this script, it does matter)
Any help possible is greatly appreciated, since this is a bit out of my skill zone, and is one of the last things I have left to code in my newest project.
Thanks for reading!
2 answers
To fix the biggest problem, you would need to detect if a player actually touches the brick. Like so:
local brick = Workspace.Part
function onTouch(part)
if part.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") ~= nil then
--Code
end
end
brick.Touched:connect(onTouch)
This detects a humanoid in the parent model of part using FindFirstChild(). It should not equal nil if a player touched as the part would equal some body part, and the parent of that should have a humanoid in it.
Now, to find the player's gui screen, make a clone of the script, then move it to the GUI, we would use GetPlayerFromCharacter and yes, the :Clone(). Like so:
local brick = Workspace.Part
function onTouch(part)
if part.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") ~= nil then
local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
local clone = game.Lighting.Script:Clone() --Replace script with the name of your script
clone.Parent = player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui --Setting the parent. Change ScreenGui to whatever the name of your GUI is.
end
end
brick.Touched:connect(onTouch)
To make sure it isn't spammed, you would use a debounce value too.
local debounce = false
local brick = Workspace.Part
function onTouch(part)
if part.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") ~= nil and debounce == false then
debounce == true
local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
local clone = game.Lighting.Script:Clone() --Replace script with the name of your script
clone.Parent = player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui --Setting the parent. Change ScreenGui to whatever the name of your GUI is.
wait(1)
debounce = false
end
end
brick.Touched:connect(onTouch)
Brick.Touched:connect(function(part) -- This is the event. You seem to be inexperienced with functions, so I'll walk you through it.
if game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent) then -- This is checking to see if the part belongs to a player's character
player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
gui = game.Lighting.GuiHere:Clone() -- This clones the GUI you want to insert.
gui.Parent = player.PlayerGui -- This makes the GUI visible to the player. (Note: GUI must refer to a StarterGui.)
end
end)
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