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How do I activate a script when something is clicked?

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9 years ago

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Ok I put this script inside of a frame that has TextButtons for children, but I also have a LocalScript inside of the frame directly below the script and I want the LocalScript to Activate after the player has chosen classes, what's wrong with this?

player = script.Parent.Parent.Parent
backpack = player.Backpack

function chooseClass(class)
    for i, v in pairs(backpack:GetChildren()) do v:remove() end
    for i, v in pairs(class:GetChildren()) do
        if v:IsA("Tool") then
            v:clone().Parent = backpack
        elseif v:IsA("HopperBin") then
            v:clone().Parent = backpack
        end
    end

    script.Parent.Main.Visible = false
    script.Parent.Title.Visible = false
end

function onHumanoidDied(humanoid, player)
    script.Parent.Main.Visible = true
    script.Parent.Title.Visible = true
    end

for i, v in pairs(script.Parent.Main:GetChildren()) do
    v.MouseButton1Up:connect(function () chooseClass(v) end)
end

game.StarterGui.Class.Main.LocalScript.Disabled = true

function LocalScript()
    if LocalScript.Disabled == true then
        game.StarterGui.Class.Main.TextButton.MouseButton1Clicked:wait()
        game.StarterGui.Class.Main.LocalScript.Disabled = false
    end
end

LocalScript.TextButton.MouseButton1Clicked:connect()

Btw, Main is actually the Frame that's inside of the Screen GUI which is called class. 789zaya 0 — 9y

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Answered by

adark 5487

9 years ago

The problem is two-fold.

First of all, if that is all of your code, that function never runs because it is never called.

Second, onClicked is not a valid member of anything, really.

Since you only want this code to run once (I assume), try using the wait method of MouseButton1Clicked, which is a member of TextButton:

game.StarterGui.Class.Main.LocalScript.Disabled = true

game.StarterGui.Class.Main.TextButton.MouseButton1Clicked:wait()
game.StarterGui.Class.Main.LocalScript.Disabled = false

Lastly, and this is just a readability thing, your placement of then is weird.

The 'standard' is to type it like this:

if condition then
    --[[code]]
end

--or

if condition then --[[code]] end

Instead of:

if condition
    then --[[code]]
end

This makes it easier to read the statement, especially if there are multiple 'code' lines being run, and it also makes it blatantly obvious when an if-statements checks are continued on the next line, which isn't the case in your code.

Thank you for your help! So My script was correct but I had Then in the wrong place and I needed to add MouseButton1Clicked right? 789zaya 0 — 9y

No. Compare your code to mine. Like I said, you never called the Disabled function, and you never connected the MouseButton1ClickedEvent, or `wait`'d for it. adark 5487 — 9y

Mm, I'm a newbie to scripting this is actually my first script from scratch so I'll try to make this work. 789zaya 0 — 9y

And sorry to bug you but what does condition mean? 789zaya 0 — 9y

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A condition is a requirement of some kind, as in the conditions of a contract. In programming, a conditional statement is one that evaluates to either 'true' or 'false'. In Lua specifically, 'true' is anything that isn't explcititly 'nil' or 'false', so things like: "if script.Parent then" work. The 'and' and 'or' keywords are primarily used in conditional statements. adark 5487 — 9y

Ok, I'm gonna post an answer of my new script I put together and I need you to tell me if it's right Ok? 789zaya 0 — 9y

Just edit your original question with the new code. adark 5487 — 9y

Mmk, 789zaya 0 — 9y

Yes, yes, I know this is not a requesting site but can you give me a script to do this? I'm gonna try to read it and understand it my main goal in scripting is to script like ChadtheCreator, I just LOVE animations! And the Keydown thing, I also like Hotkeys instead of numbers, almost like OnlineAdventure, you spam Q to fight. 789zaya 0 — 9y

How do I activate a script when something is clicked?

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