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Detect if a specific player has left the game?

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RazzyPlayz 497

3 years ago

Hello.

I am currently experimenting with the Players.PlayerRemoved event, and I was wondering, is it possible for the game to detect if a specific player has left the game, from a Player gotten from the GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) function. I have attempted this in a script, and what's supposed to happen is that when the player claims an aquarium, it sets the pad text to their name, and makes it unclaimable afterwards. I want to make it so that when the player leaves, the aquarium frees up and another player can claim it. I have attempted to use the Players.PlayerRemoved event with a specific player but it has not worked.

Here is my script:

local Pad = script.Parent
local Debounce = false

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local RemoteEvents = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Remote Events (Main)")
local IsClaimed = Pad.Parent.IsClaimed

local Aquariums = workspace.Map.Aquariums

Pad.Touched:Connect(function(hit)

    local Player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
    local Character = Player.Character

    local ClaimedValue = Player.PlayerGui.AquariumClaimed

    if not (Debounce) then
        Debounce = true
        if IsClaimed.Value == true then return end
    else
        if ClaimedValue.Value == true then
        else
            Aquariums.PlayerPad1:FindFirstChild("Name Tag").NameUI.Username.Text = hit.Parent.Name
            RemoteEvents.Data:FireClient(Player)
            script.Disabled = true
            script.Parent.Process.Disabled = false
            ClaimedValue.Value = true
            IsClaimed.Value = true
        end
        wait(1)
        Debounce = false
        if IsClaimed.Value == true and Player then
        Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(LocalPlayer)
                Aquariums.PlayerPad1:FindFirstChild("Name Tag").NameUI.Username.Text = "Not Claimed"
                IsClaimed.Value = false
        end)
        else
            return end
    end
end)

I am unsure what is causing this issue, and would like some help. Thanks

Put the Player Removing OUTSIDE of the touched event. Dovydas1118 1495 — 3y

How would I go to make sure it fires only to a specific player leaving, in my case the player that has hit the part RazzyPlayz 497 — 3y

You'd need to define a blank variable before the Touched function and assign it to the player after the part is touched. Only then do you check to see if that specific player leaves. DeceptiveCaster 3761 — 3y

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Answered by

virushunter9 943

3 years ago

Edited 3 years ago

The PlayerRemoving event has a parameter that details the player that is leaving the game. We can simply check to see if the parameter is the same as the player that touched the pad.

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

Pad.Touched:Connect(function(hit)

    local Player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
    if Player then
        Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(PlayerLeaving)
            if PlayerLeaving == Player then
                --the player that left the game is the player that touched the pad
            end
        end)
    end

end)

Wrapping a script signal in another script signal usually isn't a great idea. This is a good answer, but it isn't good code. DeceptiveCaster 3761 — 3y

You're right, I think a better way would be to have a script that checks all Aquariums when a player leaves and would set their claimed value to false if the player that left was their owner. virushunter9 943 — 3y

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Answered by

MattVSNNL 620

3 years ago

Thats easy

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
    print(player.Name)
end)

Comment if there are any bugs

Detect if a specific player has left the game?

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