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Why does testing to see if a part has specific a name not work?
I'm trying to make a shop pop up when the player touches the shop. What the code is doing is that it goes through every single body part, checks if it has the function :GetTouchingParts(), inserting it into a table, checking if the table contains any object with the name of "ShopHitbox" and setting plrInteractedWithHitbox to true. Why does this not work?
Code:
01 | local char = script.Parent |
02 | local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(char) |
03 | local plrGui = plr.PlayerGui |
04 | local plrInteractedWithHitbox = false |
05 |
06 | while not plrInteractedWithHitbox do |
07 | local touchingParts = {} |
08 |
09 | for i, v in pairs(char:GetChildren()) do |
10 | if pcall(function() local t = v:GetTouchingParts() end) then |
11 | table.insert(touchingParts, i + 1, v:GetTouchingParts()) |
12 | end |
13 | end |
14 |
15 | for i, v in pairs(touchingParts) do |
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BasePart:GetTouchingParts() returns a table of objects, not the objects themselves.
To fix this, use another for loop. (replace lines 15-19)
01 | for i, v in pairs(touchingParts) do |
02 | for _, p in pairs(v) do |
03 | if p.Name == 'ShopHitbox' then |
04 | plrInteractedWithHitbox = true |
05 | break -- Break the loop when ShopHitbox is found. |
06 | end |
07 | end |
08 | if plrInteractedWithHitbox then |
09 | break -- When plrInteractedWithHitbox is true, break this loop too. |
10 | end |
11 | end |
Edit 1: Added another break for the touchingParts loop.
Edit 2: Full script with fix as requested (used mobile to add edit after waking up):
01 | local char = script.Parent |
02 | local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(char) |
03 | local plrGui = plr.PlayerGui |
04 | local plrInteractedWithHitbox = false |
05 |
06 | while not plrInteractedWithHitbox do |
07 | local touchingParts = {} |
08 |
09 | for i, v in pairs(char:GetChildren()) do |
10 | if pcall(function() local t = v:GetTouchingParts() end) then |
11 | table.insert(touchingParts, i + 1, v:GetTouchingParts()) |
12 | end |
13 | end |
14 |
15 | for i, v in pairs(touchingParts) do |
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Is this code in the while loop or just copy and paste this? Hoogidy_Boogidy 18 — 4y
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As in, can you show me what all the code will look like when I put it in? Hoogidy_Boogidy 18 — 4y
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Yes, that is the second for loop in the while loop. Y_VRN 246 — 4y
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I've copied and pasted this, but it doesn't work and I switched it to a local script and still not working. Anything to do? Hoogidy_Boogidy 18 — 4y
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I'll try to look deeper into this. Y_VRN 246 — 4y