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How and where can I add a cooldown to this script?
The script below activates an hit animation when the player clicks their screen:
local Tool = script.Parent
local Animation = Tool.Animation
Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
local Character = Tool.Parent
local Humanoid = Character.Humanoid
local AnimationTrack = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)
AnimationTrack:Play()
end)
There is no cooldown however, so the player can do it infinitely.
Can someone tell me how I can add a cooldown so that the player can't click and attack until a specific time period ends?
I'd also like to know where in the script I'm supposed to put it, at the beginning or the end, because that kind of stuff confuses me :)
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Hey King,
You can either create the cooldown on the server via a RemoteEvent or have a cooldown inside your LocalScript. For this example, I'll put the cooldown inside your LocalScript.
The method I'm using is probably the most basic way you can do it.
local Tool = script.Parent
local Animation = Tool.Animation
local activeCooldown = false
local cooldownTime = 10 -- 10 second cooldown
Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
if (activeCooldown) then
return -- if they have an active cooldown, then nothing will happen
else
activeCooldown = true
local Character = Tool.Parent
local Humanoid = Character.Humanoid
local AnimationTrack = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)
cooldownTime = AnimationTrack.Length
AnimationTrack:Play()
wait(cooldownTime) -- wait x amount of seconds to make the cooldown false
activeCooldown = false -- makes the cooldown false again
end
end)
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THANK YOU! This worked perfectly!! I will make sure to keep this in mind when trying to create other weapons w/ cooldowns! kingsworld9 14 — 3y
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local Tool = script.Parent
local Animation = Tool.Animation
local Debounce = false
local Time = 3 --Change The Cooldown Time
Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
if Debounce == false then --If Debounce false
--Set Debounce to True
Debounce = true
--Do Animation
local Character = Tool.Parent
local Humanoid = Character.Humanoid
local AnimationTrack = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)
AnimationTrack:Play()
--Set Debounce to False
wait(Time)
Debounce = false
else --If Debounce true
return --Return(Do Nothing)
end
end)
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Just add a wait a "Wait()" Function, like this:
local Tool = script.Parent
local Animation = Tool.Animation
Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
local Character = Tool.Parent
local Humanoid = Character.Humanoid
local AnimationTrack = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)
AnimationTrack:Play()
wait(-enter cooldown number in seconds-)
end)