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How do I add a cooldown to this function?

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businessman32246 2
3 years ago
Edited 3 years ago

Hello! I'm having an issue with adding a cool down to a weapon I made. The goal of the script below is to play an animation and a blast sound whenever the weapon is fired. But I'm trying to add a 2 second cool down to this because the weapon itself has a 2 second reload time and I want the animation and blast sound to match the reload time. But I'm having a hard time implementing this cooldown.

Here's the script below:

local Tool = script.Parent
local AnimationR15 = script:WaitForChild("AnimationR15", 1)
local AnimationR6 = script:WaitForChild("AnimationR6", 1)

local cooldown = 2 -- how long the cooldown will take
local GunSound = game.Workspace.GunBlast

Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
    local Character = Tool.Parent
    if Character then
        local Humanoid = Character:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")
        if Humanoid then
            local LoadedAnim = nil
            if Humanoid.RigType == Enum.HumanoidRigType.R15 and AnimationR15 then
                LoadedAnim = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(AnimationR15)
            elseif Humanoid.RigType == Enum.HumanoidRigType.R6 and AnimationR6 then
                LoadedAnim = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(AnimationR6)
            end
            if LoadedAnim then
                LoadedAnim:Play()
                GunSound:Play()

                wait(cooldown) -- attempting to play the cool down after the gun is shot
            end
        end
    end
end)

Any help is appreciated! Thanks :)

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Answered by
JaydenLegenderyDude 22
3 years ago

i am honestly terrible a scripting, so where is what you can do:

A. Use Debounce like a normal person

B. My method

basically ur problem is that u are just waiting after your gun is fired, but the computer doesn't know that u cant do anything when the wait is in progress, so here is what you can do.

local Usable = true
local Tool = script.Parent
local AnimationR15 = script:WaitForChild("AnimationR15", 1)
local AnimationR6 = script:WaitForChild("AnimationR6", 1)
local GunSound = game.Workspace.GunBlast

Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
    if Usable == true then
        Usable = false
        --yada yada script
        wait(2)
        Usable = true
    end
end)

this should work but idk, hopes it helps 'cause im terrible compared to u.

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Isn't this method basically a debounce? JustinWe12 723 — 3y
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This didn't quite work, but I ended up using debounce and got it working! Thanks for getting me on the right track though! businessman32246 2 — 3y
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businessman32246 2
3 years ago

Got it working! I ended up implementing debounce in the function and that seems to do the trick. Thanks to JaydenLegenderyDude for getting me on the right track!

Here's the code if anyone wants to see it:

local Tool = script.Parent
local AnimationR15 = script:WaitForChild("AnimationR15", 1)
local AnimationR6 = script:WaitForChild("AnimationR6", 1)

local debounce = false
local cooldown = 2
local GunSound = game.Workspace.GunBlast

Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
    if debounce then return end 
    debounce = true 

    local Character = Tool.Parent
    if Character then
        local Humanoid = Character:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")
        if Humanoid then
            local LoadedAnim = nil
            if Humanoid.RigType == Enum.HumanoidRigType.R15 and AnimationR15 then
                LoadedAnim = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(AnimationR15)
            elseif Humanoid.RigType == Enum.HumanoidRigType.R6 and AnimationR6 then
                LoadedAnim = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(AnimationR6)
            end
            if LoadedAnim then
                LoadedAnim:Play()
                GunSound:Play()
                wait(cooldown)

                debounce = false

            end
        end
    end
end)

God bless and have a great day :)

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