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How to make it when a button is pressed, it runs the script only once?
Hello, i am currently working on a game, and i would like to know how to make a script only run once. What i mean by that is i don't want to use debounce, since debounce is more of a timer for the script to then run again. I only want this, press a button, it runs the script, then you can't press it again, but the other players who haven't pressed the button yet can press it. Here is my code.
local water = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.water
local switch = script.Parent
function move(x, y ,z)
for i = 1,10 do
water.Position = water.Position + Vector3.new(x, y ,z)
wait(0.01)
end
end
function onClick()
switch.LaserFire:Play()
switch.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright green")
switch.Size = Vector3.new(1, 0.211, 2.049)
move(-1.1,0,0)
return
end
script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(onClick)
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Thank you so much! I'll try to learn more about attributes. Thanks for your help! :D Birdoman7798 -3 — 2y
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Try using attributes, attributes are like custom properties, when player clicks the button you :SetAttribute called "PressedButton" (custom property name) to true and when someone presses the button, you check if :GetAttribute called "PressedButton" is already true, if so then return from the function:
local water = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.water
local switch = script.Parent
-- prefer using "local", same rules applied as with using "local" on
-- non-function variables
local function move(x, y ,z)
for i = 1,10 do
water.Position = water.Position + Vector3.new(x, y ,z)
wait(0.01)
end
end
-- MouseClick passes a first parameter which is the player who clicked it
-- we are going to put attributes on this player
local function onClick(player)
if player:GetAttribute("PressedButton") then
return -- return (stop the function) since he already clicked the button
end
player:SetAttribute("PressedButton", true)
switch.LaserFire:Play()
switch.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright green")
switch.Size = Vector3.new(1, 0.211, 2.049)
move(-1.1,0,0)
-- return -- return at the end is same as no return, you can remove it
end
script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(onClick)