How detect key presses through serverscript?
I have this localscript put in the character to detect when the key "v" is pressed. There are a plethora of problems it causes, other players can't see the change in skin color, and the main part of the script won't work either. It might be because i put it in the character and not player, how do I detect key presses in a serverscript and not localscript?
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local char = script.Parent
local inputservice = game:GetService("UserInputService")
mouse.KeyDown:connect(function(key)
if key == "v" then
if char.Role.Value == "Vampire" and char.BeastMode.Value == false then
char.BeastMode.Value = true
char.Head.Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
char.Torso.Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
char["Left Arm"].Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
char["Left Leg"].Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
char["Right Arm"].Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
char["Right Leg"].Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
end
print("Beast Mode!")
end
end)
1 answer
You can only detect user input through local scripts as they are running on the player's computer; unlike the server, which has no relation with any of the clients.
However, there's an easy way around this, and that's by using a Remote Event.
A Remote Event allows communication between the server and the client, providing a one-way message allowing Server Scripts to call code in LocalScripts and vice-versa. Here is the documentation if you'd like to read more about Remote Events.
It's also recommended to use UserInputService rather than the KeyDown event, as the KeyDown event is deprecated.
Local Script
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local char = script.Parent
local inputservice= game:GetService("UserInputService")
local RemoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent
inputservice.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input, GameProcessed)
if GameProcessed then return end
local key = Input.KeyCode
if key == Enum.KeyCode.V then
if char.Role.Value == "Vampire" and char.BeastMode.Value == false then
RemoteEvent:FireServer() -- Pass parameters if you need
print("Beast Mode!")
end
end
end)
Server Script
local RemoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent
RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
local char = player.Character
if char.Role.Value == "Vampire" and char.BeastMode.Value == false then
char.BeastMode.Value = true
char.Head.Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
char.Torso.Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
char["Left Arm"].Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
char["Left Leg"].Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
char["Right Arm"].Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
char["Right Leg"].Color = Color3.new(0.74902, 0.74902, 0.74902)
end
end)