How to disable the Backpack based on Team?
Info; When the player is in the lobby they are transferred to the "Lobby" Team, when they are in the map they are transferred to the "Playing" Team. I would like for my script to disable the players backpack when they are in the Lobby, otherwise they can pull out their weapons and kill other players, which could stop them from loading into the map.
My current script is a local-script that is placed into StarterGui.
script:
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local theTeam = player.Team.Name
if theTeam == "Playing" then
game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCoreGuiEnabled("Backpack", true)
elseif theTeam == "Lobby" then
game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCoreGuiEnabled("Backpack", false)
end
end)
I didn't really know what I was doing lol.
2 answers
I think the problem here is that you're only checking the team of the player once when the player is joining. I recommend using GetPropertyChangedSignal("Team"), for example:
local Teams = game:GetService("Teams")
local Backpack = Enum.CoreGuiType.Backpack -- Usually I wouldn't do this, but for demonstration purposes I used a variable for the enum
local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local function check()
if player.Team == Teams.Playing then
game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCoreGuiEnabled(Backpack, true)
elseif player.Team == Teams.Lobby then
game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCoreGuiEnabled(Backpack, false)
end
end
check() -- Check once when the player joins
player:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Team"):Connect(check) -- Check every time the player's team changes
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@DindinYT37's answer is almost correct, but he forgot that it should be used in the Client. (LocalScripts, ModuleScript required by a LocalScript, etc.)
To communicate with the Client on the Server, we can use a RemoteEvent. First, create a RemoteEvent inside ReplicatedStorage. Lastly, name it EnableBackpack.
Also @DindinYT37 you don't need to check when a Player joins the game, you can use Team.PlayerAdded when a Player joins the Team.
Server side (Script inside ServerScriptService or Workspace):
local Teams = game:GetService("Teams")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Playing = Teams.Playing
local Lobby = Teams.Lobby
local EnableBackpack = ReplicatedStorage.EnableBackpack -- the RemoteEvent we'll use
Playing.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(newTeammate) -- when a player joins the team
pcall(function()
EnableBackpack:FireClient(newTeammate, true) -- if the player leaves/disconnects, it might error so we will do it in a pcall() to avoid errors
end)
end)
Lobby.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(newTeammate) -- when a player joins the team
pcall(function()
EnableBackpack:FireClient(newTeammate, false) -- if the player leaves/disconnects, it might error so we will do it in a pcall() to avoid errors
end)
end)
Client side (LocalScript inside StarterPlayerScripts or StarterGui):
local StarterGui = game:GetService("StarterGui")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local EnableBackpack = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("EnableBackpack") -- the RemoteEvent we'll use
EnableBackpack.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(backpackEnabled)
local success
repeat
success = pcall(function()
StarterGui:SetCoreGuiEnabled(Enum.CoreGuiType.Backpack, backpackEnabled) -- disables the backpack
end)
task.wait()
end
end)
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