Why does this script only work once?
This script is supposed to turn the blocks transparency from 1, to 0.9. It does, but only once, my other script has when the block is clicked, it turns the blocks transparency back to 1, But the 1 to 0.9 script only works once, why is that so?
here is the 1 to 0.9 script
if
script.Parent.Transparency == 1 then
wait(5)
script.Parent.Transparency = 0.9
end
and here is the click script
function click()
script.Parent.Transparency = 1
end
script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:connect(click)
Thank you
3 answers
It only works once because if statements only run once.
If statements only care about the condition they check at that specific time. An analogy would be if you fail to turn in your homework. The teacher doesn't care if you turn in your homework next week, you're still going to get a bad grade for the homework you failed to turn in the previous week. If statements work the same way. They check the condition once, and only once, and make their decision based on the data they gather at that specific time.
You could put the entire thing in an eternal loop, so it keeps running the if statement.
while true do
wait(0.5)
--code
end
You could use a changed event, which will fire every time a property changes.
script.Parent.Changed:connect(function()
--code
end)
It depends what you're trying to do.
The problem is that the if statement will only check when the game starts. it doesn't activate whenever the Transparency changes, just when the script runs. If you want it the check whenever the transparency changes, then you need to hook it up to the Changed event, like this:
script.Parent.Changed:connect(function(property)
if script.Parent.Transparency == 1 then
wait(5)
script.Parent.Transparency = 0.9
end
end)
Now it will check the transparency whenever the brick changes, Transparency or not.
if you want it more efficient, then you might want to combine the two scripts so that it doesn't have to constantly listen to the Changed effect, but I am assuming there is a reason why they are two separate scripts.
