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How can I stop someone from receiving an item from a giver if they already have that item?

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This script gives a player an item from ServerStorage called StrikeBall. However, I can not prevent a player from receiving multiple StrikeBalls. This is my attempt:

local Giver = script.Parent
local Gear = game.ServerStorage.StrikeBall
local debounce = false

function onTouch(part)
	local Player = part.Parent:findFirstChild("Humanoid")
	if Player ~= nil then
		if debounce == false then
			local Location = game:GetService('Players'):GetPlayerFromCharacter(Player.Parent)
			if Location.TeamColor == Giver.BrickColor then
        if Location.Character:FindFirstChild("StrikeBall") then
            print("StrikeBall found in inventory.")
	elseif Location.Backpack:FindFirstChild("StrikeBall") then
			print("StrikeBall found in backpack.")
		else debounce = true
		local New = Gear:clone()
		New.Parent = Location.Backpack
		wait (5)
		debounce = false
				end
			end
		end
	end
Giver.Touched:connect(onTouch)
Anonymous

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✓ Accepted answer

I made a helper method to to check and see if the person who touched the giver has the tool or not

local Giver = script.Parent
local Gear = game.ServerStorage.StrikeBall
local debounce = false

local function FindTool(player, tool)
	local Character = player.Character
	local HoldingTool = Character:FindFirstChild(tool)
	local BackpackTool = player.Backpack:FindFirstChild(tool)
	
	if HoldingTool ~= nil or BackpackTool ~= nil then
		return true
	end
end

Giver.Touched:connect(function(part) 
	debounce = true
	local Player  = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
	
	if Player ~= nil and Player.TeamColor == Giver.BrickColor and debounce and Player:FindTool("StrickBall") ~= nil then
		Gear:Clone().Parent = Player.Backpack
	end
	
	wait(5)
	debounce = false
end)
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2 comments

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Please provide explanation with your answers. Simply posting code does not spread knowledge of integral scripting processes which helps people understand the logic and reasoning behind your answer.

Anonymous#
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I understand that, but I am at a loss for words when trying to explain this.

Anonymous#

Just put :FindFirstChild("StrikeBall") ~= nil then

You were really close!

AnonymousPermalink

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A Lua if check will pass as long as the condition is not nil or false. In other words, if something exists, the check will pass

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