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Why does this script not work?
This script is trying to find out how long the player has been standing on a brick Output:
18:15:14.254 - Workspace.Part.Script:7: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'howLong' (a nil value) 18:15:14.254 - Stack Begin 18:15:14.255 - Script 'Workspace.Part.Script', Line 7 18:15:14.255 - Stack End
while not script.Parent.Touched do
howLong = 0 --This is how long the player has been on it
print(howLong)
end
while script.Parent.Touched do
howLong = howLong + 1
if howLong == 20 then
print("captured")
wait(1)
end
end
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Your script doesn't work? Dominus113 0 — 8y
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Touched is not a Property of the Part object, it is an event. Events need to be setup with connection statements, tied to functions filled with code that you require to run whenever the event is fired.
Also, you should store the 'howLong' property in either the Player object or in separate values in a table since multiple people could be touching the part.
local touching = {}; --Who is touching?
local howLong = {}; --Time stats
--Track Touch Length
function track(player)
--Every second
while wait(1) do
--If the player is still touching
if touching[player] then
--Then increment the stats
howLong[player] = howLong[player] + 1 or 1;
print(player..": "..howlong[player]);
else
--Otherwise, break the loop
break
end
end
end
--Initiate Touch
script.Parent.Touched:connect(function(hit)
--When something touches, check if it's a player
local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent);
if plr then
--If so, switch the bool
touching[plr.Name] = true;
--Track the touch Length
track(plr.Name);
end
end)
--End Touch
script.Parent.TouchEnded:connect(function(hit)
--When something stops touching, check if it's a player
local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent);
if plr then
--If so, switch the bool
touching[plr.Name] = false;
end
end)