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Strange Method Problem
I'm making a Terminal and you have to touch a part to activate it. I know why my code isn't working - It's because 'playername' isn't a child of Players. What I am trying to do is make the part that touched the capture point be put into a string and the value of the string is what is searches for in 'game.Players'. There is a String inside the parent of the script that the name appears in when you step on it.
cap = script.Parent
playername = script.Parent.PlayerName
playersname = playername.Value
while true do
cap.Touched:connect(function(player)
script.Parent.PlayerName.Value = player.Parent.Name
local Touchy = game.Players.playersname
if Touchy.TeamColor == BrickColor.new("Bright red") then
print "Raider"
end
end)
wait(0.5)
end
Please help.
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cap = script.Parent
playername = script.Parent.PlayerName
-- no while here, due to how events work
cap.Touched:connect(function(player)
playername.Value = player.Name
local Touchy = game.Players:findFirstChild(playername.Value) -- use the FindFirstChild method
if not Touchy then print('No player found') return end
if Touchy.TeamColor == BrickColor.new("Bright red") then
print "Raider"
end
end)
This having been said, you don't need a stringValue for that: just use
cap = script.Parent
playername = script.Parent.PlayerName
cap.Touched:connect(function(player)
if player == BrickColor.new("Bright red") then
print "Raider"
end
end)
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Hope i helped :) Hippalectryon 3 — 10y
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Thankyou - That was very useful. Protoduction 216 — 10y
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Remember to click "Accept Answer" if it helped you. Aethex 256 — 10y
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I did! Protoduction 216 — 10y
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To find a player with a name matching the specific string you've got, you must either use
FindFirstChild
or
game.Players["Owenrules12"]