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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.
01 | cap = script.Parent |
02 | playername = script.Parent.PlayerName |
03 | playersname = playername.Value |
04 |
05 | while true do |
06 | cap.Touched:connect(function(player) |
07 |
08 | script.Parent.PlayerName.Value = player.Parent.Name |
09 | local Touchy = game.Players.playersname |
10 |
11 | if Touchy.TeamColor == BrickColor.new("Bright red") then |
12 | print "Raider" |
13 | end |
14 | end) |
15 | wait(0.5) |
16 | end |
Please help.
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01 | cap = script.Parent |
02 | playername = script.Parent.PlayerName |
03 |
04 | -- no while here, due to how events work |
05 | cap.Touched:connect(function(player) |
06 | playername.Value = player.Name |
07 | local Touchy = game.Players:findFirstChild(playername.Value) -- use the FindFirstChild method |
08 | if not Touchy then print('No player found') return end |
09 | if Touchy.TeamColor == BrickColor.new("Bright red") then |
10 | print "Raider" |
11 | end |
12 | end) |
This having been said, you don't need a stringValue for that: just use
1 | cap = script.Parent |
2 | playername = script.Parent.PlayerName |
3 |
4 | cap.Touched:connect(function(player) |
5 | if player == BrickColor.new("Bright red") then |
6 | print "Raider" |
7 | end |
8 | end) |
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Hope i helped :) Hippalectryon 3 — 11y
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Thankyou - That was very useful. Protoduction 216 — 11y
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Remember to click "Accept Answer" if it helped you. Aethex 256 — 11y
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I did! Protoduction 216 — 11y
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To find a player with a name matching the specific string you've got, you must either use
FindFirstChild
or
1 | game.Players["Owenrules12"] |