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Is there a way to stop .Touched from being spammed?
So, radius is a brick that represents the area of effect, and I wanted it so that anyone touching radius gets an attack decrease of -0.2 ONCE. This is what i came up with
radius.Touched:connect(function(hit)
local attack = hit.Parent:WaitForChild("Attack")
attack.Value = attack.Value - 0.2
end)
The problem is, the attack.Value - 0.2 just gets spammed by anyone moving within the radius. Is there a way so that each time someone touches the radius, the attack.Value-0.2 occurs only once, and not just spammed? ty for the help in advance
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do you want to disconnect it? TheLowOne 85 — 7y
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When you create an event, it returns a Connection userdata
one of the methods this disconnect
local connection
connection = radius.Touched:connect(function(hit)
local attack = hit.Parent:WaitForChild("Attack")
attack.Value = attack.Value - 0.2
connection:disconnect()
end)
Of course, this disconnects the event and it will not trigger again.
Another idea is debounce
wiki provides a better explanation, here is an example
local deb = false
radius.Touched:connect(function(hit)
if (deb) then return end
deb = true
local attack = hit.Parent:WaitForChild("Attack")
attack.Value = attack.Value - 0.2
wait(2)
deb = false
end)
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ty for the idea! it worked :) beatersz 25 — 7y