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Fire Ball Script Not Damage Humanoid?

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So what this script does is, create the part, increase it's size then launch it, that happens, and damage any humanoids it touches, but it does not damage humanoids i made some dummy npc's and they take no damage ;-;(local script btw)

function onKeyDown(key)
	local Key = key:lower()
	if key == "f" then

--		local animationTrack = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(MagicAnim) -- This is here because i have not made an anim for this yet, but i doubt that matters ;-;
--		animationTrack:Play()
		game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
		sound:Play()
		local Ball = Instance.new('Part')
		Ball.Shape = 'Ball'
		Ball.Size = Vector3.new(2,2,2)
		Ball.Material = 'Neon'
		Ball.BrickColor = BrickColor.new('Really red')
		Ball.Name = 'FireBallOf'..Player.Name
		Ball.Parent = game.Workspace
		Ball.CFrame = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Torso.CFrame * CFrame.new(0,0,-2)
		Ball.CanCollide = false
		Ball.Anchored = true
		local start = Ball.Size
		local finish = Ball.Size * Vector3.new(5,5,5)
		local FireParticle = Instance.new('ParticleEmitter',Ball)
		FireParticle.Texture = 'http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=300899516'
		local Part = Ball -- this is the Part we will move
		local newPos = (game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Torso.CFrame * 	      		CFrame.new(0,0,-550)).p -- the position the Part will go to
		local Time = 2 -- the time that the script will take to move the part
		local Increment = 5 -- the Part will move 0.5 studs each time it moves
		local balldebounce = false
 
		local Diff = newPos - Part.Position -- the difference between the two positions
		local Mag = Diff.magnitude -- the distance between the two parts
		local Direction = CFrame.new(Part.Position, newPos).lookVector
		for progress = 0, 1, 0.03 do
   			 Ball.Size = start:lerp(finish, progress)
   			 wait()
		end

		Ball.Touched:connect(function(part)
		if Part.Parent ~= nil then--Keep Parentless blocks from breaking it. 
				if balldebounce == false and Part.Parent:findFirstChild("Humanoid") ~= nil then 
				balldebounce = true 
				Part.Parent:findFirstChild("Humanoid"):TakeDamage(40) 
				wait(1)--Wait two seconds before the brick can hurt someone. 
				balldebounce = false 
				end
			end	
		end)		
		

		for n = 0, Mag, Increment do
		Part.CFrame = Part.CFrame + (Direction * Increment)
		wait()
			end	


		game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16			
	end
end

mouse.KeyDown:connect(onKeyDown)
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Your code

Friaza's tutorial is very useful to get someone use to KeyDown() functions, and the code you have is ALMOST perfect, however, some parts of your code aren't exactly perfect. For the code to work, you need two scripts: a local script and a regular script. Name the local script 'Fireball' and name the script 'Firedamage' (Have Firedamage INSIDE Fireball, and have the code be a child of StarterPack). Now, in the Firedamage code, put this edited code into it (I'll explain the code to the best of my ability...)

Firedamage Code

function onDamage(Part)--function to cause damage to those hit with fireball
	
	if Part.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") ~=nil and Part.Parent.Name ~= "script.Parent.Name" then--If the thing is humanoid then
		
		script.Disabled = true
		
		local f = Instance.new('Fire', Part)
		
		for i = 1,25 do--Does damage all the way to 25
			
			f.Size = f.Size +0.25--
			
			Part.Parent.Humanoid.Health = Part.Parent.Humanoid.Health -1--Declines health -1
		
		wait (0.05)
		
		end--end the first argument of code chunk
		
		f:remove()
		
		Part.Parent.Humanoid.PlatformStand = true
		
		script.Parent:remove()--Removes the action
	
	end--end the second argument of code chunk
	
end--end the thrid argument of code chunk

script.Parent.Touched:connect(onDamage)

Now, in the Fireball code, you need to put this edited code into it (again, I'll explain to the best of my ability...)

Fireball code

--Variables
Player = script.Parent.Parent--To get to Player

mouse = Player:GetMouse()--Gets the mouse function

--function

function onKeyDown(key)--The function
	
	local Key = key:lower()--Key pressed sequence
	
	if key =='z' then--The player hits 'z'
		
		local x = Instance.new('Part', workspace)--Creates a new part
		
		x.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright red")--Fire is red...
		
		x.Size = Vector3.new(10, 10, 10)--Makes the fire ball look like an actuall fire ball
		
		x.TopSurface = 'Smooth'--Removes the studs to make it look more realistic
		
		x.BottomSurface = 'Smooth'--Removes the studs to make it look more realistic
		
		x.Shape = 'Ball'--It is a fire ball...
		
		x.Name = Player.Name--this makes it so that way the fireball doesn't hurt the player using it
		
		x.CanCollide = false
		
		x.Transparency = 0.7--Make it look more realistic
		
		local fd = script.Firedamage:Clone()--Clones the fire damage for future use as well
				
		fd.Parent = x--makes firedamage apart of the fireball
		
		local y = Instance.new('BodyVelocity', x)
		
		y.maxForce = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)--Makes the fireball not too huge, but not too small
		
		y.velocity = Player.Character.Torso.CFrame.lookVector*80--Allows it to be shot from the Player's torso
		
		local f = Instance.new('Fire', x)--Adds fire to the new part
		
		f.Size = 15--Fire will be size 15
		
		f.Heat = 0--No heat since it'll make fireball look weird
		
		x.CFrame = Player.Character.Torso.CFrame*CFrame.new(0, 0, -12)--Allows it to be shot from your character, offically...
		
		fd.Disabled = false
		
		game.Debris:AddItem(x, 1)--Removes the fire ball all together
		
		print ('Fireball successfully worked!')
		
	end--end the first argument of code chunk
	
end--end the second argument of code chunk

mouse.KeyDown:connect(onKeyDown)--Repeats function for it to be confirmed to work

In conclusion...

Your code was right, but I have some edits to it to have it cleaner. Let me know if it doesn't work.

Greek

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It worked perfect! :)

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Thanks for letting me know :)

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