Where to put the "wait" in this script to make a cooldown?

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Hi there! I have a wonderful door I love so dear, but I cannot figure out to put a cooldown on its usage. It is a door that allows a tool (a card) to grant access to the door (tool turns the door to non-collidable).

Here's the problem - when a card hits the sensor of the door to allow access, if you move your character back and forth, it plays the "opening" and other noises a million times. It needs a cooldown of some sort so the it only registers the card once, say, every 10 seconds. My friend and I believe it should need just a simple "wait" command, we have been messing with it but can't quite figure this one out! Messing with the current wait commands just delays the door with doing what it needs to do, not putting a cooldown on the card registering to the door. I would very much appreciate the help!

01print("Advanced SpecialDoor Script loaded")
02 
03 
04 
05permission = { "Fire Dorm" }
06Door = script.Parent.Parent.PersonDoor
07Door2 = script.Parent.Parent.PersonDoor2
08DoorMesh = script.Parent.Parent.PersonDoor.Mesh
09Sensor = script.Parent
10Sounds = script.Parent.Parent.Sounds
11 
12function checkOkToLetIn(name)
13    for i = 1,#permission do
14 
15        if (string.upper(name) == string.upper(permission[i])) then return true end
16    end
17    return false
18end
19 
20function onTouched(hit)
21        print("Sensor Hit")
22        local human = hit.Parent:findFirstChild("Humanoid")
23        if (human ~= nil ) then
24            -- 
25            print("Human touched door")
26 
27            if (checkOkToLetIn(human.Parent.Name)) then
28                print("Human passed test")
29                Wait(0.001)
30                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot1.Transparency = 0
31                                Sounds.Beep:Play()
32                                wait(0.4)
33                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot2.Transparency = 0
34                                Sounds.Beep2:Play()
35                wait(0.4) 
36                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot3.Transparency = 0
37                                Sounds.Beep2:Play()
38                wait(0.4) 
39                                script.Parent.Parent.Open.Transparency = 0
40                                script.Parent.Parent.Close.Transparency = 1
41                                Sounds.Beep2:Play()
42                                wait(0.2)
43                                Sounds.OpenSound1:Play()
44                                wait(0.1)
45                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart3.Transparency = 0
46                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart4.Transparency = 0
47                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart.Transparency = 1
48                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart2.Transparency = 1
49                                script.Parent.Parent.Handle2.Transparency = 1
50                                script.Parent.Parent.Handle5.Transparency = 0
51                                script.Parent.Parent.Acess.Mesh.Scale = Vector3.new(0.9, 0.5, 1.01)
52                                Door.Transparency = 1
53                                Door2.Transparency = 0
54                                Door2.Wedge.Transparency = 0
55                                Door2.Wedge2.Transparency = 0
56                                Door.Wedge.Transparency = 1
57                                Door.Wedge2.Transparency = 1
58                                wait(0.02)
59                Door.CanCollide = false
60                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot1.Transparency = 1
61                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot2.Transparency = 1
62                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot3.Transparency = 1
63                wait(3) 
64 
65                                script.Parent.Parent.Open.Transparency = 1
66                                script.Parent.Parent.Close.Transparency = 0
67                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart3.Transparency = 1
68                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart4.Transparency = 1
69                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart.Transparency = 0
70                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart2.Transparency = 0
71                                script.Parent.Parent.Handle2.Transparency = 0
72                                script.Parent.Parent.Handle5.Transparency = 1
73                                Sounds.OpenSound2:Play()
74                                script.Parent.Parent.Acess.Mesh.Scale = Vector3.new(0.01, 0.01, 0.01)
75                Door.CanCollide = true
76                                Door.Transparency = 0
77                                Door2.Transparency = 1
78                                Door2.Wedge.Transparency = 1
79                                Door2.Wedge2.Transparency = 1
80                                Door.Wedge.Transparency = 0
81                                Door.Wedge2.Transparency = 0
82            end
83        end
84 
85end
86 
87connection = Sensor.Touched:connect(onTouched) 
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Thanks!

Debounce

I understand why you have tried to be using the wait(10) for the script, but a debounce system is quite effective in my opinion. Basically, you set a variable in your script for example, named 'debounce'. Then before you do anything in the function, you check if debounce is false, and if it is, then set it to true and continue. At the end, you need to then add the wait(10) and then set the variable to false.

Example

01local buttonPressed = false
02--Store whether the button is pressed in a local variable
03 
04Workspace.Button.Touched:connect(function(hit)
05    if not buttonPressed then
06    -- Is it not pressed?
07 
08        buttonPressed = true
09        -- Mark it as pressed, so that other handlers don't execute
10 
11        print("Button pressed")
12        wait(1)
13        print("Hi :D")
14        -- Do Stuff
15 
16        buttonPressed = false
17        -- Mark it as not pressed, so other handlers can execute again
18    end
19end)

Taken from the wiki

Fixed script

Here is your fixed script!

01print("Advanced SpecialDoor Script loaded")
02 
03 
04 
05permission = { "Fire Dorm" }
06Door = script.Parent.Parent.PersonDoor
07Door2 = script.Parent.Parent.PersonDoor2
08DoorMesh = script.Parent.Parent.PersonDoor.Mesh
09Sensor = script.Parent
10Sounds = script.Parent.Parent.Sounds
11debounce = false
12 
13function checkOkToLetIn(name)
14    for i = 1,#permission do
15 
16        if (string.upper(name) == string.upper(permission[i])) then return true end
17    end
18    return false
19end
20 
21function onTouched(hit)
22    if debounce == false then
23        debounce = true
24        print("Sensor Hit")
25        local human = hit.Parent:findFirstChild("Humanoid")
26        if (human ~= nil ) then
27            -- 
28            print("Human touched door")
29 
30            if (checkOkToLetIn(human.Parent.Name)) then
31                print("Human passed test")
32                Wait(0.001)
33                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot1.Transparency = 0
34                                Sounds.Beep:Play()
35                                wait(0.4)
36                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot2.Transparency = 0
37                                Sounds.Beep2:Play()
38                wait(0.4) 
39                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot3.Transparency = 0
40                                Sounds.Beep2:Play()
41                wait(0.4) 
42                                script.Parent.Parent.Open.Transparency = 0
43                                script.Parent.Parent.Close.Transparency = 1
44                                Sounds.Beep2:Play()
45                                wait(0.2)
46                                Sounds.OpenSound1:Play()
47                                wait(0.1)
48                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart3.Transparency = 0
49                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart4.Transparency = 0
50                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart.Transparency = 1
51                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart2.Transparency = 1
52                                script.Parent.Parent.Handle2.Transparency = 1
53                                script.Parent.Parent.Handle5.Transparency = 0
54                                script.Parent.Parent.Acess.Mesh.Scale = Vector3.new(0.9, 0.5, 1.01)
55                                Door.Transparency = 1
56                                Door2.Transparency = 0
57                                Door2.Wedge.Transparency = 0
58                                Door2.Wedge2.Transparency = 0
59                                Door.Wedge.Transparency = 1
60                                Door.Wedge2.Transparency = 1
61                                wait(0.02)
62                Door.CanCollide = false
63                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot1.Transparency = 1
64                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot2.Transparency = 1
65                                script.Parent.Parent.Dot3.Transparency = 1
66                wait(3) 
67 
68                                script.Parent.Parent.Open.Transparency = 1
69                                script.Parent.Parent.Close.Transparency = 0
70                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart3.Transparency = 1
71                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart4.Transparency = 1
72                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart.Transparency = 0
73                                script.Parent.Parent.HandlePart2.Transparency = 0
74                                script.Parent.Parent.Handle2.Transparency = 0
75                                script.Parent.Parent.Handle5.Transparency = 1
76                                Sounds.OpenSound2:Play()
77                                script.Parent.Parent.Acess.Mesh.Scale = Vector3.new(0.01, 0.01, 0.01)
78                Door.CanCollide = true
79                                Door.Transparency = 0
80                                Door2.Transparency = 1
81                                Door2.Wedge.Transparency = 1
82                                Door2.Wedge2.Transparency = 1
83                                Door.Wedge.Transparency = 0
84                                Door.Wedge2.Transparency = 0
85                                wait(10)
86                                debounce = false
87            end
88        end
89    end
90 
91end
92 
93connection = Sensor.Touched:connect(onTouched) 
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Where to put the "wait" in this script to make a cooldown?

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Debounce

Example

Fixed script

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