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attempt to index global 'death' (a function value)?

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7 years ago

I'm trying to make a nuke that calls :BreakJoints() on humanoids in game. I keep getting this error though not sure what I'm doing wrong.

13:20:57.457 - Workspace.Brick.Script:23: attempt to index global 'death' (a function value) 13:20:57.457 - Stack Begin 13:20:57.458 - Script 'Workspace.Brick.Script', Line 23 13:20:57.458 - Stack End

01function Cough(Part)
02local fries = Instance.new('Message')
03fries.Parent = game.Workspace
04fries.Text = "Hello I will now explode"
05wait(3)
06fries:Destroy()
07local explosion = Instance.new('Part', game.Workspace)
08Part = explosion
09Part.Anchored = true
10Part.Shape = 'Ball'
11Part.Transparency = 0.1
12Part.TopSurface = "Smooth"
13Part.BottomSurface = "Smooth"
14Part.CanCollide = false
15while true do
16Part.Size = Part.Size + Vector3.new(10,10,10)
17wait()
18end
19 
20end
21hum = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
22function death(hum)
23    if death.Touched:FindFirstChild(hum)then
24        hum:BreakJoints()
25        end
26end
27 
28script.Parent.Touched:connect(Cough)
29game.Workspace.Brick.Touched:connect(death)
30wait(10)
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Answered by

hiimgoodpack 2009

7 years ago

Edited 7 years ago

A function cannot be touched. Instead, a 3D part can be. Also, .Touched is not a property. I am going to rewrite the stuff.

01function Cough(Part)
02local fries = Instance.new('Message')
03fries.Parent = game.Workspace
04fries.Text = "Hello I will now explode"
05wait(3)
06fries:Destroy()
07local explosion = Instance.new('Part', game.Workspace)
08Part = explosion
09Part.Anchored = true
10Part.Shape = 'Ball'
11Part.Transparency = 0.1
12Part.TopSurface = "Smooth"
13Part.BottomSurface = "Smooth"
14Part.CanCollide = false
15while true do
16Part.Size = Part.Size + Vector3.new(10,10,10)
17wait()
18end
19 
20end
21local deb = false
22hum = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
23function death(hum)
24    if hum:FindFirstChild('Humanoid') and deb == false then --I'm assuming you are checking for a humanoid. I'm confused as what you wanted here.
25    deb = true
26        hum:BreakJoints()
27    wait(1)
28    deb = false
29        end
30end
31 
32script.Parent.Touched:connect(Cough)
33game.Workspace.Brick.Touched:connect(death)
34wait(10) --A wait here does nothing, as there is no code after the wait.
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I am trying to do a check for if the part was touched by a humanoid. And if you can I cant figure out how to make the function happen once instead of happening thousands of times when you step on the brick. SacredEden 10 — 7y

Ohh ok hiimgoodpack 2009 — 7y

well do you know how i can fix it? xd SacredEden 10 — 7y

I DID I JUST MADE AN EDIT Ok? hiimgoodpack 2009 — 7y

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bud i asked becuase you didn't fix it, OK? SacredEden 10 — 7y

DID YOU EVEN COPY THE NEW SCRIPT? hiimgoodpack 2009 — 7y

Yeah I did it still doesn't work for me. PLUS I already made a different version and that still doesn't work SacredEden 10 — 7y

Answered by

F4ULT1NTH3D4T4 226

7 years ago

the "hum" at line 21 is useless, remove it. the touched event returns the part that touched it. so to check if a player has touched it, and has a humanoid then remove the death function and put this instead:

1death = function(part)
2    if part.Parent:FindFirstChild"Humanoid" then
3        part.Parent.Humanoid:BreakJoints()
4    end
5end

attempt to index global 'death' (a function value)?

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