Trying to create a gun and when they hold left mouse the gun will shoot continuously until they release the button.
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How to detect if a player is holding down a mouse button?
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You can use the InputBegan with the UserInputService to detect if the left mouse is still being held. An example is shown below :
local held = false -- creates a variable which we will use to see if the key is still being held
local timeheld = 0
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input, gameProcessedEvent)
local KeyCode = Input.KeyCode
if not gameProcessedEvent then
if KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.putyourkeyhere then
held = true
while held do -- since held = true, it runs a loop whiles the variable is set to true
wait()
timeheld = timeheld + 1 -- adds 1 to ``timeheld`` while held = true
print(timeheld)
end
end
end
end)
I haven't tested it yet, but if there's any errors please feel free to comment!.
--oSy
2 comments
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Sorry for the late acceptance answer and late thanks, but thanks!
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Np, its good
I might have the answer, try this: (NOTE: The following script MUST be a LocalScript in StarterCharacterScripts. NAME the following script "MainGunScript")
local Mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse() --The mouse.
local GunValue = script.FindFirstChild("GunValue")
GunValue.Value = nil
if not GunValue then
GunValue = Instance.new("ObjectValue", script)
GunValue.Name = "GunValue"
GunValue.Value = nil
end
local ShootWait = script:FindFirstChild("ShootWait")
ShootWait.Value = 0
if not ShootWait then
ShootWait = Instance.new("NumberValue", script)
ShootWait.Name = "ShootWait"
ShootWait.Value = 0 -- This is the short pause between every shot.
end
local Holding = false --This tells if the mouse button is holding or not.
Mouse.Button2Down:connect(function()
Holding = true
while Holding == true then
if GunValue.Value ~= nil then
--Here do the gun shooting thing, REFER THE GUN TOOL AS GunValue.Value:
wait(ShootWait.Value)
end
end
end)
Mouse.Button2Up:connect(function() Holding = false end)
NOW, Put a LocalScript in the gun. Name it whatever you want. (I assume it's a tool, so put the following script IN the tool, not the handle.)
local MainGunScript = nil
script.Parent.Equipped:connect(function()
MainGunScript = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:FindFirstChild("MainGunScript")
if MainGunScript then
MainGunScript:FindFirstChild("GunValue").Value = script.Parent
MainGunScript:FindFirstChild("ShootWait").Value = 0.15 -- Set the short pause between shots in this one.
end
end
script.Parent.Unequipped:connect(function()
if MainGunScript then
MainGunScript:FindFirstChild("GunValue").Value = nil
end
end
Hope this helped! I made two whole scripts for you xD
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The mouse is a working way to do it, and so far it's the easiest way to make a gun, but ROBLOX is looking to depreciate the mouse object soon.
Not sure why the other two overcomplicate it so much. you can just do
local MB = UserInputService:GetMouseButtonsPressed()
if MB.MouseButton1 then end -- left button down
if MB.MouseButton2 then end -- right button down
if MB.MouseButton3 then end -- scroll held down
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=API:Class/UserInputService/GetMouseButtonsPressed
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