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Is there a way to delay the "Touched" event?
Read this post from the RBXDev First:
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/repro-touched-events-delayed/38118
Touched event in parts will cause lag when they collide and get fired multiple times. Causing the server's late respondent.
Like this script inside an NPC:
local NPC = script.Parent
local RootPart = NPC.HumanoidRootPart
RootPart.Touched:connect(function(part)
if not part.Parent then return end
if not part.Parent:FindFirstChild('Humanoid') then return end
local char = part.Parent
local hum = char.Humanoid
print('It is a player!')
end)
In-game the player touches the NPC. The server performance goes 30% down and the script printed 50x times.
But is there a way that make this still possible? If then, how?
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In case you were wondering, both legs are going on and off the part, causing it to fire multiple times. hiimgoodpack 2009 — 6y
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Sure, use a debounce. I like using tables because then the debounce time corresponds to each player and the last time they touched that npc, rather than a variable that changes everytime the npc is touched.
local NPC = script.Parent
local RootPart = NPC:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
--[[
local touchedLast = {}
local debounce = .5
setmetatable(touchedLast, {
__index = function(self, key)
-- if the player isn't in the table, set and return their new index
self[key] = debounce
return self[key]
end
})
RootPart.Touched:Connect(function(part)
if not part.Parent then return end
local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
if player then
local index = touchedLast[player.Name]
-- if the last time we touched the npc is more than whatever debounce is
if (tick() - index) >= debounce then
-- update the last time they touched it
touchedLast[player.Name] = tick()
end
end
end)
--]]
-- Basic way people do it.
local debounce = true
local bounce = .5
RootPart.Touched:Connect(function(part)
if not part.Parent then return end
local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
if player and debounce then
debounce = false
print('do something')
wait(bounce)
debounce = true
end
end)
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Holy god man XD Audiimo 105 — 6y