Hi. I'm tying to make a script run only if it touches a specific brick. The current script I have is
local function onTouch(hit)
if (hit.Parent.Parent.Parent) then
print(hit)
script.Parent.Parent.J.AlignPosition.Enabled = true
wait(5.3)
script.Parent.Parent.J.AlignPosition.Enabled = false
end
end
script.Parent.Touched:connect(onTouch)
I want it so that if it touches a specific other brick, it'll run. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
You might be better off using a module which would handle additional code.
Example module:-
local run = false
local function runCode()
while run do
-- code
wait(0.5) -- need a wait in the loop
end
end
local function stop()
run = false
end
return function()
if run then return end -- no need to run twice
run = true
spawn(runCode) -- create a new thread for run
delay(5.3, stop) -- delay the stop function for 5.3 seconds
end
script:-
-- load module
local run = require([location to module]) -- module passes back a function
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
run() -- run out code
-- additional code can be run as we created a thread so this code will not yield
end)
Enabling and disabling scripts is a bad idea as you have no control over how they stop. Using a module should help you a lot in this case. Modules are very usefull but will take time to learn if you have not used them before.
I hope this helps, please comment if you do not understand any parts of the code.
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I'll look in to modules, seems a lot better. Thank you so much!
np