I have a part that has CanCollide == false and Anchored == true. I want it so that when a player is inside the part(in the area of effect), they will take damage every 1 second or so. I've tried multiple ways of going about this but they seem to never work. Is there a special way of doing this, can anyone help me out? Also, this has to do damage to multiple players over time not just one.
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How would I make an area attack do damage to players over time?
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If you already have a working script, you're going to want to create layers so that when the player moves through it they take damage, or a loop that damages any players within it for a certain amount of time. the loop, based on your question, should be wait(1).
I made a script to put in the part, it has issues with it and doesn't work much but here it is.
local Settings = {
['TimeWait'] = .2, -- How long per run
['Damage'] = 5, -- Damage per Run
}
local using = false
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(part) -- Part Touched
if game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent) then -- Checks if the part is a player
if not using then
if part.Name == "Left Leg" or part.Name == "LeftFoot" or part.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then
using = true
print("Using")
local humanoid = part.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
while using do
humanoid.Health = humanoid.Health - tonumber(Settings.Damage)
wait(tonumber(Settings.Damage))
end
end
end
end
end)
script.Parent.TouchEnded:Connect(function(part)
if game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent) then -- Checks if the part is a player
if part.Name == "Left Leg" or part.Name == "LeftFoot" or part.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then
if using then
using = false
print("Not Using")
end
end
end
end)
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Is there any simpler way of doing this? Also, this looks like a script to use during one touch of the part not a script for a part that needs to to damage over time.
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It does kill over time
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Well either way, I just tried the script and it doesn't work for my part for some reason.
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Yes I know that it needs to be a loop for damage but I dont know how I would start making that bit of code.
Decide to use the onion layering system. Make thin layers, as the player animation will, if the player remains there, make them touch a new layer if they just stand there. Attempt to make thin sheets in the Y axis and either X or Z. This way a player using R6 will suffer as much adage as one using R15. just my ten cents.