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What does :Wait() and :Disconnect() do and when should I use it?
Title says it all, idk what to put here xd
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http://robloxdev.com/recipes/How-to-block-while-waiting-for-an-event-to-fire and http://robloxdev.com/recipes/How-to-disconnect-an-event-connection xJathur95x 129 — 6y
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You probably wouldn't ever need to use :Disconnect(). It disconnects an event connection and I can only imagine that to be useless. :Wait() waits for an event to happen or waits a number of seconds before continuing to the next line in the script. CodyDev 70 — 6y
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:Wait() yields until an event happens, so if you did something like
1 | local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait() |
It would set the character variable as the character of the player, or wait until the player's character finishes loading, then it would set the variable.
As for :Disconnect(), it disconnects a function you set to run when an event fires, ex.
1 | local part = Instance.new('Part') |
2 |
3 | local function onPartTouched(hit) |
4 | -- script |
5 | end |
6 |
7 | local connection = part.Touched:Connect(onPartTouched) |
8 |
9 | connection:Disconnect() |