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[SOLVED!] Why does the anonymous function end when the function "lowerbeam" is called?

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trogyssy 221

10 years ago

local topbeam=script.Parent.Parent.Beams.High
local beams=script.Parent.Parent.Beams:GetChildren()
local capturetime=5
local m=Instance.new("Message")
local giving=false

function givepoints()
    giving=true
    while wait(1) do
        if script.Parent.Parent.HoldingTeam.Value==Game.Teams["Storm Brigade"] then
            Workspace.SBPoints.Value=Workspace.SBPoints.Value+1
        elseif script.Parent.Parent.HoldingTeam.Value==Game.Teams.Raiders then
            Workspace.RaiderPoints.Value=Workspace.RaiderPoints.Value+1
        end
    end
end

local lowerbeam = coroutine.wrap(function()
    for i=topbeam.Size.X, 13, -1 do
        for x, y in pairs(beams) do
            y:Resize(Enum.NormalId.Right, -1)
            wait()
        end
    end
end)


script.Parent.Touched:connect(function(hit)
    if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
        local player=Game.Players:FindFirstChild(hit.Parent.Name)
        if player then
            for i, v in pairs(beams) do
                v.BrickColor=player.TeamColor
            end
            for i, v in pairs(Game.Teams:GetChildren()) do
                if v.TeamColor==player.TeamColor then
                    script.Parent.Parent.HoldingTeam.Value=v
                end
            end
            local beamheight=topbeam.Position.Y+(topbeam.Size.Y/2)
            local floaterheight=script.Parent.Parent.FortFloaters.FortFloaters.Position.Y-(script.Parent.Parent.FortFloaters.FortFloaters.Size.Y/2)-100
            for i=beamheight, floaterheight do --transition to the new fort color
                for x, y in pairs(beams) do
                    y.Size=y.Size+Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
                    y.Position=y.Position+Vector3.new(0, 0.5, 0)
                end
                wait(capturetime/(floaterheight-beamheight))
            end
            for i, v in pairs(script.Parent.Parent.FortFloaters:GetChildren()) do
                if v:IsA("BasePart") then
                    v.BrickColor=player.TeamColor
                end
            end
            m.Parent=Workspace
            m.Text="The Fort has been captured by the "..script.Parent.Parent.HoldingTeam.Value.Name..[[!
            Their soldier ]]..player.Name..[[ has breached the defenses and activated the capture point to take the fort!]]
            lowerbeam()
            wait(3)
            m:Remove()
            if not giving then
                givepoints()
            end
        end
    end
end)

Everything goes seamlessly the first time the touched is called. The second time though, I run into the same issue I did before: the touched function cuts off at line 57, but this time I get an error:

`16:22:14.631 - Workspace.CapturePoint.Trigger.Script:57: cannot resume dead coroutine

16:22:14.631 - Script 'Workspace.CapturePoint.Trigger.Script', Line 57

16:22:14.631 - Stack End`

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Answered by

TochiWasHere 10

10 years ago

I'm not sure what objects the lowerbeam is affecting but you can try making that a coroutine

local lowerbeam = coroutine.wrap(function()
    for i=topbeam.Size.X, 13, -1 do
        for x, y in pairs(beams) do
            y:Resize(Enum.NormalId.Right, -1)
            wait()
        end
    end
end)

You dont need to change line 56 btw. Keep it as lowerbeam()

Keep in mind that the other stuff will run WHILE that function is running so you can add a variable called BeamLowered = false and when its done you can set it to true while the line AFTER lowerbeam() waits for that and it would look like this

while not BeamLowered do
    wait()
end

RE-EDIT I think if you wrap it in a function it will create instead of resume

function lowerbeam()
    local lowerTEHbeam = coroutine.wrap(function()
        for i=topbeam.Size.X, 13, -1 do
            for x, y in pairs(beams) do
                y:Resize(Enum.NormalId.Right, -1)
                wait()
            end
        end
    end)
    lowerTEHbeam()
end

lowerbeam affects three parts, each with a cylinder mesh in them. I'll go try that... trogyssy 221 — 10y

I tried it, and now I get an error the second time the script is run, but the first time it works seamlessly. I got an error this time too, see the edited question. trogyssy 221 — 10y

check i think that'll work TochiWasHere 10 — 10y

ok, I'll go try this in a bit... trogyssy 221 — 10y

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Will other things still run while the function is running? trogyssy 221 — 10y

thanks, it works perfectly, and other things run while it's running (which is just what I wanted it to do)! trogyssy 221 — 10y

[SOLVED!] Why does the anonymous function end when the function "lowerbeam" is called?

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