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...Touched:Connect(function(p), how to make it stop touching the thing it touched before?

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gartfart36 5
5 years ago

so i'm making a sword;

script.Parent.Handle.Touched:Connect(function(p)
    if script.Parent.CanDamage.Value == true then
        script.Parent.CanDamage.Value = false
        local AttackDamage =                                math.random(script.Parent.MinAttackDamage.Value,script.Parent.MaxAttackDamage.Value)
        local Victim = p.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
        if Victim == nil then
            return p
        else
        Victim:TakeDamage(AttackDamage)
        local DamageText = Instance.new("TextLabel",p.Parent.Head.DamageGui) -- Displays the damage done to the humanoid
        DamageText.Name = "DamageText"
        DamageText.Text = AttackDamage
        DamageText.Size = UDim2.new(1,0,1,0)
        DamageText.BackgroundTransparency = 1
        DamageText.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255,255,255)
        DamageText.TextScaled = true
        DamageText.TextStrokeTransparency = 0.5
        local DamageTextScript = game.ServerStorage.DamageTextScript:Clone() -- Will add the script for removing and deleting the copied DamageText
        DamageTextScript.Parent = DamageText
        DamageTextScript.Disabled = false
        wait(script.Parent.AttackDelay.Value)
        script.Parent.CanDamage.Value = true
        end
    end
end)

i'm not sure how it can change the info stored in the function(p) part because i can't get it o attack other things if the thing it attack doesn't have a humanoid. please help me...

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I dont understand what you're asking, you want to be able to attack things that dont have a humanoid? DinozCreates 1070 — 5y
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No, he wants to make the sword to only damage an enemy once. xXKingCool258Xx 39 — 5y
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no. i want to be able to attack something that is alive even though what it touched before wasnt. therefore having the script locking on to that thing that wasnt alive previously. gartfart36 5 — 5y

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Answered by
RoyallyFlushed 19
5 years ago

.Touched events will fire whenever any block of any sort touches the part you're calling the event from. For example, if you had a .Touched event on a door, it would fire for all of the parts touching it such as the floor, door frame, player arm, leg, torso etc.

Because of this, it is important to make sure that you validate your code so that it only runs when something specific touches it. There are many ways to do this;

This will check to make sure the touch-ee has a humanoid (useful for NPCs)

part.Touched:Connect(function(part)
    if part.Parent:FindFirstChild'Humanoid' then
        --// Code here
    end
end)

This will check to make sure the touch-ee is a player (useful if you only want players to be able to activate it)

part.Touched:Connect(function(part)
    local player = game:GetService'Players':GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)

    if player then
        --// Code here
    end
end)

Hope this helped you :)

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