How to put a while true loop in a for loop?
So I have 2 loops, I know you can't put a loop inside another because the for loop would not run until my while true loop inside the for loop stops, which is never since it is a while true loop. Here is my code:
script.Parent.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
for i =1,20 do
local wel = Instance.new("Weld", workspace)
local part = Instance.new("Part", workspace)
prt = Instance.new("Part",workspace)
prt.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
prt.BrickColor = BrickColor.Random()
part.CanCollide = false
part.Transparency = 1
print("worked")
wel.Part0 = part
wel.Part1 = player.Character.LowerTorso
wel.Parent = player.Character.LowerTorso
wel.C0 = CFrame.new(0.67,1,-0.8)
local rocpro = Instance.new("RocketPropulsion",prt)
rocpro.Target = part
rocpro.MaxSpeed = 4000
rocpro.MaxThrust = 2000
prt.CanCollide = false
rocpro:Fire()
wait()
while true do
prt.BrickColor = BrickColor.Random()
wait(0.1)
end
end)
Everything else works of course, but how would I make the while true do loop that changes the brickcolor every 0.1 seconds?
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Just to mention it:
Q: Why can't I have a while loop in a for loop?
A: You actually can, but you would need to break the loop at some point for it to to continue with the previous loop. You can still create a new thread (using coroutines or spawn) which will run at the same time. However, if you do this, after a couple of times, the performance will decrease - and this is generally bad practice.
Now, to the solution, what you would do instead here is to create a table where you put the parts in after you create new parts, and then create a separate thread that will change the color of the parts in it after X seconds.
Here is a simple solution:
-- // Variables
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local changeColorParts = {};
local changeColorDelay = 0.1;
-- // Creating a single part and inserting it to the table
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local newPart = Instance.new("Part");
newPart.Parent = workspace;
table.insert(changeColorParts, newPart);
-- // Creating a new thread and running it
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coroutine.resume(coroutine.create( function ()
while true do
-- Looping through the parts in the table
for index, part in pairs (changeColorParts) do
-- Changing its color to something random
part.BrickColor = BrickColor.Random();
end
-- Waiting .1 seconds
wait(changeColorDelay);
end
end)
This is pretty simple, it basically has a table called changeColorParts and all parts inserted to the table will have their colors changed every changeColorDelay seconds, which in this case is every 0.1 seconds.
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