How could I make multiple sliding doors (activated by buttons), efficiently?
I have a made a sliding door using tweenservice, which works fine,
-- part of server script(remote)
local d1x=d1.Position.X
local d1y=d1.Position.Y
local d1z=d1.Position.Z
local d2x=d2.Position.X
local d2y=d1.Position.Y
local d2z=d2.Position.Z
local newpos1=d1x+2.8
local newpos2=d2x-2.8
root=d1
root2=d2
local d1open = {Position = Vector3.new(newpos1, d1y, d1z)}
local d1close = {Position = Vector3.new(d1x, d1y, d1z)}
local d2open = {Position = Vector3.new(newpos2, d2y, d2z)}
local d2close = {Position = Vector3.new(d2x, d2y, d2z)}
local sound=doors.soundpart.Sound
local grant=doors.soundpart.grant
local deny=doors.soundpart.deny
print(d1open)
I want to replicate this for multiple doors (I am not currently concerned about the fact that they'll only move on the x axis), without having to reference a separate model each time,
-- local script
local repStorage=game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local remote1=repStorage:WaitForChild("Remote1")
local remote2=repStorage:WaitForChild("deny")
local player=game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse=player:GetMouse()
local doors=game.Workspace:WaitForChild("doors") -- this is the model for the current door(s)
button=doors.button.ClickDetector
butt=button.Parent
button.MouseHoverEnter:Connect(function()
button.Parent.SelectionBox.Visible=true
button.Parent.pressgui.Enabled=true
end)
button.MouseHoverLeave:Connect(function()
button.Parent.SelectionBox.Visible=false
button.Parent.pressgui.Enabled=false
end)
local db2=true
local db = false
mouse.Move:Connect(function()
print(mouse.Target)
mouse.KeyDown:Connect(function(key)
if key=='f' then
if mouse.Target==butt then
if not db then
remote1:FireServer()
wait()
db = true
wait(5)
db=false
elseif db and db2 then
db2=false
remote2:FireServer()
wait(1.5)
db2=true
end
end
end
end)
end)
Is there any way that I could somehow either find the parent of a clickdetector that was activated, or anything similar that would not make me have to make separate variables for each model etc. Sorry if I have confused you, please feel free to leave a comment and I'll try to explain it the best I can. Thanks.
1 answer
Nice "butt" variable there.
Iterate over all doors by using pairs.
for i, v in pairs(doors:GetChildren()) do --tween stuff here end
If you want to make the doors move to the left or right, try using the .RightVector CFrame property. If you multiply the RightVector by a negative value, you will get what I call the "LeftVector." This will also work with LookVector, and this will give you (again, what I call) the BackVector.
Pairs requires a table. Object:GetChildren() gets the children of the object and puts them into a table. With this, we can get the children of "doors" and get all the doors inside of the door folder. Since we can iterate over all door objects using pairs, we don't need to define variables for all objects.
I can't explain "pairs" into words properly, since I'm bad at my own language, but here's what I can say. "i" and "v" are being redefined to the current index/iteration (which is a number in this case, it can be a string or table depending on the key) and the value, hence "i", and "v", standing for "iteration/index" and "value." These values can be changed to whatever you wish.
This then allows us to work in the code block with fresh, new, right out of the oven variables. So, for example, we can do this:
local tab = { egg = true plant = true false, true, false, true workspace.Part; workspace.Eggplant; } for i, v in pairs(tab) do print(i, v) end --[[ egg true plant true 1 false 2 true 3 false 4 true 5 Part 6 Eggplant --]]
Or, with a connection to your example:
local Button = workspace.Part.ClickDetector;
local TS = game:GetService('TweenService');
Button.MouseClick:Connect(function(Click)
for i, v in pairs(workspace.Doors:GetChildren()) do
if (v:FindFirstChild('LeftDoor') and v:FindFirstChild('RightDoor')) then --since v is different now and lets say you have different types of doors
TS:Create(v.LeftDoor, TweenInfo.new(1), {CFrame = CFrame.new(v.LeftDoor.CFrame.rightVector*-5 + v.LeftDoor.CFrame.p)}):Play();
TS:Create(v.RightDoor, TweenInfo.new(1), {CFrame = CFrame.new(v.LeftDoor.CFrame.rightVector*5 + v.LeftDoor.CFrame.p)}):Play();
end
end
wait(1)
end)
