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(SOLVED) How do I temporarily disable a loop without breaking it?

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Swatman5576 2

4 years ago

Edited by DeceptiveCaster 4 years ago

Ok so I'm somewhat familiar with Lua, I'd say I'm somewhere between basic and intermediate. I'm making a machine that makes money then burns it (just for giggles). I'm just using it to test out certain codes and aspects I just recently learned. To make the money I'm using a while loop and Instancing. The code works fine. My problem started when I tried making an on/off button. I have a boolvalue located within the model named "Activated" and the while loop is dependent on that. i noticed the off button works (perhaps because it broke the loop) Is there a way to temporarily stop the loop without breaking it? In other words, how would I make my on button reactivate it.

This is the code that creates the money(yes i spelled conveyor wrong, don't roast ;-;)

active = game.Workspace.ConveryorBelt.Activated
testpart = game.Workspace.ConveryorBelt.Maker


while active.Value == true do
newpart = Instance.new("Part", game.Workspace.Money)    
newpart.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Lime green")
newpart.Size = Vector3.new(1, .5, 2)
newpart.Position = testpart.Position
newpart.TopSurface = ("Smooth")
newpart.Name = ("Money")
wait(1)
end

And these are the codes that control the buttons and set the bool value to true/false

Off

active = game.Workspace.ConveryorBelt.Activated

function off ()
    active.Value = false
end

script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(off)


active = game.Workspace.ConveryorBelt.Activated


function on ()
    active.Value = true
end

script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(on)

u put a wait() in da loop TheluaBanana 946 — 4y

also u r doing destruction of government property. By law, if the damage exceeds $100, the defendant is subject to a fine of up to $250,000, ten years imprisonment, or both. So watch out TheluaBanana 946 — 4y

There is a wait in da loop and also...I am the government >:) Swatman5576 2 — 4y

dam TheluaBanana 946 — 4y

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if there is wait() in da loop u should make da wait() longer TheluaBanana 946 — 4y

like, not 0 TheluaBanana 946 — 4y

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Answered by

TheluaBanana 946

4 years ago

i understand that this question is already solved. However as a fellow embassy of money i will give u a self assembling, legitimate money printer. This uses coroutines for the inner loop delay thingy that u probably is using in ur script lest it is indecent:

place in workspace:


 -- create basePart for printer to be situated around

local basePart = Instance.new("Part")
basePart.Anchored = true
basePart.CFrame = CFrame.new(0, .5, 0) -- here u say where u want the printer to be put at
basePart.Parent = workspace
basePart.Size = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1)

 -- systematically create part and its variables

local posList = {CFrame.new(-2, 0.5, 0), CFrame.new(-0.5, 2, 0), CFrame.new(-2, 1.75, 0), CFrame.new(-3.5, 2, 0) * CFrame.Angles(math.pi / 6, 0, 0), CFrame.new(-2, 2, 0) * CFrame.Angles(math.pi / 12, 0, 0)}
local sizeList = {Vector3.new(4, 2, 3), Vector3.new(1, 1, 3), Vector3.new(1, 1, 1), Vector3.new(1, 1, 3), Vector3.new(4, .1, 3)}

function slidePart(pos, size)
    local part = basePart:Clone()
    part.Anchored = true

    local startCF = part.CFrame * CFrame.new(math.random(0, 10), math.random(0, 10), math.random(0, 10))
    part.CFrame = startCF

    part.Parent = basePart
    part.Size = size

    for i = 1, 10, 1 do
        wait()

        part.CFrame = startCF:Lerp(basePart.CFrame * pos, i / 10)
    end

    return part
end

for i, v in pairs(posList) do
    local printerPart = slidePart(v, sizeList[i]) -- btw i aligned the posList with the sizeList for easy reference(boss move)

    if i == 3 then
        printerPart.Name = "moneyMaker"
        printerPart.CanCollide = false
        printerPart.Transparency = 1
    end

    wait(math.random(0, 30) / 10)
end

while true do
    wait(.1)

     -- wrap money process in coroutine(make process run alongside script so the wait()s inside the process will have no affect to the script)

    coroutine.resume(coroutine.create(function()

         -- create money(i approve)

        local money = basePart.moneyMaker:Clone()
        money.Anchored = false
        money.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Sage green")
        money.CanCollide = true
        money.Parent = workspace
        money.Size = Vector3.new(1, .2, 2)
        money.Transparency = 0
        money.Velocity = money.CFrame.LookVector * 30

        wait(.3)

         -- make money burn(i do not approve)

        local fire = Instance.new("Fire")
        fire.Parent = money

        wait(.1)

         -- make money turn bad(i do not approve)

        local startC3 = Color3.fromRGB(0, 0, 0)
        local goalC3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)

        for i = 1, 10, 1 do
            wait()

            money.Color = startC3:Lerp(goalC3, i / 10)
        end

         -- destroy money(i do not approve)

        money:Destroy()
    end))
end

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