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Why is it not detecting distance?

Asked Jul 18, 2014180 views2 answers

A simple version of my script (provided by ShawnyG in my last question).

Why does this not work:

torso = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Torso
part2 = game.Workspace.Part2

if (torso.Position - part2.Position).magnitude >= 40) then
    print('It is 40 studs away!!!')
end

The script is enabled. There is a LocalScript in the StarterGui. There is a part named "Part2" in the Workspace. There is no output. I'm stumped.

**UPDATE: **I added print("The script is responding") at line 3, but nothing even prints. I'm even more confused now. This is in a LocalScript in the Workspace.

AnonymousJul 18, 2014Edited Jul 18, 2014

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You have an unmatched parenthesis:

if (torso.Position - part2.Position).magnitude >= 40) then
--                                                  ^

Remove it.

This is why nothing printed even at the beginning-- Lua cannot do anything at all if you have a syntax error.

AnonymousJul 18, 2014Permalink

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Ah, my problem was instead of removing that parenthesis, I had added a second one behind it (in an attempt to close the other one pointing to the right). Thank you very much, big problems like these always seem to be caused by such a small problem.

AnonymousJul 22, 2014#

From the wiki: "In order for a LocalScript to function, it must be placed within one of three areas:

-In a player's Backpack (can be indirectly, through a Tool or HopperBin) -In a player's character model -In a player's PlayerGui"

LocalScripts do not run in the workspace, move it to an appropriate place for it to run

AnonymousJul 18, 2014Permalink

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Studio crashes whenever I put it in the player though.

AnonymousJul 18, 2014#

There's no reason studio should be crashing. Is this the whole script? Make sure if this is inside a while loop to include a wait(), that is most likely your problem.

AnonymousJul 18, 2014#

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