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How can I get my duplication to invoke after changing Boolean value?

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Basically i'm trying to create a new part based on which existing part collides with my "Drill" part and after awhile i came up with this

local myPart = script.Parent
local otherPart = myPart.Touched
local stoneOre = game.ServerStorage["Stone_\"Ore\""]
local location = game.Workspace.BasicDrill.Dropper
local colliding = false
local printStonee = false
 
function onTouched(otherPart, colliding) ---- Finding out what part is touching the Drill
	if otherPart.Name == "Stone" then
		printStonee = true ---- Trying to invoke the while statement
	elseif otherPart.Name == "Coal" ---- Not important
		then
end
local function notTouched() ---- Trying to dissable the invoked statement when collision ends
	printStonee = false
end

myPart.Touched:Connect(onTouched) ---- To handle when the Drill is touched 
myPart.TouchEnded:Connect(notTouched) ----- To handle when the Drill ends its collison 

	while printStonee == true do ---- Continuously creating new parts when statement is true
		local newBlock = stoneOre:Clone()
		newBlock.Parent = location
		newBlock.Size = Vector3.new(1,1,1)
		end
	end

When I connect the "Stone" part to the "Drill" nothing happens no errors or anything. My script is located in the "Drill".The "Stone" part is in a folder in server storage but is copied into a folder in the Workspace. The new part or "StoneOre" is also located in Server storage and has no dedicated folder in the Workspace. The script is a server script. I've tried making it get invoked after setting printStonee to true.

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You cannot invoke a while statement. If the conditions are met when the script reads the loop, it will run, otherwise it won't.

You need the while loop to always run, and put your if statement within it:

while true do -- will run as long as the script runs
	if printStonee then
		local newBlock = stoneOre:Clone()
		newBlock.Parent = location
		newBlock.Size = Vector3.new(1,1,1)
	end
	game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Wait() -- delay iterations to avoid crash
end
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