Can i,v in pairs do, and else cannot work together?
So I have a siren script, and I want it when you press "F", a loop plays of the siren turning off and on, and then when you press "F" again, then it turns off. It works, but I added a loop, i,v in pairs do, but when I added it the script stopped working completely? How would I add a loop, plus the debounce and else? Here is the script:
local event = script.Parent.Parent.SirenEventOn
local leftsiren = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Body.Sirens.LeftLight
local rightsiren = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Body.Sirens.RightLight
local leftlight = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Body.Sirens.LeftLight.Light
local rightlight = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Body.Sirens.RightLight.Light
local db = false
event.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
if not db then
db = true
wait(0.5)
for i,v in pairs do
leftsiren.Transparency = 0
leftlight.Enabled = true
rightsiren.Transparency = 1
rightlight.Enabled = false
wait(0.5)
leftsiren.Transparency = 1
leftlight.Enabled = true
rightsiren.Transparency = 0
rightlight.Enabled = false
else
leftsiren.Transparency = 1
leftlight.Enabled = false
rightsiren.Transparency = 1
rightlight.Enabled = false
break
db = false
end
end
end)
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This reply was getting too long to put in a comment.
So, yes you could complete this with a while true do loop. But, you'll need some factor that will break out of that loop. You'll actually be using a second thread in order to break out of the first thread.
Here is some code I wrote that should accomplish this:
local db = false
part.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
--Used a ClickDetector for simplicity
if not db then
db = true
--wait here wasn't necessary
while db do
wait(0.5)
if db == false then
break
end
--added another wait here for two reasons
-- 1. having only one wait will cause it to instantly turn off and back on
-- 2. if you add this wait on the bottom, the second thread (user pressed f again)may not stop this loop in time
leftsiren.Transparency = 0
leftlight.Enabled = true
rightsiren.Transparency = 1
rightlight.Enabled = false
wait(0.5)
if db == false then
break
end
leftsiren.Transparency = 1
leftlight.Enabled = false
rightsiren.Transparency = 0
rightlight.Enabled = true
end
else
db = false -- done immediately so the loop breaks as soon as it sees this
wait() -- waits for loop to get finished before returning siren to original state
leftsiren.Transparency = 1
leftlight.Enabled = false
rightsiren.Transparency = 1
rightlight.Enabled = false
end
end)
This should work as you had planned. Just change the function to your own server event function and it should do what you need it to do. Those breaks are necessary if you don't want your sirens to glitch out.
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