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How do I make the ability do dmg per second?

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Justingamer700 114

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

I need to make it to where the ability does 3 dmg per second when a player a touching it

01--Server Script--
02local tween = game:GetService("TweenService")
03local casting = false
04 
05script.Parent.RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
06    if casting == true then return end
07    casting = true
08 
09    local iceSpikes = game.ReplicatedStorage.LightCage:Clone()
10    local dmg = 3
11    --Pre position
12    iceSpikes:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame)
13    iceSpikes.Parent = workspace
14    local endPositions = {Position = {}, Orientation = {}}
15    for i,v in pairs(iceSpikes.Spikes:GetChildren()) do
16        endPositions["Position"][i] = v.Position
17        endPositions["Orientation"][i] = v.Orientation
18        v.CFrame = CFrame.new(iceSpikes.Center.Position)
19    end
20 
21    --Activate
22    wait(0)
23    local Sound = script.Parent.Lightning
24    Sound:Play()
25    for i,v in pairs(iceSpikes.Spikes:GetChildren()) do
26        v.Orientation = endPositions["Orientation"][i]
27        tween:Create(v, TweenInfo.new(0), {Position = endPositions["Position"][i]}):Play()
28    end
29 
30    --Attack
31    for i,v in pairs(iceSpikes.Spikes:GetChildren()) do
32        v.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
33            if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and not hit:IsDescendantOf(player.Character) then --Check if its a player
34                local enemyHumanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
35                enemyHumanoid:TakeDamage(dmg)
36            end
37        end)
38    end
39 
40    --Remove
41    wait(5)
42    Sound:Stop()
43    iceSpikes:Destroy()
44    casting = false
45    wait(2)
46    if iceSpikes.Parent == workspace then
47        iceSpikes:Destroy()
48    end
49end)
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Answered by

EmbeddedHorror 299

5 years ago

i think you overdid urself, theres a .Touched event. u need a debounce cuz it fires insanely

01local debounce=false
02script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)--hit is the obj
03if hit.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid") and debounce==false then
04debounce=true
05hit.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid"):TakeDamage(3)
06wait(2)
07debounce=false
08end
09 
10 
11 
12end)

what would I replace that with? Justingamer700 114 — 5y

Nvm lol. I didn't see the "script.Parent" Justingamer700 114 — 5y

Single player game? Because this sort of solution isn't multi-player compatible, just FYI. What I mean is one player touching the damage spike isn't stopping that player from taking damage for another 2 seconds, it stops that spike from damaging *anyone* over the next 2 seconds. That's not really what was asked for, and if this needs to work for more than one player, I would not consider it a solu EmilyBendsSpace 1025 — 5y

My instinct would be to do the damage cap at the receiving end, on a per-player basis. Instead of calling TakeDamage() directly, call up to a function in a server script that handles incoming damage and processes it once per second for each player, taking into account the max dmg allowed from each source. Then that script calls TakeDamage with the capped result. EmilyBendsSpace 1025 — 5y

..? its a serverscript EmbeddedHorror 299 — 5y

How do I make the ability do dmg per second?

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