How could I make something happen once two (or more) boolean values/attributes are set to true?

[paper isle]

hi

[simple yoke]

hi

[paper isle]

you use an if statement

to check if those two booleans are true

[simple yoke]

yep i tried that, but it for some reason is only checking once

even if i change the values to true

[paper isle]

if table.find({A, B}, true) then

[paper isle]

then use a while loop

[simple yoke]

how would i use that?

in a code

[paper isle]

by typing it

[simple yoke]

yeah ik

[paper isle]

while true do
  if table.find({A, B}, true) then
    -- Code
  end
end

or just

while true do
  if A == true and B == true then
    -- Code
  end
end

[median fossil]

just use getpropertychanged or changed
or
check if the other value is true after setting the first one to true

[paper isle]

thats assuming he is talking about instance properties

[median fossil]

assumed he was since the whole attribute part

[paper isle]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/studio/instance-attributes#detecting-attribute-changes

then, use this

[simple yoke]

yeah uh

none of those worked🔥

[paper isle]

then give us more context

[simple yoke]

so

ive been trying to make 2 generators, and once they are triggered

their "active" values are set to true

i was wanting that a door opens once they are all true

[median fossil]

you sure you're doing things correctly on your side?

there's many ways to do this and if none are working then you might be doing something wrong

[simple yoke]

this is the generator code:```local prompt = script.Parent
local generator = prompt.Parent.Parent.Parent

local light1 = generator.light1
local light2 = generator.light2

local triggered = true
local triggered2 = true

function SwitchLights()
if triggered then
light1.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Lime green")
light2.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Black")
generator.sound:Play()
else
light1.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Black")
light2.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Really red")
generator.sound:Play()
end
triggered = not triggered
end

prompt.Triggered:Connect(function()

SwitchLights()

generator:SetAttribute("active",true)

prompt.Enabled = false

end)

is there smth wrong?

[median fossil]

looks fine, but where's the code where you check each generator's active value

[simple yoke]

lemme find the door

one sec

local generator1 = workspace.generator
local generator2 = workspace.generator2

local bool1 = generator1:GetAttribute("active")
local bool2 = generator2:GetAttribute("active")

if bool1 == true and bool2 == true then
    exitGate.Transparency = 1
    exitGate.CanCollide = false
    
    game.SoundService.GateOpened:Play()
end```

dis

[median fossil]

1. that'll only check it once
2. the values bool1 and bool2 will not update and only give you their values in the moment that the code was executed

[simple yoke]

how should I fix it?

[median fossil]

to fix the problem of it only checking once

[median fossil]

don't store the values and instead check their "live" ones (however you want to say it)
e.g.

while true do
  if generator1:GetAttribute("active") and generator2:GetAttribute("active") then
  --///
  end
  task.wait(1)
end

combine the attributechanged event with the value checking part and you should be good

[simple yoke]

alright, thx

[simple yoke]

but just one question, why would this work and not the other one?

[median fossil]

whenever you run a regular script with a variable that gets a value of something

the value that it'll store is the one that it has in the moment

so if it updates

the stored value will stay the same and not update

, but if you re-check the value by using the same method of how you got it the first time it'll use the new updated value

[simple yoke]

ahh ok

i didnt know that

[median fossil]

it's a lot easier to see if you mess around with these things in-game