My debounce wont debounce, script runs with no time limit

[lone ember]

Your debounce implementation is wrong, find how to do it properly or read whatever you read again

[tired furnace]

remove every debouce and only have three

one is gonna be if debouce == false then debouce = true

then at the end of the first if statement debouce = false

and add a one wait at the end

[shadow coyote]

blackest code I've ever seen

[brazen grove]

local debounce = false
local function getsCalledAlot()
  if debounce then return end
  debounce = true
  --do stuf
  debounce = false
end

[tired furnace]

how does that return end owrk

[eternal pond]

** You are now Level 14! **

[brazen grove]

wat

its just a single line if then

[tired furnace]

what does return do

[brazen grove]

it breaks the function

and goes back to wherever you called it from lol

[tired furnace]

does the lines under it still run

[brazen grove]

no

[dull bolt]

Not if it returned

Which it will only if debounce is on

[tired furnace]

ohh i see

[brazen grove]

you could do it the other way

and wrap the code in the if then

but i think its cleaner to just return

[dull bolt]

How did u get S1 without knowing about return

[brazen grove]

lel

[tired furnace]

u can easily get s1

u can skid a code and still get it

[dull bolt]

Yea you wanna try not to nest all the code.

[brazen grove]

okay mr s1 big pants lets go fix my balloon

[eternal pond]

** You are now Level 3! **

[dull bolt]

Where?

[brazen grove]

https://discord.com/channels/448986884497211392/1203934180711600169

lol no worries its a doozy i think

[stiff yew]

so sorry, i tried to make it WITHOUT the internet so i just messed it up im quite new to this, thank you for the tip!

[brazen grove]

just make sure that if you need more than 1 debounce in a large function to name them properly

at that point tho probably better to seperate the stuff into multiple functions

[stiff yew]

can i just debounce the button?

[brazen grove]

ya i didnt read your code so lol

if you just got 1 button 1 debounce will do it

[stiff yew]

alright, how do i set the time in there just add a wait?

[brazen grove]

what do you need a time for

if you want like a cooldown duration or something

ya just slap in a wait before you change the debounce back

[stiff yew]

okay perfect

[brazen grove]

i've read task.wait is better

for w/e reason idk

[stiff yew]

whats the dif between task.wait and wait

[brazen grove]

truely don't know lol

[stiff yew]

ive been wondering forever

lol i just use both

[brazen grove]

probably one is luau and one is reg lua

thats just a random guess tho

[stiff yew]

@brazen grove

hows this look?

ima jus test idk why i asked xd

works perfect, ill remember that for next time thank you for helping me learn

[brazen grove]

epic

[stiff yew]

hey @brazen grove i had a quick question

[brazen grove]

yo

[stiff yew]

i have this bilboard GUI adorned to a part, and i want to make it something you can press E for as well

How do i go about that?

[brazen grove]

same as a regular ui button

[stiff yew]

im not sure how to do it in general..

wasnt sure if it being adorned changed anything

should i go to dev hub?

[brazen grove]

simplest

probably be to just slap an invisible button over it

and then use this https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/GuiButton#MouseButton1Click

[stiff yew]

the button will also be clickable

will this interfere?

[brazen grove]

wdym

OH

you said press E

[stiff yew]

yes it both E and Click

[brazen grove]

you already got it clickable

okay ya

hmm

you could use proximity prompts for the quick and ez

[stiff yew]

how do those work?

[brazen grove]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/ui/proximity-prompts

basically if you get within range itlll listen for input

[stiff yew]

i could but i wanted to add a custom E UI

[brazen grove]

you can disable the gui with prox prompts

and set it to use w/e you want

[stiff yew]

i can change the time too?

[brazen grove]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/ProximityPrompt#Style

[stiff yew]

so add the prompt then use promt.triggered?

[brazen grove]

yup

[stiff yew]

word

thanks again!

[brazen grove]

theres also the promptShown event too

if you wanted to change the ui

to indicate its like clickable or w/e

https://tenor.com/view/diamond-neon-lights-blink-gif-14034531

[stiff yew]

so can i disable the UI then make the time on it 0 so they can instant click?

then just add my script

[brazen grove]

i dont think the prox prompt has any sort of cooldown property anyways

[stiff yew]

instant E*

some make you sit there and hold E

does that ahve to be added

[brazen grove]

ya you can make them hold it

[stiff yew]

okay i see

[brazen grove]

but you dont have to

[stiff yew]

ill go try it out

would i add the promt to my part?

[brazen grove]

ya the prompt goes in the workspace somewhere

anyone can interact with it

but the code for it you want in a localscript

theres actually like a global proximityprompt detector thing you can use too

so you dont have ot reference the prompt itself

https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/ProximityPromptService

so if you did like proxPromptService.PromptTriggered:Connect(function(prompt, player) end)

that might be a bit much tho lol

for 1 night

[stiff yew]

@brazen grove got it working

dont ask why i didnt make a varriable

i do not know