How do i add cooldowns to tool equips

[crisp yarrow]

how do i add a cooldown to equiping a tool without disabling the inventory gui temporarily? ive looked in devforum and here and none seem to work.

[sharp river]

as in stopping the player from equipping any tools for the next few seconds

just store some bool and if its true than insta deequip any item thats equipped for a bit

[crisp yarrow]

very smart thank you.

is there no other way though? @sharp river

[sharp river]

Can't think of much unless you manage to stop the input from actually doing the equip on roblox's side

[crisp yarrow]

is it possible to override base roblox systems like that with scripts?

[fringe arch]

atp itd be easier to make a custom backpack ui

[crisp yarrow]

wdym by that

would i need to stop using tools?

or would it be more like turning off roblox’s hotbar gui and then making my own over it

[fringe arch]

^

[crisp yarrow]

oooh is that how like combat games get away with having a weapon held and still being able to use abilities in the hotbar

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[fringe arch]

idrk cuz i dont play combat games

but pretty sure based on how it was phrased

[crisp yarrow]

like, using a tool that makes a fireball while you have another tool equipped that is your weapon, 2 tools at the same time basically

is that how they code that? custom backpack system?