trying to get part to change color every time it's touched but only in intervals of 2 seconds

[zinc birch]

even with waits added it just appears to fire the color change script rapidly

[chilly lotus]

this starts a new, separate loop every time the part is touched

[cold vault]

add a debounce variable

[chilly lotus]

what exactly do you want the script to do?

[zinc birch]

everytime it's touched just to have it change in intervals of like 1-2 seconds

not give u epilepsy

[chilly lotus]

so with a 2 second cooldown?

or change every 2 seconds

[zinc birch]

so like touch -> color change -> wait -> touch -> color change -> rpeeat

[zinc birch]

either could work right? preferably change color every 2 seconds though

like theyd have the same effect?

[chilly lotus]

no that's different

in programming you tell the computer exactly what to do

so it could either be that the part changes color when it's touched

and if it's touched after less than 2 seconds it does nothing

and after that it doesn't change color until it's touched again

[bleak plinth]

This could kill someone!!!!

[chilly lotus]

or it could be that it's touched and it changes color every 2 seconds forever

[zinc birch]

ohhh

[short meadow]

** You are now Level 2! **

[chilly lotus]

i can't tell what you want

[bleak plinth]

Epilepsy attacks are no joke

[zinc birch]

i didnt realize that this was what it would do i see

the desired effect is that when you touch it it changes color but the color only changes every 2 seconds and like

if you leave it be it remains @ that same color

[chilly lotus]

@bleak plinth stop ❌ reacting me

[chilly lotus]

local stimSphere = script.Parent

local debounce = false

stimSphere.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
  if debounce then
    return
  end

  stimSphere.BrickColor = BrickColor.random()

  debounce = true
  task.wait(2)
  debounce = false
end)

so here you make a variable named debounce

[zinc birch]

whats a debounce?

[chilly lotus]

when the part is touched, debounce is set to true

while it's set to true, if it's touched then it exits the code block using return

and then after 2 seconds it's set to false again

[cold vault]

cooldown basically

[chilly lotus]

and if it's false, the code block isn't exited and the part changes color

[cold vault]

its just a variable to keep track of whether you can change colour again

[zinc birch]

alr thx yall this is very helpful i'll mess around w/this more & close the thread

[bleak plinth]

Why did bro make it sound so complicated? Its a fucking debounce bro

[chilly lotus]

well it's important to know what your code is doing

instead of copy pasting from tutorials

mindlessly

[bleak plinth]

Yeah, but no need to explain the it returns if it is true and then it is ser to false after .2 seconds or whatever cooldown ur talking abt

[warm comet]

You have to add print(“cool”)

[short meadow]

** You are now Level 1! **

[cold vault]

btw im pretty sure using .Random is better

idk the logic behind it but I’ve heard it is

[chilly lotus]

for someone who already does scripting it's intuitive but for someone new it may not be

[bleak plinth]

Bruh stop glazing

I been scripting too

[cold vault]

why are u complaining about someone explaining code 😂

what’s so bad about explaining what each line does

[bleak plinth]

But I aint a nerd that says «umm acually🤓 it sets the variable to tru wich returns it later if clicked»

[gritty turtle]

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