How to destroy gui after 2 secs

[sour plaza]

i have this script but i want to make it so after the wait(2) the part will get destroyed but i dont know how because i dont have the part as variable.

heres the script: local Prompt = script.Parent

Prompt.Triggered:Connect(function()
h = Instance.new("Message")
h.Parent = game.Workspace

while true do
    h.Text = "Interacted!"
    wait(2)  
    
end

end)

[worldly junco]

Hey!! @sour plaza I'm not very sure but i think there is the correct script : local Prompt = script.Parent

Prompt.Triggered:Connect(function()
local h = Instance.new("Message")
h.Text = "Interacted!"
h.Parent = game.Workspace

wait(2)
h:Destroy()

end)

[sour plaza]

hi! thanks for helping but i already found a solution:
h = Instance.new("Message")
h.Parent = game.Workspace

while true do
    h.Text = "Interacted!"
    wait(2)
    local msg = game.workspace:WaitForChil('Message')
    msg:destroy()
end

end)

[worldly junco]

Oh okk

[lament moss]

Also if you don't want to yield the entire code you can use game:GetService("Debris"):AddItem(item,time) this will queue an instance to be destroyed after a said time.
It's also good to note that wait() has been deprecated and you should use task.wait() instead.

[worldly junco]

Gl for your game!!

[sour plaza]

i don't understand game:GetService("Debris"):AddItem(item,time), im not the best scripter 😭

[lament moss]

You use game:GetService(name) to get a service from the roblox api. Then AddItem() is a function provided by the "Debris" service

Services are for example: workspace, Players, ReplicatedStorage and other which may not be visible in the explorer

[sour plaza]

btw, can you help me with #1393283234883829952

[fringe crown]

also wait() is deprecated
you should use task.Wait() instead

[sour plaza]

whats the difference

[fringe crown]

task.wait() is more accurate

heres something i found on the roblox website

wait() can sometimes delay when it resumes the thread because of performance concerns, which is actually bad because you will rarely have those because of it

task.wait() updates 2x faster than wait(), therefore more accurate

[sour plaza]

okay

btw, do you know how to make things activate only when you double click on a part?

[fringe crown]

in general if anything is depreciated you should use it

[fringe crown]

gimma a minute

you can see how long ago the last click was and if its smaller then a certain amount of time you can run a function

[sour plaza]

can you show me like a script example

[patent glacier]

someon ehelp me pls

allah

[fringe crown]

local CD = script.Parent -- put path to click detector (or other thing) here
local lastClick = 0 -- puts at 0 to reset
local maxTime = 1 -- max delay between ticks (in seconds)

CD.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr) -- detect when clicked
    if (tick() - lastClick) < maxTime then -- detect if the current tick - last click tick is less then max time
        lastClick = 0 --reset so clicking again in quick sucsession does not do more (so 3 clicks do not activate it 2 times)
        
        print("Double clicked") -- put logic here
        
    else
    lastClick  = tick() -- set last click when not short enough time
    end
end)

[sour plaza]

my brain is too small to understand

[fringe crown]

basicaly it stores when you last clicked (lastClick) everytime you click
if the current time - the time of the last click is larger the max time it does not work
if the current time - the time of the last click is smaller then it runs the code

[sour plaza]

uh

so the script parent is the part

that is supposed to be double clicked on

[fringe crown]

the script parent is whatever your using to detect the clicks

(usually a click detector)

[sour plaza]

oh

so i put a click detector in a part and inside the click detector the script

[fringe crown]

yes

part
l__Click detector
l__script

if its a screen gui it would need to be a textbutton or an imagebutton

[sour plaza]

welp

[fringe crown]

and you would use MouseButton1Click

[sour plaza]

doesnt work

[fringe crown]

can i see your explorer and where the part is?

[sour plaza]

oh

wait

[fringe crown]

and how the ansestory works?

[sour plaza]

lemem fix ti

[fringe crown]

ok 👍

[sour plaza]

thanks bro, you're the goat it works

but theres one error....

[fringe crown]

whats the error?

[mossy cosmos]

** You are now Level 5! **

[fringe crown]

yay im deep yellow now :)

[fringe crown]

can i see that script?

[sour plaza]

sure

uh

the script is too long to send on discord

[fringe crown]

can i see the line thats erroring?

[sour plaza]

it was a script that replaces the walking sound with old roblox

but i deleted it

[fringe crown]

hmmm

idk much about replacing sonds and animations

[sour plaza]

and i got one more question

how do i add cooldown to it

like a 2 second cooldown

[fringe crown]

to the doubleclick?

[sour plaza]

so it cant be spammed

[fringe crown]

one sec

local CD = script.Parent -- put path to click detector (or other thing) here
local lastClick = 0 -- puts at 0 to reset
local maxTime = 1 -- max delay between ticks (in seconds)

local debounce = false -- no debounce to start
local debounceDelay = 2 -- how long do wait before clickable again

CD.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr) -- detect when clicked
    if not debounce then
        if (tick() - lastClick) < maxTime then -- detect if the current tick - last click tick is less then max time
            lastClick = 0 --reset so clicking again in quick sucsession does not do more (so 3 clicks do not activate it 2 times)
            debounce = true -- stop from being run again
            task.delay(2,function()
                debounce = false -- make it clickable again
            end)

            print("Double clicked") -- put logic here

        else
            lastClick  = tick() -- set last click when not short enough time
        end
    end
end)

if you want i can make it so it does not show the cursor thing

so it doesn't look like its clickable

[sour plaza]

so do i replace that script with the other

and can you make that it turns the clickable cursor into a custom decal?

would be fire

[fringe crown]

this replaces the old script

[fringe crown]

put an asset ID in this spot on the click detector (no script change)

[sour plaza]

k

the world needs more peoples like you, most of the peoples just say: Learn scripting then even if im learning scripting by askin when i get something wrong

[fringe crown]

my main thing is whenever someone asks for help i teach them (comments)

so if you want to learn you can by reading the comments

[sour plaza]

um

how do i scale the cursor down-

[sour plaza]

and how do i change the cursor in general?

[fringe crown]

one sec

idk for either of those

i need to go now

hope you find help

[sour plaza]

nvm i found tutorial

[fringe crown]

also im gonna keep track of every person i help with and put ot all in a uncopylocked place

[sour plaza]

tell me when u release it

[sour plaza]

nvm, the one on the tutorial overwrites the one when hovered over the double click one and im goin to sleep now, maybe u can give me a script on how to change the cursor image but that it doest overwrite the hover one so you still get the other cursor when hovering

[fringe crown]

i need a break and i prob wont be able to find a simple solution to the cursor thing