accidentaly copied and pasted a malware, what can i do?

[brisk glen]

what should i do

[jagged light]

remove the script

easy

and also stay out of the toolbox for scripts

it kills creativity

[brisk glen]

okok

[versed vigil]

you could read them sometimes to get an idea on how to script but for the rest yeah

[urban idol]

That's one of the ways I learned it's a rlly good way

just take a script, read it, and scrap it

[versed vigil]

Yeah its a great method, for me its not that great since i feel weird and stupid slowly telling myself with the explanation of a toddler how everything works. instead i use the roblox learn page and if it really doesnt work. i could ask ai for a small text explaining what it does

[urban idol]

the three best things from my experience are

reading toolbox code
(good ones not crappy ones)

using https://create.roblox.com/docs
(I still do this)

devforum 😎

NOT YOUTUBE

[versed vigil]

using roblox create is like searching a dictionary, i feel smart doing it

[urban idol]

It's not about feeling smart or not, even if good methods make you feel like an idiot that's fine

[versed vigil]

tutorials is the biggest mistake people do. They rely on it too much then forget what everything does. its only good to use for inspiration once your intermediate or advanced

[urban idol]

I've been doin this crap for 7 years

and I still feel dumb when I look something up

[versed vigil]

however im wondering, are you essentially a great scripter? to the point where your biggest concern is not how to do it, but how to optimize it?

[urban idol]

yeah pretty much

my biggest issue is optimization

[versed vigil]

because im at a chokehold right now, im not sure how i can go from intermediate to advanced. Im trying to do projects and im currently doing a custom inventory system because apparently it will improve me alot. any ideas?

[urban idol]

hmmm

custom inventory is a good practice I actually need to do one

try to make a simple game

I made a doors like and it taught me so much

if u want I could send an old place file for you to study (no steal 🥺)

[versed vigil]

ive noticed projects like these difficult ones are a bit demotivating because of all the new stuff i have to learn, howwever making games you have dreamt of or have great ideas for have the opposite effect

that would be nice

[urban idol]

yeah

bro I am literally the opposite of professional

[versed vigil]

this server is also a great place for me to learn, too bad there are many people here insulting you if you arent intelligent enough to have mastered atleast 3 coding languages

[urban idol]

THIS is the main character of my game

[urban idol]

ignore those people

they just see others as inferior

they think they're better

[versed vigil]

yeah, too bad they sometimes make me feel left out anyway

i do appreciate the people in this server who defend me from them, like cryo against akout today

[urban idol]

yeah

making fun of people over intellect is horrible

especially if it's something like coding

cuz it's difficult if you don't know how

it's like rocket science you can't understand crap

[versed vigil]

Its not that its difficult, it just takes time and patience to learn. if i combine those together i get an understanding of what i have to do. Everytime i feel low i just remind myself that im explaining slow steps to a (baby) computer. Thats why it feels so linear, it doesnt think by itself it thinks by you

there was a piece of shit today who made fun of me for using roblox assistant and didnt want to read my explanation on the fact that its script didnt work and i havent even used it

vibe coder

[urban idol]

yeah it's not the best to use ai, but that's more for people who can actually script fluently like myself

if I started vibe coding that would just be sad

but somebody who's new can use ai to code BUT

they need to study it

not rely on it

[versed vigil]

i really only use it if i have no other options and it can provide some nice examples on how and why to use it

[urban idol]

yeah

also

if u want to study ai code

don't use assistant just use like chatgpt

assistant sucks

[versed vigil]

true

A "vibe coder" is a software developer or enthusiast who uses Generative AI (LLMs) to create software by describing functionality in natural language rather than writing code manually.

is that what a vibe coder is?

i thought it was a dude who codes on a daily basis listening to calming music\

[urban idol]

vibe coder is basically someone who just uses ai to code because they're too lazy to do it/learn

[versed vigil]

thats actually sad

the worse part is that they claim it as a role

who calls themselves a vibe coder and thinks its cool

[urban idol]

no it's the stupidest garbage

there's a difference between new and vibe coder

[versed vigil]

its like a homeless dude flexing that he collects coins

[urban idol]

yep but worse 😭

[versed vigil]

how did you get the scripter role?

[jagged light]

its like an AI artist thinking they're better than real artists

[versed vigil]

god they are soo annoying

and they invented the legendary term: pencilslop

tf is that supposed to mean

[jagged light]

remember that one guy

where uh

he lashed out at someone else

for stealing his prompt

and then he flexes an AI image he made like "i made this its pretty cool"

then someone told him to learn to draw

and he told THEM to draw something better

and the person he was talking to just so happened to be a one peice animator

[urban idol]

sent some of my code in and they deemed it good enough

[urban idol]

oh GOD

😭

[versed vigil]

oh yeah that guy

Hey jacob how would i detect with my inventory system if the player is using a different button than the one they used to equip it?

could i use attributes?

[urban idol]

wdym by that

[versed vigil]

so in my custom inventory system, right now im working on a hotbar with 10 buttons with an inputaction. Right now i have it if you press the button and it has an item inside its boolvalue then the humanoid equips it. However im using a for loop for this

would i detect if the button pressed contains an item then swap those?

ill send the code if necessary

[urban idol]

wdym swap

[urban idol]

right here

[versed vigil]

should i send a video?

[urban idol]

yeah

sure

[versed vigil]

right now it works as needed

however

here

you can unequip it no matter what button you press

[urban idol]

hmm

[versed vigil]

alright

for _, v in HotbarButtons:GetChildren() do
    module.uiElements[v.LayoutOrder] = v
end

function module.Pressed()
    for _, v in module.uiElements do
        v.InputAction.Pressed:Connect(function()
            print(v.Name, "was pressed")
            local Bool = v.Occupied
            if not Bool.Value then return end
            
            if Equipped then
                local clone = Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Tool")
                if not clone then return end
                
                clone.Parent = Bool
                Equipped = false
                
                return
            end    
            local tool = Bool:FindFirstChildOfClass("Tool"):Clone()
            Equipped = true
            --tool.Parent = Character
            Humanoid:EquipTool(tool)
        end)
    end
end

function module.Sort(Child)
    for _, v in module.uiElements do
        if not Do then return end
        
        local Bool = v.Occupied
        if Bool.Value then
            continue
        end
        
        Do = false
        Bool.Value = true
        
        Child.Parent = Bool
        print(Child.Parent.Parent)    
        
        break
    end
    Do = true
end

 --client

local ReceivedFolder = Player.PlayerScripts:FindFirstChild("Received")

StarterGUI:SetCoreGuiEnabled(2, false)

local module = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.ModuleScript)
--local uiElements = {}
module.Pressed()

ReceivedFolder.ChildAdded:Connect(function(Child)
    if not Child:IsA("Tool") then return end
    module.Sort(Child)
end)```

hope it isnt much

[urban idol]

doin my best to read it 😭

[versed vigil]

on phone too

i can screenshot if needed

client

[urban idol]

oh also

can u do this ```lua

instead of just ```

[versed vigil]

no i did

[urban idol]

oh

[versed vigil]

phone just doesnt pick it yp for some reason

[urban idol]

PC only probably

dammit

[versed vigil]

yeah

[urban idol]

set tool attribute "SlotNumber"

and use that to cross check

[versed vigil]

alright

[urban idol]

if tostring get attribute SlotNumber == (however you're detecting the keycode).Name then boom codee wowwwwie

[versed vigil]

Okay using that method i made it so you can only unequip if you press the same button

i feel like a pro with my code because i cannot understand it half the time unless i lock in

gotta use comments mroe

                local clone = Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Tool")
                if not clone then return end``` is this practical?

i feel like i can jsut remove the last part

Letsgo jacob with attributes i made it so i can swap tools and determine if the selected button has a tool or not

the code is a bit difficult to read so im happy with that (since it seems smarter and more optimized) and im really proud of myself for figuring this out

[eager cradle]

@versed vigil @stable tulip and @urban idol I resolved my anim ty

[next mauve]

** You are now Level 5! **

[urban idol]

niceee see

all u needed was a little push and u got it on your own

[versed vigil]

its the beginning the difficult part

the rest just goes like a rollercoaster

[urban idol]

real

[low yarrow]

@urban idol son you can’t be 14 and have been coding for 7 years

[jagged light]

twin started coding at 7 obv❤️‍🩹

[low yarrow]

clearly

https://tenor.com/view/speed-ishowspeed-speed-stream-ishowspeed-stream-speed-nod-gif-1082323842437565509

[urban idol]

yes I can

who says I can't start young

[low yarrow]

Nah

Starting at 9-10 is feasible, 7 is not.

[versed vigil]

Sure, then again he still started at 7 (unless proven wrong)

[jagged light]

you could start at 4 if your parent made you

[urban idol]

my dad is in the IT field and, as I am his son, I got an early start to scripting.

[low yarrow]

So am I, and still 👍

My point still stands

[low yarrow]

So if I state I am albert einstein, I am, until proven otherwise?

[urban idol]

yes, but that's quite easy to prove otherwise so

[low yarrow]

So is him claiming to code at 7.

[urban idol]

okay then prove me wrong

[low yarrow]

You don't code at 7 lmao, you eat ants off the floor in middle school

[urban idol]

clearly we are very different

[low yarrow]

Sure 👍

Atleast I don't larp about when I started coding online

[urban idol]

YOU went on MY profile ion wanna hear it

[low yarrow]

I did

[urban idol]

yes you did, so you (supposedly, as it is an ABOUT ME) wanted to see the information I have about me

me merely stating the languages I know and how long I've done them is just part of telling about me

[low yarrow]

No point of putting shit in ur about me that isn't true though is it

[urban idol]

it is true though

you can't say that it isn't true, because you didn't know I even existed before today

[low yarrow]

I'm quite able to

It isn't true

Seems like saying it went quite fine, no?

[urban idol]

you can say it but your claim has no support. While mine doesn't either, since I'm the defense here, my baseless claim overshadows yours

[low yarrow]

That's not how it works lol. One baseless claim doesn't have more priority over another one because it comes from the accused

[urban idol]

nothing's to say a 7-8 year old can't code, since they usually aren't doing computers anyway around that age

I've been doing computers since I was like six

I already knew my way around one and I learned what coding was so I wanted to practice it

all throughout my life I've seen my dad coding, and the idea of "write it and the computer does it" is a huge appeal

[low yarrow]

sure bro 👍

[jagged light]

thing is, how did you know lua before python

lua IS python

[urban idol]

lua is NOT python 😭

[jagged light]

its close enough

[urban idol]

barely 💀

[versed vigil]

Isn't Lua one of the easiest?

By the way, in my current state of scripting, is my knowledge great enough to the point where studying and learning other languages such as python become much easier than normal?

[urban idol]

hmmm

how advanced r u

[versed vigil]

I wouldn't say maximum or professional level but a level good enough to make most/some projects