Who Touched It?

Part of the Roblox Game Scripting section of Coddy's Lua journey. Lesson 14 of 24.

hit is a body part, and hit.Parent is the character that body part belongs to. The Players service turns a character into the player who controls it:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)

When the toucher is not a character (a ball, a falling brick), GetPlayerFromCharacter returns nil, so check it before you use it:

local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
if player then
	print(player.Name .. " found the secret")
end

Once you have the player, you can reach anything inside it, like their scoreboard: player.leaderstats.Coins.Value. Setting a Value with = replaces it.

Challenge

Medium

The glowing pad is treasure, and this script is inside it. Every player already has leaderstats with Coins at 0.

When a player touches the treasure, print their name and set their Coins to 100. Things that are not players must not cause an error.

Press Play, step on it and watch the scoreboard, then Check.

Try it yourself

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local treasure = script.Parent

treasure.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
	-- If it is a player: print their name and set their Coins to 100
end)

Test yourself

This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.

All lessons in Roblox Game Scripting

1Scripts and Parts

Hello, Roblox Paint a Part Stretch the Bridge Build a Platform

4Game Mechanics

Speed Pad Jump Pad Click Me The Button Door Moving Platform Checkpoints Finish Line

2Loops and Functions

Row of Pillars Staircase Builder Tower Builder Coin Factory Blinking Light Vanishing Bridge

5Your First Game

Your First Obby

3Events and Players

Touch Pad Lava Floor LeaderstatsWho Touched It?Coin Collector Coin Door

Practice on your own: Online Lua compiler