🔵 States

Now that we organized our files let's setup the states first! We will start by making a simple state template inside of the Blue file!

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local RobloxStateMachine = require(ReplicatedStorage.RobloxStateMachine)

local Blue = RobloxStateMachine.State.new("Blue") -- The name of our state

return Blue

This creates and returns a state called Blue. Now let's make it change the color of our part to blue when it enters this state. Let's also print all life-cycles to have an idea of what is going on!

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local RobloxStateMachine = require(ReplicatedStorage.RobloxStateMachine)

local Blue = RobloxStateMachine.State.new("Blue") -- The name of our state

function Blue:OnInit() -- This gets called as soon as the state machine is created
    print("Blue Init!")
end

function Blue:OnEnter(data) -- Called whenever the state changes into "Blue"
    print("Blue Enter!")
    -- Could also write: self.Data.part.Color
    data.part.Color = Color3.fromRGB(0, 0, 255) -- Change color to blue!
end

function Blue:OnHeartbeat() -- Called every heartbeat

end

function Blue:OnLeave() -- Called whenever the state is left even if target gets destroyed
    print("Blue Leave!")
end

return Blue

This will turn our part blue when it enters the blue state! Are you confused about where the "data.part" comes from? Don't worry, we're getting right into that next!