How do I get children of GetChildren()?
Hello, I would like to know how I could get the children of a GetChildren()
In my game, I have a model that contains parts containing pointlights. What I would like to do is set PointLight.Enabled to false using a for loop, however I am unsure how I would reference all of these pointlights?
Here is my current script:
(The model containing the parts that contain pointlights is "Model" - top line)
local parts = game.Workspace.Model:GetChildren()
local power = game.Workspace.Value
while true do
wait(1)
if power.Value > 0 then
power.Value = power.Value - 1
if power.Value == 0 then
for i, v in pairs(parts) do
v.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic
end
else
for i, v in pairs(parts) do
v.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
end
end
end
end
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1 answer
GetChildren() returns only the first children of a parent. GetDescendants(), on the other hand, returns the children of the children as well. If you want to use the value like a timer which turns lights off when it reaches 0, and whenever someone makes it a negative value the lights come on, try this.
local descendants = game.Workspace.Model:GetDescendants()
local power = game.Workspace.Value
while true do
wait(1)
if power.Value > 0 then
power.Value = power.Value -1
elseif power.Value == 0 then
for i=1, #descendants do
if descendants[i]:IsA("BasePart") then
descendants[i].Material = "SmoothPlastic"
if descendants[i].PointLight then
descendants[i].PointLight.Enabled = false
end
end
end
else
for i=1, #descendants do
if descendants[i]:IsA("PointLight") then
descendants[i].Parent.Material = "Neon"
descendants[i].Enabled = true
end
end
end
end
If you simply want a loop to turn off any PointLights in a model, try this:
local descendants = game.Workspace.Model:GetDescendants()
for i=1, #descendants do
if descendants[i]:IsA("PointLight") then
descendants[i].Enabled = false
end
end