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How can I get a table of all items in a Model?
I'm trying to make a welding script for a Model. There are Models inside the Models and even further, and I need to not use methodception (or at least try to avoid it) and get a table of all the children in all the models that aren't models. This is my code so far:
--what am i in?
v = script.Parent
--what to weld to
d = v.VehicleSeat
--weld script
local function weld(b)
local weld = Instance.new("ManualWeld")
weld.Part0 = d
weld.Part1 = b
weld.C0 = CFrame.new()
weld.C1 = b.CFrame:inverse() * d.CFrame
weld.Parent = d
return weld;
end
--welding time
for k,o in pairs(v:GetChildren()) do
if o:IsA("Model") then
--this is where I want to do the code, but don't want repetion
elseif o:IsA("BasePart") then
weld(o)
end
end
I've commented the code where I need to do the stuff.
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Don't you mean to table the items that are models? Also, you want to put their names in a table, correct? Shawnyg 4330 — 10y
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This is a simple application of recursion.
We call a Child, or a Child of a Child, or a Child of a Child (and so on) a descendant.
Observation: A descendant of m is either
* a child, c, of m
* or a descendant of c
This gives us a clear recursive model:
function getDescendants(m)
local t = {}
for _, c in pairs(m:GetChildren()) do
table.insert(t, c)
local desc = getDescendants(c) -- Recursion
for _, d in pairs(desc) do
table.insert(t, d)
end
end
return t
end
Then, instead of v:GetChildren() we just use getDescendants(v) in your final loop, checking as normal that each descendant is in fact a BasePart.