So basically instead of pasting a script with the
function onTouched(hit)
print(script.Parent.Name.. " was touched!")
end
script.Parent.Touched:connect(onTouched)
I was wondering if there was a way to do something like:
Model:GetChildren().Touched:connect(onTouched)
or something of the sort, but it would still work the same rather than having every block in the model reacting, just the block that was touched.
In order to achieve what you're aiming for, you're going to need to put the GetChildren function in a for loop. That for loop would then have to iterate through all parts connecting each part with the Touched event.
for _,Part in pairs(Model:GetChildren()) do --So for every index and value the loop will do something with that value variable which in this case is the Part.
Part.Touched:connect(function(Hit) --This is setting up an anonymous function which will execute once the Touched event is fired.
print(Hit.Name) --Will print the object that hit "Part".
end)
end
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So are you wanting an efficient way to add a touched event to multiple parts without repeating code?
Yes
Iterate through the table returned by
:GetChildrenwith afor loopand then connect the event to each returned part. Unless hit detection has to be super accurate, I would suggest just welding a part that just about the size of the model, and listening to the Touched event for that welded part.