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How would I make multiple bricks that change colors randomly?

Asked May 12, 2016427 views2 answers

while true do
	game.Workspace.BigFloor.Floor.Light.BrickColor = BrickColor.Random()
	wait(1.0)
end

I'm trying to make a floor that will change colors every second, with the script above. However, this only changes one of the brick's color, even though all of them fall under the directory. I'm a beginning (Maybe beginning beginner? I don't know) scripter, so help is greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Sorry, I caused some confusion, I guess. I meant that one out of many parts was turning colors, and there are multiple parts surrounding the lights.

AnonymousMay 12, 2016Edited May 12, 2016

3 comments

What? What are you trying to do?

AnonymousMay 12, 2016#

I'm trying to make a dance floor where the lights change coors

AnonymousMay 12, 2016#

Then my answer should work, just put all the floor parts in a model

AnonymousMay 13, 2016#

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I recommend you use the GetChildren() function, which gets all of the bricks/other things inside the model. Like this:

while true do
bricks = game.Workspace.BigFloor:GetChildren()
for i = 1, #bricks do
brick =  bricks[i]
brick.Light.BrickColor = BrickColor.Random()
end
end

im a little rusty, but this may work

AnonymousMay 12, 2016Permalink

2 comments

you forgot to wait() so it will freeze your game.....

AnonymousMay 13, 2016#

You need to properly indent your code. Doing this to larger scripts make it impossible to debug or maintain.

AnonymousMay 13, 2016#

For this, you would loop through all the models children.

There are two ways to do this, both using for loops.

model = game.Workspace.Model

while wait(1) do
	for q=1,#model:GetChildren() do --getChildren() returns a table
		part = model:GetChildren()[q] --get the item in the table
		part.BrickColor = BrickColor.random()
	end
end

That will make the parts flash every second.

model = game.Workspace.Model
--the second way
while wait(1) do
	for i,part in pairs(model:GetChildren()) do -- i and part are both names
-- try printing i with a dictionary and with this
		part.BrickColor = BrickColor.random()
	end
end

For more information on for loops , click on the word for anyway in this answer. Anywhere

AnonymousMay 12, 2016Edited May 12, 2016Permalink

2 comments

I would suggest storing the table returned from GetChildren in a variable so you are not calling that function #Children + 1 times.

AnonymousMay 12, 2016#

I didn't make myself clear last time, sorry. I meant that all of the light's stayed the same, but only one changed. Even saying it now sounds weird.

AnonymousMay 12, 2016#

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