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Trying to make a part become random materials when clicking a text button?
There is no such thing as 'Material.random', kinda how there is 'BrickColor.random'. But I am trying to make a script when I click a TextButton, a part will turn a random material that is in the table.
01 | local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer |
02 |
03 | local Materials = {'Brick', 'Concrete', 'Cobblestone'} --Table of Part Materials |
04 |
05 | script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(function() |
06 | local PlayersHome = player.PlayersHome |
07 | if PlayersHome.Value ~= nil then |
08 | local Walls = player.PlayersHome.Value.House.Walls |
09 |
10 | for i,v in pairs(Walls:GetChildren()) do |
11 | if v:IsA('UnionOperation') or v:IsA('Part') then |
12 | local selectedstring = Materials[math.random(1,#Materials)] --Here is the main code I am looking for. |
13 | v.Material = Enum.Material.selectedstring |
14 | end |
15 | end |
16 | else |
17 | script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.FailFolder.Fail2.Visible = true |
18 | end |
19 | end) |
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As you should know, Materials are now accessed through Enum.Material. And, since Enum is not an actual object, that means Enum (and it's children) are tables.
To sum that up, you don't need to define a materials table, you can just use the Enum;
1 | local materials = Enum.Material |
Now, here's the main problem (which is, luckily, easily fixed): The Enum tables are dictionaries, meaning we can't use a math.random. Instead, we will convert the dictionary to an array;
1 | local oMaterials = Enum.Material |
2 | local materials = {} |
3 |
4 | for _,v in pairs (oMaterials) do |
5 | table.insert(materials,v) |
6 | end |
As well as that, when searching for a child of a table, do this:
1 | local cName = "val1" |
2 | tab[cName] |
3 |
4 | -- not: |
5 | tab.cName |
01 | local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer |
02 |
03 | local oMaterials = Enum.Materials |
04 | local Materials = {} |
05 |
06 | for _,v in pairs (oMaterials) do |
07 | table.insert(Materials,v) |
08 | end |
09 |
10 | script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(function() |
11 | local PlayersHome = player.PlayersHome |
12 | if PlayersHome.Value ~= nil then |
13 | local Walls = player.PlayersHome.Value.House.Walls |
14 |
15 | for i,v in pairs(Walls:GetChildren()) do |
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Hope I helped!
~TDP
P.S: Use tab, not space.
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Right away I get "Materials is not a valid EnumItem" in output. FiredDusk 1466 — 8y
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On line 3 FiredDusk 1466 — 8y
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Oops, my mistake, it's Material, not Materials. TheDeadlyPanther 2460 — 8y
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I get "Players.Player1.PlayerGui.Main.BottomContainer.Buttons.HomeMaterial.LocalScript:6: bad argument #1 to 'pairs' (table expected, got Enum)" FiredDusk 1466 — 8y
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Replace `local oMaterials = Enum.Material` with `oMaterials = Enum.Material:GetEnumItems()`. Link150 1355 — 8y
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Ah, is that the problem? Enums are their own special value type? TheDeadlyPanther 2460 — 8y