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How do I copy a part that I have instead of making a new part?
I am trying to make a tycoon with droppers, a specific dropper has the following code inside it:
01 | wait(2) |
02 | workspace:WaitForChild("PartStorage") |
03 |
04 | while true do |
05 | wait(1.5) -- How long in between drops |
06 | local part = Instance.new("Part",workspace.PartStorage) |
07 | part.BrickColor=script.Parent.Parent.Parent.DropColor.Value |
08 | part.Material=script.Parent.Parent.Parent.MaterialValue.Value |
09 | local cash = Instance.new("IntValue",part) |
10 | cash.Name = "Cash" |
11 | cash.Value = 5 -- How much the drops are worth |
12 | part.CFrame = script.Parent.Drop.CFrame - Vector3.new(0,1.4,0) |
13 | part.FormFactor = "Custom" |
14 | part.Size=Vector3.new(1.2, 1.2, 1.2) -- Size of the drops |
15 | part.TopSurface = "Smooth" |
16 | part.BottomSurface = "Smooth" |
17 | game.Debris:AddItem(part,20) -- How long until the drops expire |
18 | end |
My question is; how would I change this script so that it copies the part located at script.Parent.DropPart instead of creating an entirely new part?
I am new to Roblox lua so explanations in detail would be helpful, thanks!
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Use the Clone() function to return a copy of the object.
In your case, it would look something like this:
1 | local Clone = script.Parent.DropPart:Clone() -- Copies the part |
2 | Clone.Parent = game.Workspace -- Parents it to the workspace |
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One more thing, how would this look inside of my script? Hope that isn't to much to ask but it would be helpful, thanks! SambaLover 16 — 7y
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Put it anywhere inside the while loop. It doesn't matter where as long as it's inside the loop. cfiredog 274 — 7y
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Alrighty, thanks! SambaLover 16 — 7y