How do I make a script refer to something that has not been created yet?
Imagine 2 scripts. 1 script has a piece of code that simply creates a model into the workspace. I want the other script to refer to that model but when I type in game.Workspace.model that piece of code will come up with red underlining. How can I make this script refer to the model that is created via the other script?
Please note that in this example, there is nothing in the Workspace before running the game.
1 answer
The WaitForChild function can be used in situations like this:
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=API:Class/Instance/WaitForChild
You can use this when you know something already exists, or is about to exist.
local model = workspace:WaitForChild("model")
The script will continue immediately if workspace.model already exists, or it will yield the current thread until workspace.model exists.