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Is there a problem with me using enabled, or did I just write the script wrong?
I am making a script that is in a part. Within this part is the script and several Smoke. I have tried several things to get the smoke to appear and disappear after certain amount of time. I decided that I would script the smoke to turn on and off using the enabled feature of the properties. This is what I've tried, but something doesn't seem to work, as the smoke with not enable or disable after the time has passed.
local children = workspace:GetChildren() if children == "Smoke" then a = children while true do wait(0.01) -- Don't touch a.Enabled = true wait(5) -- How long you want the smoke to stay on a.Enabled = false wait(12) -- How long you want the smoke to stay off then go back on end end
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Edit: You would use GetDescendants as GetChildren only returns direct children
GetChildren returns an array, not a value, you would have to use pairs instead to go through each value.
However, you can just put the script inside the smoke.
local smoke = script.Parent
while true do
wait(0.01) -- Don't touch
smoke.Enabled = true
wait(5) -- How long you want the smoke to stay on
smoke.Enabled = false
wait(12) -- How long you want the smoke to stay off then go back on
end
Using GetDescendants
local smoke
repeat wait(1)
for i,v in pairs(workspace:GetDescendants())do
if v.Name == "Smoke" and v:IsA("Smoke") then
smoke = v
break
end
end
until smoke
while true do
wait(0.01) -- Don't touch
smoke.Enabled = true
wait(5) -- How long you want the smoke to stay on
smoke.Enabled = false
wait(12) -- How long you want the smoke to stay off then go back on
end
