:GetChildren() Not working in my cancollide / transparency script?
I'm trying to create a script where it gets the parts and either makes them cancollide or not. There are parts called open and parts called closed.
01 | local close = script.Parent.Parent.SwitchRail.Switch:GetChildren("Close") |
02 | local open = script.Parent.Parent.SwitchRail.Switch:GetChildren("Open") |
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04 | print("WAZZAP") |
05 | function onTouched(part) |
06 | if part.Name == "ARS" then --Change this to the name of the correct part that trips the sensor |
07 | if part.Value.Value == 1 then |
08 | script.Parent.Parent.LeftSignal.JCT1.SurfaceGui.Whi.ImageTransparency = 0 |
09 | script.Parent.Parent.LeftSignal.JCT2.SurfaceGui.Whi.ImageTransparency = 0 |
10 | script.Parent.Parent.LeftSignal.JCT3.SurfaceGui.Whi.ImageTransparency = 0 |
11 | script.Parent.Parent.LeftSignal.JCT4.SurfaceGui.Whi.ImageTransparency = 0 |
12 | for i, v in pairs(close) do |
13 | v.Transparency = 0.5 |
14 | v.CanCollide = false |
15 | i.Transparency = 0 |
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2 answers
The :GetChildren() function does not take any arguments.
And in for i, v in pairs(open) and for i, v in pairs(close), i is the iterator variable and v is the variable to represent the current object in the loop.
In other terms, i is just a number that tells the for loop what object in the table you're on in the loop and thus can not be treated as an object like v.
If you want only certain children of "Switch" to be changed a certain way, then add an if statement. For example:
1 | for i, v in pairs(close) do |
2 | if v.Name == "Brick" or v.Name == "ADiffBrick" then |
3 | v.Transparency = 0.5 |
4 | v.CanCollide = false |
5 | else |
6 | v.Transparency = 0 |
7 | v.CanCollide = true |
8 | end |
9 | end |
I've also noticed that a lot of your code is repetitive. A good way to shorten it down would be to create other functions.
Also :connect is deprecated, so I would recommend using :Connect instead.
I hope this helped!
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your useing getchildren() wrong you do it with for i,v not like the way your useing it as