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Why is my script not creating any SpawnLocations?
What I want: I want to create 6 separate Spawn Locations with different positions on my Baseplate. I want them to be invisible, and I want their CanCollide to be false.
What I get: As soon as I run my game, I take a look at the workspace. What I see is one Spawn Location that disappears after about 2 seconds.
I checked my spelling, keywords, punctuation. I checked the output, has no errors. I don't know what's going on. Please help.
01 | spawnlocation = Instance.new("SpawnLocation",workspace) |
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03 |
04 | function createSpawnA1() |
05 | spawnlocation.Transparency = 1 |
06 | spawnlocation.CanCollide = false |
07 | spawnlocation.Position = Vector3.new(462,0.5,48) |
08 | end |
09 |
10 | function createSpawnA2() |
11 | spawnlocation.Transparency = 1 |
12 | spawnlocation.CanCollide = false |
13 | spawnlocation.Position = Vector3.new(462,0.5,28) |
14 | end |
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You wouldn't need a separate function for each spawn.
01 | local function createSpawn(position) |
02 | local spawnLoc = Instance.new("SpawnLocation") -- the parent argument is deprecated and is known to slow down performance, do not use it |
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04 | spawnLoc.Transparency = 1 |
05 | spawnLoc:FindFirstChildOfClass("Decal").Transparency = 1 |
06 | spawnLoc.CanCollide = false |
07 | spawnLoc.Position = position |
08 | spawnLoc.Parent = game.Workspace |
09 | end |
10 |
11 | createSpawn(Vector3.new(462, .5, 48)) |
12 | -- you'd add the new XYZ coordinates on each call in a Vector3.new |
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It doesn't seem to work for me. I copied your code and pasted it into a new script and removed my script. No Spawn Location seems to show up ReynaldoVictarion 70 — 6y
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I suggest you put this script in a whole new place and check to see if it works. There's probably another script conflicting with this one in your current work environment. ScrewDeath 153 — 6y
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The spawnlocation DID spawn. It's only transparent. User#19524 175 — 6y
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Tried the script in a fresh new place and it still doesn't show up for me anywhere. I even tried changing the transparency back to 0. I don't know what's happening. ReynaldoVictarion 70 — 6y
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Got it, found a solution. Check out below the code I wrote, after the line ReynaldoVictarion 70 — 6y
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Parent the spawn location as the LAST property if you care about performance User#19524 175 — 6y
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Got it, thanks ReynaldoVictarion 70 — 6y
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Hey, just a quick mention; when I parent the spawn as the last property, that seems to be the cause of the Spawn Location disappearing after about 2 seconds. I know this because when I parent the spawn as the first property, it works fine. Do you happen to know why this is? ReynaldoVictarion 70 — 6y
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Something is destroying it then. The parent should always be the last property to assign. User#19524 175 — 6y
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You're right, I'm doing something wrong, it's actually not what I said. I'll find out ReynaldoVictarion 70 — 6y
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I'm not sure why it's disappearing after 2 seconds, however, this is because you are using the same SpawnLocation object in all the function calls.
To fix this, try instantiating the SpawnLocation within the function definition like so:
1 | function createSpawnA1() |
2 | local spawnlocation = Instance.new("SpawnLocation") |
3 | spawnlocation.Transparency = 1 |
4 | spawnlocation.CanCollide = false |
5 | spawnlocation.Position = Vector3.new(462,0.5,48) |
6 | spawnlocation.Parent = workspace -- doing this so someone don't backsass me |
7 | end |
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It doesn't seem to work for me. I copied your code and pasted it into a new script and removed my script. No Spawn Location seems to show up ReynaldoVictarion 70 — 6y
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Actually it disappears for about 2 seconds also. ReynaldoVictarion 70 — 6y
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Use incapaz's answer as his is more thicc and reusable. ScrewDeath 153 — 6y
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I can't figure out why your code makes the Spawn Location disappear. I'm comparing it to the solution I got and they both look the same ReynaldoVictarion 70 — 6y