Choose random brick from a :GetChildren() function?
So I want a meteor strike at one of the bricks inside a folder. Then I used a for i,v in pairs loop and a :GetChildren() function, it kinda works. But, I lands in the order the I placed the positions, and not a random. Yes I know in pairs loops go in order, but how can I make it land at a random place? Thanks!
My script so far:
explosion = game.Workspace.Explosions:GetChildren()
for i,v in pairs(explosion) do
local part = Instance.new("Part")
part.Shape = "Ball"
part.Size = Vector3.new(10,10,10)
part.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Burnt Sienna")
part.Position = Vector3.new(v.Position.X,v.Position.Y+200,v.Position.Z)
part.Parent = game.Workspace
wait(1.8)
local exp = Instance.new("Explosion")
exp.Parent = game.Workspace
exp.BlastPressure = 40
exp.BlastRadius = 120
exp.Position = part.Position
wait(2)
part:Destroy()
end
1 answer
GetChildren() returns a table of the children within the instance that you call the method on. So, to select a random item from this table, you can generate a random number between 1 and the length of the table. You can then index the table with this number to get your random part. For example:
local Explosions = workspace.Explosions:GetChildren() local ExplosionNumber = math.random(1,#Explosions) local ChosenExplosion = Explosions[ExplosionNumber] print(ChosenExplosion,"was chosen")
To make the random number generation different every time, you can add this line at the top of the script too:
math.randomseed(tick())
Hope this helps!
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