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I'm trying to spawn stuff from a folder in ReplicatedStorage and have it go to workspace?

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Just2Terrify 566

5 years ago

Alright so, I'm trying to make it so I can spawn stuff from a folder in ReplicatedStorage to Workspace but only if it doesn't find the model I want to spawn in. I am fairly new to this scripting thing so I might have some issues. It would be spawned and despawned through a GUI TextButton. The function i'm using is called SpawnFunction. Script inside the ServerScriptStorage [Typical Script]

01ReplicatedStorage = game.ReplicatedStorage
02workspace = game.Workspace -- This is just extra insurance 
03--Made By MillerrIAm
04---------------------------
05--Start Script
06--Main Script
07    if player,spawn true then
08        workspace:GetChildren(spawn) then
09        workspace:(spawn):Destroy()
10    else
11        ReplicatedStorage.Stipulation:Clone(spawn).Parent = workspace
12    end

Script inside the GUI Button [Local Script]

01--Made By MillerrIAm
02---------------------------
03--Start Script
04--Main Script
05function onClick()
06game.ReplicatedStorage.SpawnFunction:InvokeServer("SpawnMe!") --Ignore the name, that's just what i named the model.
07end
08 
09script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(onClick)
10print("GUIButton Working")

Bro i have a feeling u havent learned the basics from this line right here workspace:(spawn):Destroy() The_Pr0fessor 595 — 5y

I know the basics and I kind of figured that was wrong but I have no idea what else i'm suppose to do. Just2Terrify 566 — 5y

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Answered by

Psudar 882

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

For starters, you don't need to reference the workspace hardly ever in a variable. The global workspace is the quickest and best way to access the workspace.

Anyway, you want to say "The client wants a map from clicking this button, and the server wants to clone it into the workspace" right?

So first, you'd insert a local script into your text button. Then you'd store the replicated storage and a remote event in some variables.

--Client

01--local script inside button
02 
03local replicatedStorage  = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
04local remoteEvent = replicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")
05 
06local button = script.Parent
07 
08local function onClick()
09    remoteEvent:FireServer()
10end
11 
12button.MouseButton1Down:Connect(onClick)

--Server

01--server script
02 
03local replicatedStorage  = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
04local remoteEvent = replicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")
05 
06local debounce = false
07local function addMaps()
08    if not debounce then
09        debounce = true
10        local map = replicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Map"):Clone() --Clone the map (should be a model)
11        map.Parent = workspace --parent to workspace
12    else
13        workspace:FindFirstChild("Map"):Destroy() --say you wanted to delete it if you pressed again
14        debounce = false
15    end
16end
17 
18remoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(addMaps)

90% sure this is a troll question but maybe you'll learn something. Have at it.

I wish it was a troll question. Just2Terrify 566 — 5y

Bahaha goodluck man Psudar 882 — 5y

workspace is not the quickest. It's a global. The quickest would be something like local workspace = workspace, but that's only really optimization worth doing if you're using the global in a tight loop or something. User#26971 0 — 5y

Haha, you're only saving like 0.003 seconds. The amount of time it takes to type "local" would never actually be recovered through time saved. The only time it would matter is if you localized the variable to a function or something, which is pretty stupid to have a variable for something like workspace. Its redundant. Psudar 882 — 5y

I'm trying to spawn stuff from a folder in ReplicatedStorage and have it go to workspace?

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