How do I make a script that picks a random model in a folder?
I am working on a tower defense project, and I cannot come up with an effective script that picks a random model inside a folder.
Example: a folder has 3 models named "NormalZombie", "SpeedyZombie" and "SlowZombie" and I want the script to take one of them randomly everytime a function is fired.
Any help?
3 answers
To pick things randomly, I usually use the math.random function which picks the number within range : `math.random(--[[Smallest Num--]],--[[Largest Num--]].
In your case, you want to pick things within your zombie folder so you would do
1 | local folder = --[[Your folder that contains zombie--]] |
2 | local pickedZombie = math.random(1,#folder:GetChildren()--[[putting "#" will gets the amount of child in your table.--]]) |
Then you would want to create a clone for that object. You can get the thing inside your folder using table[pickedZombie]. By the way, GetChildren() returns a table of children of that folder.
1 | local cloneZombie = folder:GetChildren()[pickedZombie]:Clone() |
Last, you would want to set the parent of cloneZombie to workspace and you will soon be spawning armies of random zombies!
This is all I could think of
sorry if its doesn't work as well as you want it to, I'm fairly new to scripting
01 | local table = {~,~,~,~} -- your table, ~ can be anything, it is basically the contents of your table |
02 |
03 | while true do |
04 |
05 | for i, v in pairs(table)--[[the tables name, if it were a model named car, find it by typing : game.Workspace.car into the parentheses]] do |
06 | local generator = (math.random(1,4))--[[make it so it counts from 1 to how ever many items your |
07 | table has]] |
08 | print(table[generator])-- do what ever you want to the items |
09 | wait(1) |
10 | end |
11 | end |
Hope it helps
First, put all of the models in a table:
1 | local table = {} |
2 | for i, v in pairs(folder) do |
3 | table[i] = v |
4 | end |
Then, run through a loop to pick what item from the table you want:
1 | local number = math.random(1, #table) |
You can then find the randomly generated zombie by using table[number]