I don't want to get confused while making a script. Is there a difference, and if so, what is the difference?
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What is the difference between :GetDescendants() and :GetChildren()?
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GetChildren() returns an array (Lua Table with natural number indices) of all the immediate (first-generation) children of the Instance you pass it. Only things for which the passed-in Instance is their Parent.
GetDescendants() recursively visits all the children, childrens' children, childrens' childrens' children, etc... every single Instance in the hierarchy under the passed-in argument Instance, and returns references to all of them in an array.
:GetChildren() returns the first children of the object or model, :GetDescendants() returns all children
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Thank you!