I want to know how I could check if something has been parented. Kinda like a change event when something is parented inside an object the game will notice it, and you'll also have access to the properties of that object. That what I'm trying to achieve but of course there is no way you can use a changed event on only Bool, Int, and String values. Thanks for all the help.
Regards, Bl_ueHistory
If i understood you correctly, this shall help you... i guess...
local object = workspace.Model
object.ChildAdded:Connect(function(part) --runs code if a child is added
part.CanCollide = true
part.BrickColor = BrickColor.New("Bright Yellow")
part.Anchored = true
--ect
end)
i hope that helped edit: i did not understand the question right, correct? anyways, heres what i think you want to mean:
local object = workspace.Object
object:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Parent"):Connect(function() --runs code if parent changes
local par = object.Parent--object's parent
par.CanCollide = true
par.BrickColor = BrickColor.New("Bright Yellow")
par.Anchored = true
--ect
end)
if its not that what you mean EITHER, then explain it better please
Hey, there are 4 ways to do this.
EDIT: I found out about "AncestryChanged" which is the perfect solution (Thanks Aleph)
The first return of the event is the instance that had its parent changed, so in this case 'object' and the second one is the new parent.
object.AncestryChanged:Connect(function(_, newParent)
print("Parent has been changed")
end)
--
First would be to use GetPropertyChangedSignal("Parent")
local p = Instance.new('Part')
p:GetPropertyChangedSignal('Parent'):Connect(function()
print("The parent has been changed")
end)
or .Changed and check if the property is "Parent"
p.Changed:Connect(function(property)
if property == "Parent" then
print("parent changed")
end
end)
You can also use .ChildRemoved on the object's parent and check if the object that got removed is the one you know.
local obj = workspace.Object
workspace.ChildRemoved:Connect(function(object)
if object == obj then
print("parent has been changed")
end
end)
In order to check when a property is changed, such as something changing parents, you can use the GetPropertyChangedSignal method in order to get an event that fires when that property is changed.
Here's an example of what you're trying to achieve. Here's a demonstration of the script.
local Part = workspace.Part
local function onParentChanged()
print("Part's parent is now "..Part.Parent.Name)
end
Part:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Parent"):Connect(onParentChanged) --will print the part's parent's name every time it is changed
An easy way of checking if something has been parented is AncestryChanged. Here's an example:
local Part = game.Workspace.Part -- getting the part
Part.AncestryChanged:Connect(function() -- when the parent has changed this function will be fired
print(Part.Name.." has been parented with "..Part.Parent.Name) -- prints the part's name and the part's parent's name
end)
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Does the part already have a parent?
You could set a variable equal to the current parent and use a while loop to check if it's changed?