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How would I do an object value and the :FindfirstChild() Function with a clone?

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Nootian 184
5 years ago
Edited 5 years ago

I'll explain, This is the workspace:

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1workspace
2    workspace.Camera
3    workspace.Terrain
4    workspace.Script
5    workspace.ObjectValue
6        --Value = workspace.Part
7    workspace.Baseplate
8    workspace.Part

And this is script:

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1--Making the clone, setting its name to "ClonedPart", and parent to workspace.Part
2Clone = workspace.Part:Clone()
3Clone.Name = "ClonedPart"
4Clone.Parent = workspace.Part
5 
6--Trying to set the transparency to one, but breaks
7workspace.ObjectValue.Value:FindFirstChild("ClonedPart").Transparency = 1
8--                          ^ turns Nil                        ^ Error

After the script

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01workspace
02    workspace.Camera
03    workspace.Terrain
04    workspace.Script
05    workspace.ObjectValue
06        --Value = workspace.Part
07    workspace.Baseplate
08    workspace.Part
09        workspace.Part.ClonedPart
10 
11--Output:
12 
13Workspace.Script:5: attempt to index a nil value

How would I do this, I have throughly tested it but always ends up being nil.

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Your question is very confusing for me. However here's my 2 cents: a. You don't do findfirstchild to find a value. b. i think you want to store a float value, not a transparency value, because values don't have a transparency value lol Cyroxite 46 — 5y

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Answered by
7z99 203 Moderation Voter
5 years ago
Edited 5 years ago

Really small logic error.

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1Clone = workspace.Part:Clone()
2Clone.Name = "ClonedPart"
3Clone.Parent = workspace.Part
4 
5workspace.ObjectValue.Value:FindFirstChild("ClonedPart").Transparency = 1
6--            ^ ObjectValue doesn't exist. That's why it's returning nil.

Although the class is an ObjectValue, it goes by its name, so instead, you should use the following:

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1workspace.Value.Value:FindFirstChild("ClonedPart").Transparency = 1
2--          ^ The name of the ObjectValue

Or alternatively, you could simply rename the ObjectValue item to "ObjectValue". Either one should work.

Likewise, you could do the following if you only have one ObjectValue, or only want to find the first ObjectValue inside of Workspace. I personally don't recommend it but you do you.

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1workspace:FindFirstChildOfClass("ObjectValue").Transparency = 1 --Finds the first child in workspace with the ObjectValue class.
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Thank you! Nootian 184 — 5y
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No problem! Good luck with your scripting! :^) 7z99 203 — 5y
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Answered by
Nootian 184
5 years ago
Edited 5 years ago

Actually I took a different approach than using ObjectValues(findfirstchild doesent work with these), I just wanted an easy way to change the values from the workspace, but I had to seperate the values.

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01Workspace:
02    workspace
03        workspace.Camera
04        workspace.Terrain
05        workspace.Script
06        workspace.Folder
07            workspace.Folder.Layer1
08                --Value: Workspace
09            workspace.Folder.Layer2
10                --Value: Part
11            --StringValues
12        workspace.Baseplate
13        workspace.Part

Code:

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01--Then I put them back together, using I-pairs, and starting with Object = game
02Object = game
03for i,v in pairs(workspace.Folder:GetChildren()) do
04 
05    Object = Object:FindFirstChild(v.Value)
06 
07 
08end
09 
10PlayerObject = Object
11 
12--This is what it is doing:
13    -- the + is like using :FindFirstChild()
14    --1: game + Layer1.Value
15    --2: Layer1.Value + Layer2.Value

This is great because it is interchangeable, and you can still use FindFirstChild

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