Bool value not working

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#1

I am trying to make a flashlight on and off system
I have correctly referenced everything and all the conditionals are in place. My only problem is that this part of my script does not change the value of these booleans. (if I add .Value it gives an attempt to index bool with .Value error. Here is the part that’s not working

local light = Switch.Parent["Light Model"]
	local flare = light.LightFLare.Flare.Enabled
	local source = light.LightSource.SpotLight.Enabled
	if Switch.Value == true then
		flare = false
		source = false
		Switch.Value =false
	else
		flare = true
		source = true
		Switch.Value = true
	end
end)

Note: flare is a billboard GUI and source is a spotlight and switch is a bool value stored in the flashlight model

#2 
local light = Switch.Parent["Light Model"]
	local flare = light.LightFLare.Flare
	local source = light.LightSource.SpotLight
	if Switch.Value == true then
		flare.Enabled = false
		source.Enabled = false
		Switch.Value =false
	else
		flare.Enabled = true
		source.Enabled = true
		Switch.Value = true
	end
end)

Because flare and source is defined to a value not a property

#3

They are the enabled properties of the instances of the gui and the spotlight

#4

yes but when you defined
local flare = light.LightFlare.Flare.Enabled
it set “flare” to a true or false, its not a direct reference to the actual property

#5

When you do:

local variable = Instance.Property

You’re not holding a reference to the property; you’re just setting the value of the variable to what ever the value of the property is at the time. So doing:

variable = NewValue

wouldn’t change the actual property, just the value of the variable in memory.

#6

Can you make a screenshot of the elements concerned because I do not know what it is

#7

its fixed now thanks

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