:GetPartsInPart() help

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#1

So, I’m trying to detect parts with a specific name with

workspace:GetPartsInPart()

but so far, no idea. I know its probably supposed to do with overlapparams but I’m not exactly sure how I would use that.

#2 
OverlapParams.new(--put here you parts you want to ingnore--)
#3

If you haven’t done so already you should read these two first:

Here’s an example on how to use them:

local YourPart = ...

local Params = OverlapParams.new()
Params.MaxParts = 10 -- if you only want 10 parts to be put in the ArrayOfParts

local ArrayOfParts = workspace:GetPartsInPart(YourPart)

for Index, Value in ArrayOfParts do
    print(Value:GetFullName())
end
#4

Try something like this:

local Part = game.Workspace.Part --put here your part
workspace:GetPartsInPart(Part,OverlapParams.new(game.Workspace.Part,game.Workspace.Part2))--put into brackets in OverlapParams.new() parts you want to ignore, if you want you can just use nil
#5

Would this work if I wanted to ignore, say, a table of parts using table.unpack()?

#6

Yes I think.

#7 
workspace:GetPartsInPart(script.Parent,OverlapParams.new({table.unpack(tab)}))

like this for example

#8

Yes, try like this.

#9

It didnt work, it still detects other parts other than the specified ones.

#10

Did you even read the documentation of OverlapParams? The operator function does not take any arguments.

#11

If you want it to not detect specific parts, you’ll have to do something like:

local PartsToIgnore = {} -- put your parts here

local ArrayOfParts = workspace:GetPartsInPart(YourPart)

for Index, Value in ArrayOfParts do
    if table.find(PartsToIgnore, Value) then continue end

    print(Value)
end

Again read the documentation of both if you really want to use OverlapParams.

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#12

Sorry,no.I just thinked that it works, cuz i saw that it didn’t print names of parts which i get in this table.
But it was cuz it was part which i used. Sorry for this, but i think i know how it works now. @lor5s idk if you still need solution, as @ObviouslyGreen already gave you script which works too, but if yes then i know how to make it without checking if part = part in table in your loop, so here is script:

local Part = game.Workspace.Part --put here your part
local Something = OverlapParams.new()
Something.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
Something.FilterDescendantsInstances = -- put here table with parts you want to ignore
workspace:GetPartsInPart(Part,Something)