Any way to change the shape of an instance being added by script?

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#1

whenever you add an instance using Instance.new(“Part”) its always a default normal Part. Is there any way to change this?

#2

I believe your looking for the part.Shape property

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/property/Part/Shape

#3

not from the generic Instance.new(“Part”) but you can configure it inside the script!

as an example to change the color, size, position, really anything in the properties tab


local newPart = Instance.new("Part") -- creates new part
newPart.Color = Color3.fromRGB(162, 139, 255) -- light purple
newPart.Name = "NewPart"
newPart.Parent = game.Workspace
newPart.Anchored = true
newPart.CanCollide = true
newPart.Shape = Enum.PartType.Cylinder -- this can be a Ball, Block, Cylinder, for a regular part just dont add this in
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#4

lets say you created a model that you wanted the instance to be like. Any way to do that?

#5

you would be capable of cloning it, but you would have to store it in either Lighting (old fashion way of storing things), but preferably ReplicatedStorage in a folder called “PossibleInstances”. as an example you can place a model inside of that folder then in your script write


local PossibleInstances = game.ReplicatedStorage.PossibleInstances --this locates your folder
local DesiredInstance = PossibleInstances.Car --car as example, this would be your model name though

local CopyOfDI = DesiredInstance:Clone() --clone the DesiredInstance so its usable more than once

CopyOfDI.Parent = game.Workspace --bring the clone to workspace

then of course you can make your changes using the script i talked about before but with more specifications into the model

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