Attempting to make universal locals

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1

So I’m attempting to make a local for a folder no matter where it is in the game. Here’s the script so far:

local MWFolder = game:GetDescendants("MainWorld")

if MWFolder.Parent == game.Workspace then
    print("MWFolder Found; Workspace")
end

if MWFolder.Parent == game.ReplicatedStorage then
    print("MWFolder Found; RepStorage")
end

Dev log doesn’t seem to be printing what I’ve told it to print. Does anyone know if I formatted this wrong or something?
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2

GetDescendants returns an array of instances. An array doesn’t have a ‘Parent’
Also the format is
local MWFolder = workspace["MainWorld"]:GetDescendants()

3

I see. I’m trying to make a local for it so I can use it later, so would it be

local GameDescendants = game:GetDescendants()
local MWFolder = GameDescendants.Name = "MainWorld"

This doesn’t seem right, I’m not quite sure how to do this

4

I’m not trying to get the descendants of MainWorld, though. I’m trying to find the folder MainWorld wherever it is in the game. For example if I were to more it to replicatedstorage.

5

:GetDescendants as stated by @Blokav returns an array of the children.

So you’re adding a Name field to this array thus making it a mixed table.

You need to go through the table:

for _, descendant in ipairs(descendants) do
    descendant.Name = ""
end

Oh also :GetDescendants doesn’t take any arguments, so might as well remove the “MWorld” argument.

6

You could do something like:

local MWFolder = workspace:FindFirstChild("MainWorld") or game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):FindFirstChild("MainWorld")
7

I see. How would I turn this into a local though, so I can use it later? The ultimate goal of this is to pull things in and out of ReplicatedStorage, so I need to be able to reference the object no matter where it is.

8

You can use @Blokav’s solution or if you know where it will be parented first reference it from the initial parent and then parent it wherever you want.

9

Tried that, but when I reparent it the locals no longer work. If I say that MainWorld is a child of Workspace and I change the parent to ReplicatedStorage, the local won’t be able to find MainWorld in Workspace anymore.

10

If you assign an instance to a variable, the variable can still reference that instance if you change its parent.

local stuff = workspace.Thing
print(stuff.Parent) -- "Workspace"
stuff.Parent = game.ReplicatedStorage
print(stuff.Parent) -- "ReplicatedStorage"
11

Did you do it like this.

local part = game.Workspace.Part -- example
part.Parent = game.ReplicatedStorage
print(part.Parent)
part.Parent = game.Workspace

This works. You probably trying to access it from the service before it was added there.