Cloning frames with math.random

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#1

Hello, I was experimenting with frames and scripting and I wrote a little script for fun that runs through the client:

while true do
	local frame = script.Parent.Frame:Clone()
	wait(1)
	frame.Size = UDim2.new(math.random(0.001, 0.01), 0,math.random(0.001, 0.01), 0)
	frame.Position = UDim2.new(math.random(0,1),0,math.random(0,1),0)
	print("new frame made")
end

for some reason it prints but doesn’t do what desired. Every second a new frame is supposed to appear at a random location on the screen, and a random size. Please help
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#2

You forgot to set the frames parent.

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#3

It must clone in same place as original, no?

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#4

When cloning an object its parent is not set automatically by default.

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#5

I tried that. Here’s the new script

while true do
	wait(1)
	local frame = script.Parent.Frame:Clone()
	frame.Parent = script.Parent
	frame.Size = UDim2.new(math.random(0.001, 0.01), 0,math.random(0.001, 0.01), 0)
	frame.Position = UDim2.new(math.random(0,1),0,math.random(0,1),0)
	frame.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.new(math.random(0, 255),math.random(0, 255), math.random(0, 255))
	frame.ZIndex = math.random(0,100)
	print("new frame made")
end

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#6

Ran it in studio and it works, remember local scripts will only run if you play the game instead of pressing the run button

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#7

Am I missing something? I am pressing the “play” instead of run, and I can see the frames not cloning. I don’t know what to do

The frames are also supposed to duplicate, change sizes, colors, and positions.

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#8

The frames physically dont change position because math.random only returns an integer and you are trying to use it give you a value between 0 and 1

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#9

This are lines from my rng game

Xpcoor = (math.random(1,10)/10)
		Ypcoor = (math.random(1,10)/10)

define them by /10 or /100 and etc.
so this will work
if you use 0.1 or 0.01 this won’t work

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#10

like this?

local frame = script.Parent.Frame:Clone()
while true do
	wait(1)
	frame.Parent = script.Parent
	frame.Size = UDim2.new(math.random(1, 10)/1000, 0,math.random(1, 10)/1000, 0)
	frame.Position = UDim2.new(math.random(1,10)/10,0,math.random(1,10)/10,0)
	frame.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.new(math.random(1, 255),math.random(1, 255), math.random(1, 255))
	frame.ZIndex = (math.random(1,100))
	print("new frame made")
end
#11

Yes, now it’s will work. Test it

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#12

It works! but it just moves around the same clone over and over again. It’s supposed to make multiple…
EDIT: nevermind, I just moved local frame = script.Parent.Frame:Clone() into the while true do statement

#13

Like it’s always on same position or same size or what?

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#14

This code will work

while 1 do
	local frame = script.Parent.Frame:Clone()
	frame.Size = UDim2.new(math.random(1,1000)/1000, 0,math.random(1,1000)/1000, 0)
	frame.Position = UDim2.new(math.random(1,10)/10,0,math.random(1,10)/10,0)
	frame.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(math.random(0, 255),math.random(0, 255), math.random(0, 255))
	frame.ZIndex = math.random(0,100)
	frame.Parent = script.Parent
	print("new frame made")
	task.wait(1)
end

https://gyazo.com/ac2538576dd6476bebfe73ddd29dc3e7

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#15

Yeah this is solution, you made one clone before, but inside you make a lot of clones.

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