Copying folders

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#1

So I’m trying to make a regeneration system and I was wondering how I copy all the folders in workspace and copy everything that’s inside of them aswell. I would appreciate the help, thanks!

#2

All you do is use :Clone()

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/Instance/Clone

local Folder = game.workspace.Folder
local Clone = Folder:Clone()
Clone.Parent = workspace
Clone.Part:Destroy() -- lets say you want to remove a part in the folder on clone
#3

You would use :Clone() to clone the folders. It will also clone all it’s children I believe though I’m unsure.

for _, folder in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
   if folder and folder:IsA("Folder") then
      local FolderCopy = folder:Clone()
      FolderCopy.Parent = workspace -- This will copy the folder back into workspace
   end
end
#4

There is a little problem it only copies some of the folder and got all of them and this is randomized every time is there a way to fix this?

#5

Are the folders all in workspace? If so there shouldn’t be any issues with it.

The only issue I can think off is that this is running as soon as the game starts which means the folders may not be loaded in time. To test this is add a wait and see if everything works after the wait.

task.wait(10) -- wait 10 seconds
for _, folder in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
   if folder and folder:IsA("Folder") then
      local FolderCopy = folder:Clone()
      FolderCopy.Parent = workspace -- This will copy the folder back into workspace
   end
end
#6

Weird it still does the same thing

#7

Your can create an new Folder Instance and copy all the Items inside the old folder into the new Folder, just like this:

local NewFolder = Instance.new("Folder")

for Index, Item in pairs(YourFolderRoute:GetChildren()) do
     local ItemCopy = Item:Clone()
     ItemCopy.Parent = NewFolder
end
  • Then u can move the new folder wherever you want
#8

Are any of the folder’s descendants instantiated by the client? Because if they are then they won’t exist on the server.

#9

I do it server side so I don’t know why this is happening but I’m thinking it has to do with timing out because it stops at a certain point.

#10

Sorry I was gone for a while but I think the reasoning is that its copying large amount of items at one time. Is there any way I can get around this?