Decal (children) not cloning after original part is destroyed

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I am creating a door where players can unlock with a key. The keylock is destroyed once the player interacts with the door, and the door slams shut after 5 seconds. After slamming the door, the keyhole will reappear by cloning and the player will have to open the door with the key again.

However, when the keyhole is cloned after being destroyed initially, the decal (the lock) isn’t being cloned alongside it.

apologies if the format here is insufficient or unclear, it’s my first time making a forum post

here’s the code:

local function createKeyholes()
	local keyholes = {}

	if keyholeFront then
		local front = keyholeFront:Clone()
		front.CFrame = keyholeFront.CFrame
		front.CanTouch = true
		front.CanCollide = false
		front.Transparency = 0
		front.Parent = doorModel
		table.insert(keyholes, front)
		print("Created front keyhole")
	end

	if keyholeBack then
		local back = keyholeBack:Clone()
		back.CFrame = keyholeBack.CFrame
		back.CanTouch = true
		back.CanCollide = false
		back.Transparency = 0
		back.Parent = doorModel
		table.insert(keyholes, back)
		print("Created back keyhole")
	end

	return keyholes
end





local function onKeyTouched(hit, keyhole)
	if hit.Name == "Key" and hit.BrickColor == keyhole.BrickColor then
		-- Prevent multiple triggers
		if hit:GetAttribute("Used") then return end
		hit:SetAttribute("Used", true)

		print("Playing lock sound")
		lockSound:Play()

		-- Make key non-interactive temporarily
		local originalCanCollide = hit.CanCollide
		local originalTransparency = hit.Transparency
		hit.CanCollide = false
		hit.Transparency = 0.7  -- Make key semi-transparent to show it's used

		-- Remove keyholes
		for _, kh in ipairs(doorModel:GetChildren()) do
			if kh.Name:find("Keyhole") then
				kh:Destroy()
			end
		end

		setDoorState(true)

		task.delay(AUTO_CLOSE_DELAY, function()
			setDoorState(false)
			task.delay(KEYHOLE_RESPAWN_DELAY, function()
				local newKeyholes = createKeyholes()
				for _, kh in ipairs(newKeyholes) do
					kh.Touched:Connect(function(h)
						onKeyTouched(h, kh)
					end)
				end

				-- Reset key properties after door closes and keyholes respawn
				hit.CanCollide = originalCanCollide
				hit.Transparency = originalTransparency
				hit:SetAttribute("Used", false)
			end)
		end)
	end
end
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Try toggling AncestryDeffered

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worked like a charm, thanks so much!

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Make sure that you’re not destroying the reference keyholes (keyholeBack and keyholeFront) because that destroys the decals and every other child as well.

Also I think you shouldn’t need to set the CFrame again as they should be cloned as well.

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