Edit multiple parts in model as group

[kilahb1ck (Soapy)]

I am attempting to make a synchronized lighting system using grids of 9 “lamps”

I am trying to control them as a group but i am not sure how to do that.

I have tried using get decendants/children but there is a surfacelight in each one which prevents that solution from working. I have tried referencing each one sperately but that was much to tedious with so may lamps.

Any ideas?

[pupersuperkirill (bigpuppa69)]

You can get them all in group and edit them through loop for:
local group = {}

for _, lamp in pairs(lamps:GetChildren()) do
    for _,child in pairs(lamp:GetChildren()) do
        if child:IsA('BasePart') and i:FindFirstChildWhichIsA('SurfaceLight') then
            table.insert(group,child)
        end
    end
end

for _, i in pairs(group) do
   source
end

[Forummer]

local lamps = workspace.Lamps --Path to lamps.

local function toggleLamps(bool)
	for _, lamp in ipairs(lamps:GetChildren()) do
		if lamp:IsA("BasePart") then
			if lamp.Name:match("^lamp%d+$") then
				local light = lamp:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Light")
				if light then
					light.Enabled = bool
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

toggleLamps(true) --Turn on all lights.
toggleLamps(false) --Turn off all lights.

[kilahb1ck (Soapy)]

The methods dont seem to work,
is there a way to mirror the same script in all of the other 8 lamps

local Light = script.Parent.SurfaceLight

while true do
	lamp.Material =Enum.Material.Plastic
	lamp.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Really Black")
	Light.Enabled = false
	wait(0.2)
	lamp.Material =Enum.Material.Neon
	local BrickColor = BrickColor.Random()
	local Color = BrickColor.Color
	lamp.Color = Color
	Light.Enabled = true
	Light.Color = lamp.Color
	wait(0.2)
end```
![image|148x214](upload://zj8nE0QA7Zqt3GUrNHwJX1en2zR.png)
this works but all the colors are different. in each lamp

[nexos_x7 (Nexos)]

you should look at @pupersuperkirill suggestion, for what you are trying to do it would be the simplest way

[kilahb1ck (Soapy)]

Im not sure how to use it. where do i edit the properties? @pupersuperkirill

[nexos_x7 (Nexos)]

So this code…

@pupersuperkirill

local group = []

for _, lamp in pairs(lamps:GetChildren()) do
    for _,child in pairs(lamp:GetChildren()) do
        if child:IsA('BasePart') and child:FindFirstChildWhichIsA('SurfaceLight') then
            table.insert(group,child)
        end
    end
end

puts all of the parts that have a surface light in them into a table inside a script so they can be indexed

and this is where you would put your code for the surface lights (Where it says Source)

@pupersuperkirill

for _, LightPart in pairs(group) do
   source
end

So where it says source you would put something like…

LightPart:FindFirstChildWhichIsA('SurfaceLight').Enabled = false

Some code may not be exact i just wrote this