:GetDescendants() does not get all descendants

[finiteklade]

I was originally trying to stress-test a loading screen I had created, when I realised the amount of assets was insanely low. I had inserted a few texture packs of the toolbox and none of them were showing up.

While debugging, I found out that game:GetDescendants() was not infact, getting all descendants.

for _, v in game:GetDescendants() do
	if (#v:GetDescendants()) ~= 0 then
		print(#v:GetDescendants())	
	end
end

Ran in a seperate LocalScript inside of ReplicatedFirst. The output should be nothing, since there shouldn’t be any descendants or even any children if its traversing down the entire path.

Here’s the kicker:

Why is game:GetDescendants() not getting all descendants?

[VonsRevenges (Von)]

Try using serverscripts to detect all, if streaming enabled is turned on, some parts of the game wont load on client side and GetDescendants will miss them.

[wastbo (DanCodes)]

Anything that’s in the workspace won’t automatically load unlike everything else. Your loading screen should only preload animations, sounds, and materials/textures