Getting a triggered proximity prompts parent

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#1

hey! so I’m currently wondering how I can get a triggered proximityprompt’s parent. but the problem is, is that there are multiple proximity prompts with the same name and I need to detect which one was triggered. .any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!!!

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#2 
local ProximityPromptService = game:GetService("ProximityPromptService");

local vowelCorrect = function(Word)
	local vowelTable = {
		"a";
		"e";
		"i";
		"o";
		"u";
	};
	if vowelTable.find(Word:lower():sub(1, 1)) then return "an " .. Word end;
	return "a " .. Word;
end;

ProximityPromptService.PromptTriggered:Connect(function(Prompt, Player)
	local message = ("Proximity | ProximityPrompt was activated by %s and is parented to %s, which is %s!"):format(Player.Name, Prompt.Parent.Name, vowelCorrect(Prompt.Parent.ClassName));
	warn(message);
end);
#3

have you considered using tags?

#4

do you mind explaining how that works? I’m not too experienced with that.

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#5

It’s a plugin called tags, you just use the collection service, then for each prompts parent add a tag to it with a special name. Then all you have to do is

ProximityPrompt.Parent:FindFirstChild(“TagNameHere”) to find it.

#6

I’m having trouble understanding and using this? do you mind explaining?

#7

Use ProximityPromptService as you don’t need to loop through all the workspaces descendants, very very inefficient doing that.

	local ProximityPromptService = game:GetService("ProximityPromptService")
	
	
	ProximityPromptService.PromptTriggered:Connect(function(prompt, player)
		warn(string.format("%s has activated a prompt whose parent is %s", player.Name, prompt.Parent.Name))
	end)
#8 
local Workspace = workspace --Local environment integration.

local function OnPromptTriggered(Player, Prompt)
	print(Player.Name.." triggered a prompt inside "..Prompt.Parent.Name..".")
end

local function GetPromptsRecursive(Instance)
	for _, Child in ipairs(Instance:GetChildren()) do
		if Child:IsA("PVInstance") then --Models and parts.
			GetPromptsRecursive(Child) --Look inside for prompts.
		elseif Child:IsA("ProximityPrompt") then
			Child.Triggered:Connect(function(Player)
				OnPromptTriggered(Player, Child)
			end)
		end
	end
end

GetPromptsRecursive(Workspace) --Iterate over the Workspace initially.