How can i rotate a folder of parts continuously 360 degrees?

[targetframed (target)]

how would u rotate a folder of parts? i have this obby so i want it to continuously rotate these two parts from a folder but im not sure how to do it. i tried a for loop for getting the folder of parts but it only rotates one unfortunately. ty!

[GramGramGaming123 (rustyspottedcat)]

Do you want the two blue parts to rotate around the center part or just rotate on themselves?

[KashTheKing (Kash)]

If you want to rotate each model individually, you can loop through the folder and use the :PivotTo() function of a model to rotate them.

Example code:

local folder = workspace.cyl1
local cylinders = folder:GetChildren()

local runService = game:GetService("RunService")

local rotateIncrement = 0

for _,cylinder in pairs(cylinders) do
     local originalPivot = cylinder:GetPivot()
     local rotationAmount = 0
     runService.Heartbeat:Connect(function(deltaTime)
         rotationAmount += 0.01
         local newCFrame = originalPivot*CFrame.Angles(0,rotationAmount,0) 
         
         --apply rotation
         cylinder:PivotTo(newCFrame)
     end)
end

This code works if you only need a visual effect.
But if you are making an obby (from what I can see) you should just weld all of the decorative parts to the primary part. Then use an align-position+align-orientation object to use physics to rotate instead of changing the cframe.

[targetframed (target)]

just like this but for multiple parts

[targetframed (target)]

hey kash,
thanks for the help man, that really helps me out a lot.

i actually have a primary part specifically for this situation so thats covered but i’ve never actually used align pos/orientation before, how would you do that so that u could target multiple cylinders?

[KashTheKing (Kash)]

You would first weld the extra parts to the primary part.
Then you can make a script to add align-positions/orientations like this:

local part = script.Parent
local runService = game:GetService("RunService")

local attachment = Instance.new("Attachment",part)
local alignPosition = Instance.new("AlignPosition",part)
local alignOrientation = Instance.new("AlignOrientation",part)

alignPosition.RigidityEnabled = true
alignPosition.Attachment0 = attachment
alignPosition.Mode = 0 --one attachment enum

alignOrientation.RigidityEnabled = true
alignOrientation.Attachment0 = attachment
alignOrientation.Mode = 0 --one attachment enum

--Position where the part already is
alignPosition.Position = part.Position

--Rotate to how the part already is
alignOrientation.CFrame = part.CFrame

--Rotate forever
local connection = runService.Stepped:Connect(function()
	alignOrientation.CFrame *= CFrame.Angles(0,0.01,0)
end)

--If the part will ever be destroyed, disconnect the connection to save resources
part.Destroying:Connect(function()
	connection:Disconnect()
end)

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hey Kash,
thank u so much for ur help bro. i appreciate it a lot. your script works great on unanchored parts and i tried to use it on the primary part of my model which is anchored and unfortunately it doesnt work when it’s anchored.

i actually found a post by suphi that works for multiple parts and i managed to figure it out.

my solution was:

rs.Heartbeat:Connect(function(deltatime)
for i, child in ipairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
	if child.Name == "cylinder1" then
		local pp = child.PrimaryPart
		pp.CFrame *= CFrame.fromOrientation(0, 5 * deltatime, 0)
	end
end	 
end)

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