How to change skybox with script?

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#1

I’ve been trying to figure out how to switch the skybox using a script but have come up with no luck. Hopefully some much smarter people can help me out.

I have the skyboxes in a folder under the script (script.Skyboxes), and the script is trying to replace the desert skybox with the arctic one.

local lighting = game:GetService("Lighting")

local function skyArctic()
	script.Skyboxes.ArcticSky.Parent = lighting
	lighting.DesertSky.Parent = script.Skyboxes
end

skyArctic()

Tried everything I can think of, but no luck. Any help is appreciated!

#2

I ran your script and it worked perfectly fine. Is the script a local or server script and where in the game is the script stored?

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#3

Here’s what I would personally do just for an easier reference:

  • If you don’t have a huge quantity of the same Skyboxes, you can create variables for those so that you can easily Parent them whenever they’re needed

  • It depends on what type of script you’re doing this on, something like a LocalScript can’t run under specific circumstances

  • It also depends where you put the script, it seems like it would just run fine if you place it inside ServerScriptService

local Lighting = game:GetService("Lighting")
local Skyboxes -- Where the Skyboxes are aaaa
local ArcticSky -- Location of where the ArcticSky Skybox is
local DesertSky -- Location of where the DesertSky Skybox is

local function skyArctic()
    DesertSky.Parent = Skyboxes
    ArcticSky.Parent = Lighting
end

skyArctic()
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#4

The script is a server script and its in ServerStorage

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#5

worked perfectly fine for me, are there any errors in output?

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#6

@samthepilot17 @ItzBloxyDev Just for reference:

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The only known instances where Scripts can fully & properly run that I know of, are:

  • ServerScriptService
  • workspace (This includes both Local & Server Scripts)
  • ReplicatedFirst (Local)
  • StarterPlayer/CharacterScripts (Local)
  • StarterGui (Local)
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#7

Oh, sry I read the thing wrong, I thought he meant server script storage

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