How to define a variable using script.Parent in a ModuleScript but i want the script.Parent of the script who require it?

[ksa_ab65 (oden)]

I have a ModuleScript , and it have a function, and this function have piece of code that do somthigns in the children; of a model in workspace

And i have script inside every model that that require the ModuleScript
How i will access the children?

And i will have alot of these models, so i must use a ModuleScript in case i want to change somthing in the future
and As far as I know i must use script.Parent.TheNameOfThingIwant

I tried to describe what i need as best I can.
Please note that English is not my primary language. So sorry if there is unclear things (:

[2112Jay]

--ModuleScript 
local module = {}

function module.Command(model)
	for _, child in pairs(model:GetChildren()) do
		print(child.Name)
	end
end

return module

--Script
local model = workspace:WaitForChild("Model")
local module = require(game.ServerScriptService.ModuleScript)
module.Command(model) --or maybe module.Command(script.Parent)

Basically saying send the model as part of the parameters.
module.Command(model, A, B, C) – if needed.

[Sarlex0 (Sarlex)]

The way I use the most is simply to create another module just for saving / reading the data you need that doesnt require neither of your other modules but instead is required by both of them.

Another more whacky way would be to instead of requiring the other module at the beginning, instead just create an empty variable for it and require + set it in a function you call only from one place, this way you’ll dodge the recursive call.

[ksa_ab65 (oden)]

@2112Jay

function module.Command(model)
	for _, child in pairs(model:GetChildren()) do
		print(child.Name)
	end
end

this loop in the ModuleScript script children?

[ksa_ab65 (oden)]

i dont think yall understaned me

so the ModuleScript is under a folder under workspace
and that folder also have alot of models
there is a script under every model
and this script require the function in the ModuleScript

so how can i define the Humanoid or the Desc in the ModuleScript function?

here is the script inside the ModuleScript:

local module = {}

module.CheakingAvailability = function ()
	local Outfit = script.Parent
	local Humanoid = Outfit:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
	local Desc = Outfit:FindFirstChildOfClass("HumanoidDescription")
	
	-- i want to do a piece of code here but how i can define the Outfit?
    -- or the HumanoidDescription or the Humanoid

return module

@2112Jay
@Sarlex0

[ksa_ab65 (oden)]

so lets say i want to change the NameDisplayDistance property in the Humanoid of every outfit to “None” from the ModuleScript how i will do that?

[MasaruOshiro (Averilongnem)]

Very simple

First I suggest putting all the Outfit into another separate folder (We’ll call this folder Outfits)

This should make it easier to access each model outfits

Then inside the module script, iterate through each of the contents within that folder

for _, outfit in pairs(game.Workspace.OutfitFolder.Outfits) do
   -- stuff you want to do for each outfit model
end

And that’s it. Easy to do.

@ksa_ab65

so lets say i want to change the NameDisplayDistance property in the Humanoid of every outfit to “None” from the ModuleScript how i will do that?

Now let’s try to solve the question in the post you mentioned above ^

for _, outfit in pairs(game.Workspace.OutfitFolder.Outfits) do
   -- the outfit is the model (Which is Outfit1, Outfit2, Outfit3... etc...)
   outfit.Humanoid.NameDisplayDistance = None;
end

[ksa_ab65 (oden)]

yeah man i know how to loop, but lets say there will be 500+ outfits
looping will take so mush time
thats why i want to set up this using ModuleScript

also i dont want to make 500 scripts for all 500 outfits.
cuz in case i want to change somthing i dont have to change it 500 times

[MasaruOshiro (Averilongnem)]

Looping through 500 outfits is actually pretty fast to be honest.

I made a tile based game that loops through exactly 4096 blocks
and in the Micro Profiler it took roughly about 5ms to change all of their color.

The reason why it’s slow is because the models are not cached in memory meaning it has to find each of them manually for every iteration.

Here is an image to showcase this:

each block under the PlayerVision1(the one where it says slow)is manually looking up the location of each blocks every iteration, 4096 times which took about 120ms per frame.

And this is the one with cached memory:

(Well it looks like it was already solved so I guess I don’t have to write up a solution. Thanks to everyone as well for pitching in their solutions as well )

[ksa_ab65 (oden)]

So here is the solution
take the calling script as an argument

ModuleScript:

local module = {}

function module.ProcessOutfit(callerScript)
	local Outfit = callerScript.Parent
end
return module

the normal script:

local Module = require(game.Workspace.OutfitFolder.ModuleScript)

Module.ProcessOutfit(script)

works fine.

thanks yall @MasaruOshiro @2112Jay @Sarlex0 for trying to help

[2112Jay]

Pretty much what I was saying here. Just need to pass something you can use as point from where it was called from.

[ksa_ab65 (oden)]

i did not understand why u are looping

• also i did not understand the .Command
  i thouth its a bulit in thing
  i am new to functions formatted like this (: