I’ll try to explane what I am trying to do. I started learning lua about a month ago, so sorry for any missunderstanding I might have.
I have this local script for a local button. Local script sends the player’s name and a string value to a server script (via RemoteEvent).
I already wrote the script for the event. Might look a bit messy but here it is (function fires when button is clicked or touchTapped):
local function giveItem(player)
getitemButton.Visible = false
Event:FireServer(itemValue.Value)
end
I have this model in workspace that stores multiple parts, and every part has a stringvalue in them. When the part is clicked, stringvalue’s value changes to the player’s name (player who clicked the part). It’s an ownership system.
Here is what I want to do:
I want a server script to look inside the model after getting the remoteEvent signal, check which stringvalue has the player’s name in it and do a function with value.Parent (part that is the parent of the string value).
How do I check which value has the player’s name in the model? Thank you for your time. ^^
local model = --the model
function getItem(name)
for i, part in pairs(model:GetChildren()) do
if part:FindFirstChildOfClass("StringValue") then
if part:FindFirstChildOfClass("StringValue").Value == name then
return part
end
end
end
return nil
end
Ah, I can explain that to you. :FindFirstChild() returns the child of an object (the one you called FindFirstChild on) with a certain name. If there is no child matching that name, then it will return nil. :FindFirstChildOfClass() returns a child of an object but instead with a certain class (ex: StringValue, Player, Model), and once again returns nil if there is no object found.
So if I understand it correctly, with script you write you first find the ChildOfClass which is a stringvalue, and when stringvalues are found you search for the specific one that has the value = plr.Name. I’m guessing after the “then” in line 6 I can write a function for it?
Also thank you so much for explaning the :FindFirstChild, I really appreciate it.