How to get copy of Instances from folder and put them somewhere

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#1

Hi,
Im making script and it should get Instances from folder in replicated storage make copy of childrens of this folder and put it into workspace for example.
So how can i get a copy of instances in folder?

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#2

Hey @ShkatulkaGames

So getting copies of instances is really simple, all you have to do is clone like so:

local instance = game.ReplicatedStorage.MyBlock -- this can be anything
local new_instance = instance:Clone()

To then place it into workspace, simply do:

new_instance.Parent = workspace

Now be aware! The new instance will move to its position co-ordinates it had set in studio, for a model this could be tons of parts - if you want to move it to a new location you may want to look into CFrame.

For folders, you may want to iterate through all the items to move them like so:

for _, object in pairs(folder:GetChildren()) do -- this then gets rid of the folder
  newObject = object:Clone()
  newObject.Parent = workspace
end

However this doesn’t matter as if you set the folder’s parent to the workspace, all the descendants move with it.

Happy developing! :smile:

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#3

why something like this don’t work?

 local folder = game.ReplicatedStorage[v.Name]:GetChildren()
 local clone = npcs:Clone()
 clone.Parent = workspace.NPCs
#5

Well to begin with:

local folder = game.ReplicatedStorage[v.Name]:GetChildren()
local clone = npcs:Clone() -- NPCs is undefined.
clone.Parent = workspace.NPCs

And to answer your question, when you perform the function :GetChildren() on a folder it returns a list, lists don’t have parents as they aren’t a class - they are just lists.

This is a bit hard to explain as folders etc. are all classes with attributes and methods behind them and you’d learn about object orientation at High School (US) / college (UK) level usually. As such it would require me to type a bunch down in order to explain how it all works.

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