How to make children of model as a table to loop it thru top to bottom

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#1

im trying to make a map changer after each round in order A-Z without math.random so i tried it by indexing through the MapsToLoad folder but somehow it skips a child of the MapsToLoad so it will be like B-D-C-A not A-B-C-D

heres the code

local SS = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local mtl = SS.CustomMaps:GetChildren() --mapstoload
local c = 1 -- this variable act as an index 
script.Parent.RegenControl.Signal.Changed:Connect(function()
	wait(5)
	local mtu = workspace.LoadedMaps:GetChildren() --mapstounload
	for _, m in pairs(mtu) do
		m:Destroy()
	end
	local mio = mtl[c]:Clone() --mapsinorder -- yeah you get what i mean
	mio.Parent = workspace.LoadedMaps	
	if c == #mtl then
		c = 1 -- jump back to the first child if it reached the folder length
	else
		c = c +1 -- otherwise add 1 to replace the first with 2nd-3rd etc etc
	end
end)

any help?
Because if I make a table of the folder that means I have to make a new line
to add another map in the MapsToLoad if I make a new map in the future so it will
take up alot of lines.

#2

Hey, I just wrote up something that could help you.

This code should sort a table in alphabetical order (A - Z) from left to right. If it’s not what you’re looking for, let me know. I also wrote out of my own curiousity, as I like trying new things in programming. So, sorry if it’s horribly inefficient haha, I haven’t studied sorting algorithms quite yet lol.

Here it is:

local myTable = {"Hello", "Add", "Substract"}

local activated = true

while activated == true do
    for i = 1, #myTable, 1 do
        if myTable[i] and myTable[i - 1] then
            if string.byte(myTable[i]) >= 65 and string.byte(myTable[i]) <= 90 then
                if string.byte(myTable[i]) < string.byte(myTable[i - 1]) then
                    local previous = myTable[i - 1]
                    local current = myTable[i]

                    myTable[i] = previous
                    myTable[i - 1] = current
                    activated = true
                else
                    activated = false
                end
            end
        end
    end
end

EDIT: This will only work if,

  1. The elements in the array are strings
  2. The first character in each string is a letters A - Z or a - z (not symbols and such)
  3. Just a note, it isn’t bug proof or anything, so feel free to improve however you need
#3

i tried using table.insert so this is my attempt

local mtl = SS.CustomMaps:GetChildren()
local q = {}
for _, i in pairs(mtl) do
table.insert(q,mtl) -- it errored here :/
end
local c = 1
#4

I dont mean by alphabetical order i wanted it to make the Children as a table so it goes from the first child to the last in order so how i do that?

#5

What’s the error? I don’t believe you can insert anything into :GetChildren(), as I think it’s a read-only function.

So you want to put the :Children() into a seperate table? And what do you mean by first to last - numerically sorted, or what?

#6

Folder:
. Koerer
.gegeogke
.jeojgoejgje
.ejgoejgoee
i want it to loop through the first child until the last (ejgoejgoee)

but when script ran, it started at the second to fourth to first and then third

#7

Then just do something like this:

for i, v in pairs(SS.CustomMaps:GetChildren()) do
    -- Whatever you want to do
end

Is that not what you mean ?

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#8

i changed it

local SS = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local mtl = SS.CustomMaps:GetChildren() --mapstoload
local c = 1
script.Parent.RegenControl.Signal.Changed:Connect(function()
	wait(5)
	local mtu = workspace.LoadedMaps:GetChildren() --mapstounload
	for _, m in pairs(mtu) do
		m:Destroy()
	end
	for _, mapstoloop in pairs(mtl) do
		local mio = mapstoloop[c]:Clone()
		mio.Parent = workspace.LoadedMaps -- here, should it work?
	end
	if c == #mtl then
		c = 1
	else
		c = c +1
	end
end)
#9

I believe that should work…

What is mio supposed to represent?

#10

Welp, error again i seriously dont know what is going on :confused:

#11

Send me the error message; what does it say?

#12

1 is not a valid member of model
the mapstoloop[c] is the attempt to index through

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#14

Does it specify a line in the error message?

And also, what’s the need for indexing the table with c, or using c at all?

From what I understand you’re trying to do this:

  1. Load a map into the game
  2. When a game is over (or whatever), remove that map from workspace.LoadedMaps, and instead put the next map into workspace.LoadedMaps

I feel like I have something wrong with the above - could you clarify what you’re trying to? Sorry for the hassle.

#15

Because if I do a table its gonna be insufficient because I have to add another line when adding a new map
like

local MapsToLoad = {
RPA -- variable to point SS.CustomMaps.RPA
RPB
RPC
RPD
RPE 
-- next line has to be filled if wanting to add a new map
}
#16

So i wanted to make the :GetChildren as a table to start indexing from the first to last model

#17

Oh sorry, I meant on a wider scope. As in the big picture of what you’re trying to do - like with the maps step by step.

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#21 
local abc = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
local Index = 1


while true do
	local Found = false
	repeat
		if Index > 26 then Index = 1 end
		local char = abc:substr(Index, Index)
		for i,v in pairs(game.ServerStorage.CustomMaps:GetChildren()) do
			if v.Name:lower():substr(3,3) == char then
				-- Unload Old Map
				-- Load Map
				Found = true
			end
			Index += 1
			break
		end
	until
		Found = true
	wait(180)
end

You could try something like this…
I havent tested it or anything

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