How to make random lights turn on in a random order

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve?
    Hello ! I want to turn on lights one by one in a random order. (Without selecting the lights one by one like : local light 1, local light 2, local light 3)
    I put a picture to demonstrate what do i want to do.

    example
    example1670×797 471 KB

  2. What is the issue?
    I don’t know how to do it without selecting the lights one by one.

  3. What solutions have you tried so far?
    I looked on the devforum and others and i found nothing.

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#2 
local parent

for v, part in pairs(parent:GetChildren()) do
    print("Light",v,"its",part)
end
#3

Here try this:

local lights = {} -- put the light instances in this table.

local delay = 1

while true do

local randomLight = lights[math.random(1, #lights)]

randomLight.Enabled = true

task.wait(delay)

randomLight.Enabled = false

end
#4 
local lights = game.Workspace.Lights:GetChildren()
while true do
    for i, v in pairs(lights) do
        lights.Light.Enabled = false
   end
    lights[math.Random(1,#lights).Light.Enabled = true
    wait(1)
end

this will work assuming all the lights are in a group called "Lights’ located in the workspace. Also change whatever light part you have within them to be called “Light”

#5

Thank you for your reply but there is an error at line 6 how to i fix it ?

#6

replace

  lights[math.Random(1,#lights).Light.Enabled = true

with

  lights[math.Random(1,#lights)].Light.Enabled = true
#7

Ok and if i want to change the parts material how do i do it ?

#8

Do .Material = Enum.Material.[Put your material after the dot] eg: Enum.Material.Cobblestone

#9 
local lights = game.Workspace.Lights:GetChildren()
local originalMaterial = lights[1].Material
local newMaterial = Enum.Material.*whatever it is*

while true do
    for i, v in pairs(lights) do
        v.Light.Enabled = false
v.Light.Material = originalMaterial
   end
    local slights = lights[math.random(1,#lights)]
slights.Light.Enabled = true
slights.Material = newMaterial

    wait(1)
end
#10

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#11

I updated my script, try it now

#12

I get this
image

This is how my testing model is organized
image

(I didn’t put the light for the moment i just put the part to change the material)

#13

Put the lights in, and rename them to “Light”, otherwise it will error

#14

Okay, i managed to make the script work.
But now the lights turn on and off randomly
How do i make it so when all the lights are turn on the script stop ?

#15 
local lights = game.Workspace.Lights:GetChildren()
local originalMaterial = lights[1].Material
local newMaterial = Enum.Material.*whatever it is*
local nLights = lights

for i = 1, #lights do
   local chosen = nLights[math.random(1, #nlights)]
   chosen.Material = newMaterial
   chosen.Light.Enabled = true
   table.remove(nLights, table.find(nLights, chosen))
  wait(1)
end
#16

Ok it worked thank you for helping me !