How to relocate objects spawning inside each other?

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#1

I have a module that spawns objects around my map. I have spawn-points that are place in certain places and the objects I want to spawn will spawn at a random spawn-point. I’m not sure how to relocate the objects that spawn inside each other.

local itemSpawnerModule = {}

local Replicated = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local spawnPoints = workspace.itemSpawnPoints:GetDescendants()
local puzzlePieces = workspace.puzzlePieces.Part
local newPuzzleFolder = workspace.piecesSpawn

local puzzlesCollected = Replicated.itemValues.puzzlesCollected

local amount = 25
local puzzleTable = {}

function itemSpawnerModule.spawnCollide()
	for i, v in pairs(spawnPoints) do
		if v:IsA("Part") then
			v.CanCollide = false
		end
	end
end

function itemSpawnerModule.collectPuzzles()
	Replicated.remoteEvents.objectsCollected:FireAllClients(puzzlesCollected, puzzleTable)
end

function itemSpawnerModule.proximtyActivated(puzzle)
	puzzle.ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function()
		puzzle.Parent = Replicated.collectedItems
		puzzlesCollected.Value += 1
		itemSpawnerModule.collectPuzzles()
	end)
end


function itemSpawnerModule.morePuzzles()
	for i, v in pairs(spawnPoints) do
		local spawnsOpens = spawnPoints[math.random(1, #spawnPoints)]
		local newPiece = puzzlePieces:Clone()
		newPiece.Parent = newPuzzleFolder
		newPiece.Anchored = true
		table.insert(puzzleTable, newPiece)
		if spawnsOpens:IsA("Part") then
			newPiece.CFrame = spawnsOpens.CFrame
			if #puzzleTable == amount then
				break
			end
			itemSpawnerModule.proximtyActivated(newPiece)
		end
		for i, v in pairs(newPiece:GetTouchingParts()) do
			if v.Name == "Part" and spawnsOpens:IsA("Part") then
				v.CFrame = spawnsOpens.CFrame
			end
		end
	end
end


return itemSpawnerModule
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#2

What do guy mean with relocate? There’s different ways of doing this, the easiest would be to make them unanchored which will make them go out of where the part and then anche le them if you need

#3

When the game starts every object goes to a random spawn point but some objects spawn inside each other at the same spawn point. I want to be able to detect when that happens and then move the object to a empty spawn point.

#4

For that you would do something like .Touched and then move the part I can’t do the script right mow

#5

I can’t use the touch event on 2 parts that are anchored. I’m just trying to figure out how I can move them somewhere else or if I should be doing something totally different.

#6

You could remove an element from the spawnPoints table once its been chosen, so it won’t be chosen again. But in case you want to keep the spawnPoints table unchanged, I modified your function a bit to use a temporary table to keep spawnPoints unchanged but still use my approach.

function itemSpawnerModule.morePuzzles()
	local temp = spawnPoints
	for i, v in pairs(spawnPoints) do
		local index = math.random(1, #temp)
		local spawnsOpens = temp[index]
		table.remove(temp, index)
		local newPiece = puzzlePieces:Clone()
		newPiece.Parent = newPuzzleFolder
		newPiece.Anchored = true
		table.insert(puzzleTable, newPiece)
		if spawnsOpens:IsA("Part") then
			newPiece.CFrame = spawnsOpens.CFrame
			if #puzzleTable == amount then
				break
			end
			itemSpawnerModule.proximtyActivated(newPiece)
		end
		for i, v in pairs(newPiece:GetTouchingParts()) do
			if v.Name == "Part" and spawnsOpens:IsA("Part") then
				v.CFrame = spawnsOpens.CFrame
			end
		end
	end
end