How to replace images and keep its same Id?

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#1

I created dozens of images currently used in various parts of my game.
I need to retouch these images, but I don’t want to create new images with a new Id, as I will have a lot of work to put the new Id in each Image field.

How can I replace a current image with another image and keep the same Id of this image?

#2

You can’t.

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#3

Just use a local plugin to do it for you

local old_id = -- put the old one here to be replaced

local new_id = -- put the new id that you want to use to replace the old one

local function HasProperty(v,i)
  return pcall(function() return v[i] end)
end

for i, v in pairs(workspace:GetDescendants()) do -- loop through each instance inside of workspace
  if HasProperty(v, 'Image') and v.Image == old_id then -- checks if it has the 'Image' property and has the old id
    v.Image == new_id -- changes it to the new id
  end
end
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#4

Sadly, you cannot. You cannot change a image and keep the same ID. If in the focus of decals, you will have to create a new decal to get a new image resulting in the ID being different.

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#5

I don’t think this would work since this is placed in Studio and is not being placed within Roblox decal files. It may work since I am not a scripter, I am a website developer but it is worth a try.

-Snowflake

#6

Its a local plugin so it can run whilst inside of development and help with development

#7

Sorry for reviving this old post but now you can do so with Packages, which easily allow you to change all assets in a game and push updates to all other places linked :slight_smile:

#8

Thanks, but this has nothing to do with the op.

#9

It does. With packages you can change an image without changing the ID.

#10

Could you show a proof? Get an image by its Id, and replace it by another, keeping the same Id.

#11
#12

I didn’t ask for an article. I asked for a proof, an example.

#13

The article is more than enough proof. It’s an official Roblox page/feature page.

#14

You are confusing things. That’s why I asked you to test it yourself to understand that what you said doesn’t make sense. Nevermind.