How would I get a random GEAR from a players ROBLOX inventory?

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#1

Is there a way to do this? I’ve been looking a lot, can’t seem to find anything like this topic

Edit: allowing gears in the experience will not be an option - I do not want excessive lag when storing them in a folder

#2 
local plr_Gears = player.Backpack:GetChildren()
local random_Gear = plr_Gears[math.random(1,#plr_Gears)]

Maybe this.

#3

I mean their ROBLOX inventory, I’m not that bad

#4

I’m sure they meant the gears that the player possesses in their Roblox inventory.

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#5

You could enable tools in your game then immediately move the tools into a folder to store them and then use the code that @Gabr3br gave you. Except from the folder instead of the plrs inv.

#6

That was my idea, although with the excessive storage (I only need 1 random gear), the experience would lag

edit: lets say StickMasterLuke joined, he would have like a thousand gears, right? Imagine how laggy it would get

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#7

Ohhh, so an API will probably be needed if there is one that returns this.

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#8

It was just an idea because niether do I have any other idea of how you would do it. I don’t have my computer open right now but maybe try the catalog built in function (i forgot what its called lol)? I dont know exactly what it does I’ve never used it before.

#9

Yeah I’m not sure, I’ll need an example code for this one lol

#10

Why don’t you delete the lets say “folder” after you got the random gear.

#11

Because the random gear will be selected multiple times (a round-based game)

Plus even when adding to the folder for a split second, players on devices/with poor connection will notice a spike in lag, which I don’t want at all

#12

You should add a loading screen type of thing so it would wait after the lag spike. Like lets say when you teleport with the random gear there’s a loading screen for a few seconds.

#13

Maybe this’ll help? Heres a dev hub dockument.

#14

As I said, the random gear will be selected multiple times

#15

When you get a chance could you see what you could do?

#16

You could try this

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	
	local Tools = {}
	
	local Backpack = Player.Backpack
	
	for _, v in pairs(Backpack:GetChildren()) do
		
		table.insert(Tools, v.Name)
		
	end
	
	local RandomNum = math.random(1, #Tools)
	
	print(Tools[RandomNum])
	
end)
#17

Could you use this api.
https://inventory.roblox.com/docs#!/Inventory/get_v2_users_userId_inventory
But there’s a problem, users can disable public inventory.

#18

He wants a tool from the Player’s Roblox Inventory.

#19

Oh I see, my bad I read it wrong… Sorry

#20

Thats okay, no need to apologize. Just next time try to see if someone already posted something alike.