How would I get everything from a folder to change...?

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#1

I’m currently making a prison and I’m currently stuck since I am wanting to make a Lockdown system for the lights and will turn red when a ClickDetector is pressed. I have the button stuff down but since my Lights are in a folder. (Organization) I don’t know how to make it so those are all able to change color…

local LockdownButton = script.Parent
local clickDetector = LockdownButton.ClickDetector

function onMouseClick()

end
clickDetector.MouseClick:connect(onMouseClick)
#2 
local LockdownButton = script.Parent
local clickDetector = LockdownButton.ClickDetector
local lights= ... -- reference to Lights folder


function onMouseClick()
	--- sure lights folder only have light
	for k, light in pairs(lights:getChildren()) do
		wait()
		light.Color= Color3.fromRGB(255,0,0)
	end
end
clickDetector.MouseClick:connect(onMouseClick)

GetChildren() will return a table contain all children in it

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#3

Hmmm… if I have a SpotLight and SurfaceLight how would I make it so both change color as well instead of only the SpotLight?

#4

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The one on the right is the SpotLight and the left is the Surface Light, The surface light won’t change colors.

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#5 
local LockdownButton = script.Parent
local clickDetector = LockdownButton.ClickDetector
local lights = game.Workspace.Lights.Part
function onMouseClick()
	
	for k, light in pairs(lights:getChildren()) do
		wait()
		light.Color= Color3.fromRGB(255,0,0)
	end
end
clickDetector.MouseClick:connect(onMouseClick)

And if I do

game.Workspace.Lights

It doesn’t get the children of the parts (The Lights), instead it just gets the parts.

#6

GetChildren only gets the direct descendants of the Folder.

#7

Would I be able to do something like

local parts = lights.part

then get the children for “parts”?

#8

Name all the lights ‘Light’ and use that code.

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#9

Thank you, I was actually thinking of just renaming all the Light Sources and you somewhat did that for me!

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