To make it easier to understand, what I mean is having something like this in ReplicatedStorage;
And to access, for example, the BrickColor value in the f1 folder, use a function like something("f1.Value1")
and to access the BoolValue in the Howdy folder, use something like something("f1.Howdy.Value")
Basically just the normal way to get instances, but through a string, as the function is going to be the one actually getting the full path to the instances.
I can’t figure out any way to make something like this
I have this exact functionality in my game! I used this to make it (modified version):
local function FetchAsset(parent: Instance, name: string, separator: string?): Instance?
if assets.cache[name] then -- if this directory was already used, just load the cached Instance
return assets.cache[name]
end
local key = separator or '.' -- default url is "Parent.Child", but it can be customized to anything else (i.e "Parent/Child")
local split = name:split(key) -- Splits the name up by the separator so it can locate each item separately
local found = parent -- start from the root directory (should be an Instance)
for _, n in split do -- loop through the split directory
local f = found:WaitForChild(n,10) -- wait for a child to exist, for 10 seconds
if f then
found = f -- set the next directory to the current located child
end
return nil -- child wasn't found, just return nil
end
assets.cache[name] = found -- save the child (cache)
return found
end
Usage
local value1 = FetchAsset(<ROOT>, "f1.Value1") -- should return the instance
-- of course, this removes type analysis, so you would have to manually give it types
