I can't get a tween to run in a for loop?

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#1

I’m trying to run a tween in a for loop to change the size of something, and if a certain condition is met stop that tween from running.
I’m having issues even getting the tween to run

Please help :sob:
Code:

local val = true
for i, v in pairs(spellreplicate.Beams:GetChildren()) do
	if v.Name ~= "1" and v.Name ~= "2" then		
		local beam = spellreplicate.Beams:FindFirstChild(v.Name)
		print(beam)
				
				
		local beamgrow = tweenservice:Create(beam, TweenInfo.new(1), {Size = Vector3.new(beam.Size.X, 100, beam.Size.Z)})
		beamgrow:Play()
				
		local val2 = true
		while val2 == true do
					
			if beam.Touched == true and val2 ~= false then
				local parts = beam:GetTouchingParts()
						
				print(parts)
						
				for i, v in pairs(parts) do
					print(beam)
					if v.Name == "Barrier" or v:IsA("Terrain") or v.Name == "Baseplate" then
						beamgrow:Pause()
								
						val = false
						val2 = false
					end
					wait()
				end
			end
			wait()
		end
	end
	wait()
end
#2

so, first of all, I believe that when you print beam print(beam) it will print “Instance”, so if you want the name put print(beam.Name), and what does .Touched stands for? if its a value inside the beam, you need to write beam.Touched.Value, and btw if you want to rlly make the tween stop and have no intention from playing it again on that call, you can just use Cancel instand of Pause

Send the output in here so I can rlly help you : )

#3

It’s most likely not a value within the beam, but a misunderstanding of how to detect collisions with the beam. Due to how OP worded their issue, I am inclined to believe the tween runs occasionally, meaning their interpolation of the “Size” property works. Beams do not have this property, so one can assume his beam isn’t an actual beam

#4

Oh I alr understood what he is try to do, we can just add a Touched function and delete that GeTouchingParts ig and I missunderstood beam, with bean sorry lol

#5

That would lead to OP connecting an ever-increasing number of duplicate event listeners—that code would be executed in a loop. OP’s code is a mess, to be frank, so let’s try to write them a new script

#6

This code needs to be replaced… can you tell us what your overall goal with this code is so we can write you something new?

#7

He posted this 6 hours ago so it might take a while to reply idk

#8

Let me explain what its trying to do-

So there is a model with a bunch of ‘beam’ PARTS under it. The for loop is going through the beam parts in that model. There are 8 beams total, and I do not want the function to check the first 2. Each beam has a number as it’s name. (1-8) The tween for beamgrow is meant to run a tween for each beam that is not 1 or 2 that increases the size of the part in question until the part touches the ground, baseplate, or a part with the name “Barrier”. The second for loop is what checks the parts touching IF the part has touched something. My issue is with getting the beamgrow tween to run in the first place.