Is it possible to make it so certain parts are unable to be found/referenced by a script?

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#1

Pretty much the title. For example let’s say it’s convenient for me to have several parts in the same folder, and for me to affect all of the parts with a script using :GetChildren() on the folder. However, some of those parts I don’t want to be affected, but it is just much more convenient if I put it into the folder. Is there a way I can have the script ignore them without manually checking for the names of the parts or something in the loop?

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#2

I would put a simple BoolValue and have the script also check each item for said BoolValue if there is one, return, if there is not, then commence further

#3

could also do this with Attribute which maybe setup on runtime or manually also in a loop if true just use continue like below

for i , part in ipairs(Folder:GetChildren()) do
   if part:GetAttribute('Skip') then continue end
    --- do other stuff here if its not to be skipped
end
#4

Set the Archivable property for the object to false, then :GetChildren() should not add it to the returned table.

Edit: but note that you won’t be able to access that object through scripts anymore.

Hope this helps!