Is there a way to detect the part in a model that has touched?

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#1

So there are three pads that are in a model, and a ball this is going to fall at the top.
How can I detect which one of the pads has been touched without having to put a script in all of the pads?

I know this is kinda confusing but I need it to work for all three pads, or more (maybe even like 100 parts)

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Best idea I’ve got so far is putting a script in each part, but that might be laggy.

#2

You can instead put a touch script on the ball to detect which part is touched.

#3

Well, I need it to be in the model because the parts are going to be on a vehicle and I don’t want to put a script in every part in the map.

#4

I have an Idea here, in this situation, what I would do is make three functions, then activate them when a specific part is touched, one sec I’ll make a script

#5

function part1touched()

print(“Part1Touched”)

end

function part2touched()

print(“Part2Touched”)

end

function part3touched()

print(“Part2Touched”)

end

script.Parent.Parent.Part1.Touched:Connect(part1touched())

script.Parent.Parent.Part2.Touched:Connect(part2touched())

script.Parent.Parent.Part3.Touched:Connect(part3touched())

is this what you were looking for?

#6

Good idea. Rename the parts with a different name like: Part1, Part2, Part3

#7

You can put the touch script into the model instead of every part in the map.

#8

Well, I need it to work for possibly 100 parts or more.

#10

Instead of renaming every part manually just iterate through all the parts in your model and attach connections to them within a loop

local model = script.Parent

for i, Part in pairs(model:GetChildren()) do
   Part.Touched:Connect(function()
      print("The ball touched ".. Part.Name)
   end)
end
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#11

So I basically need a script in a model to get any part within the model that has been touched.

#12

This here, use this. However make sure that it’s a BasePart before doing Part.Touched because if you have anything else in the model that isn’t a part, it will error.

for _, part in pairs(script.Parent:GetChildren()) do
	if part:IsA("BasePart") then
		part.Touched:Connect(function()
			print("The ball touched "..part.Name)
		end)
	end
end
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#13

Try the script i posted, it will work with as much parts your model has

#14

Wow, thanks I didn’t know it was that simple