Low Detail Mode w/ Streaming Enabled

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Hi,

I have this system for a low detail mode toggle; one of the things it does is disable textures, which works by caching the transparency values of textures on parts with a NumberValue, which is stored as a child to the texture instance. The thing is: Since I use streaming enabled, (can’t really disable this since the game’s map is massive, nor can I split things into separate places) when you turn off the low detail mode setting but have loaded more instances by moving around, it tries to reset the texture transparency only to find that there’s no transparency value in the instance. This also results in some textures appearing thus partially ruining the purpose of a low detail mode.

Is there any possible way I could temporarily load the entire workspace and unload it to fix this? (load and unload just on the client from a local script) Or any other sort of solution?

Here’s my code (local script):

local TopbarButtons = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.TopbarButtons)

local UselessButtonsTable = workspace.ControlRoomDetails.UselessThings:GetChildren()
local UselessChamberItemsTable = workspace.ICFRChamber.UnnecessaryDetails:GetChildren()
local UselessICFRItemsTable = workspace.ICFR.structure.UnnecessaryDetails:GetChildren()
local PipesAndVents = workspace.SupportAndOtherProps.Pipes:GetChildren()
local SupportBeams = workspace.SupportAndOtherProps.SupportBeams:GetChildren()

local Button = TopbarButtons.new()
:setImage("rbxassetid://256294290")
:setCaption("Settings")
:setDropdown({
	TopbarButtons.new()
	:setLabel("Low Detail Mode")
	:bindEvent("selected", function()
		game.Lighting.EnvironmentSpecularScale = 0
		game.Lighting.GlobalShadows = false
		game.Lighting.DepthOfField.Enabled = false
		for i,v in pairs(workspace:GetDescendants()) do
			if v:IsA("Texture") then
				if not v:FindFirstChild("TransparencyValueObject") then
					local TransparencyValue = Instance.new("NumberValue",v)
					TransparencyValue.Name = "TransparencyValueObject"
					TransparencyValue.Value = v.Transparency		
				end
				v.Transparency = 1
			end
		end
		for i,v in pairs(UselessButtonsTable) do
			v.Parent = nil
		end
		for i,v in pairs(UselessChamberItemsTable) do
			v.Parent = nil
		end
		for i,v in pairs(UselessICFRItemsTable) do
			v.Parent = nil
		end
		for i,v in pairs(PipesAndVents) do
			v.Parent = nil
		end
		for i,v in pairs(SupportBeams) do
			v.Parent = nil
		end
		workspace.Lava.Magma.SurfaceGui.Enabled = false
	end)
	:bindEvent("deselected", function()
		game.Lighting.EnvironmentSpecularScale = 0.6
		game.Lighting.GlobalShadows = true
		game.Lighting.DepthOfField.Enabled = true
		for i,v in pairs(workspace:GetDescendants()) do
			if v:IsA("Texture") and then
				v.Transparency = v.TransparencyValueObject.Value
			end
		end
		for i,v in pairs(UselessButtonsTable) do
			v.Parent = workspace.ControlRoomDetails.UselessThings
		end
		for i,v in pairs(UselessChamberItemsTable) do
			v.Parent = workspace.ICFRChamber.UnnecessaryDetails
		end
		for i,v in pairs(UselessICFRItemsTable) do
			v.Parent = workspace.ICFR.structure.UnnecessaryDetails
		end
		for i,v in pairs(PipesAndVents) do
			v.Parent = workspace.SupportAndOtherProps.Pipes
		end
		for i,v in pairs(SupportBeams) do
			v.Parent = workspace.SupportAndOtherProps.SupportBeams
		end
		workspace.Lava.Magma.SurfaceGui.Enabled = false
	end)
})

Thanks in advance!