My script doesn't work

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#1

I want to disable all lights. The hierarchy is simple. Workspace > Facility > Roof Lamp > Light > PointLight.
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My script is:

local function turnOffLights()
	local roofLamp = game.Workspace.Facility["Roof Lamp"].Light

	for i, child in pairs(roofLamp:GetChildren()) do
		if child:IsA("PointLight") then
			child.Enabled = false
		end
	end
end

I think it’s supposed to work, but it doesn’t :frowning:
I’ve did some testing and everything works correctly, it finds the workspace, the folder and then the light. So hierarchy is correct. I really don’t know what is wrong and this is driving me crazy.

#2

Is this a server-side Script or a client-side LocalScript? Were any errors thrown?

#3

Server side, no errors everything works seamlessly except the lights dont turn off

#4

You have used GetChildren(), which only gets the children. Use GetDescendants().

With that being said, it would be more efficient to just do:

roofLamp.Light:GetChildren()

or

roofLamp.Light.PointLight
#5

Are you calling the function properly? Can you please send the part of your code that calls that function?

#6

Im sure it does work because I get printed “Worked”, just a thing i added in function for debug

#7

There is a lot of Roof Lamps, and I need to get them all and in all of them I need to disable the lights

#8

Are all of the models (containing the PointLights that you need to disable) under the Facility folder?

#9

Yes they do, I can double check if you want

#10

In that case, you would do something like the following:

local folder = game.Workspace.Facility

for i, v in pairs(folder:GetDescendants()) do
    if v:IsA("PointLight") then
        v.Enabled = false
    end
end
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#11

Let me try real quick…

It worked! Thanks!

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#12

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