Need to find models within a model, and then find lights within those models

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve?
    So I have a model called “Train” which has 8 different sub-models called “Carriage1”, “Carriage2”, etc. until 8. Each of the carriages have multiple models within them, one of them which I need to access called “DoorLights”. “DoorLights” then has multiple lights attached to parts called “SurfaceLight”. I need to change the activity of the light after something happens, filtering to find only the lights called “SurfaceLight” within the model “DoorLights” in all carriages. I don’t want all the “SurfaceLight” throughout the train to be changed, only the ones within the “DoorLights” model

  2. What is the issue?
    The issue is that I know how to search for the lights within each model named DoorLights and change their properties, but I have to create a separate code for each carriage. I want to find a way where it first finds each model named “DoorLights” within the “Train” model, and then runs the search for “SurfaceLight” within “DoorLights”

  3. What solutions have you tried so far?
    I tried looking at the Dev hub for a situation like mine but struggled to find anything on it.

Any help would be appreciated! Lmk if you need code or anything from my project.

#2

If all your lights have the same name, all you have to do is this.

for i, item in pairs(train:GetDescendants()) do
     if item.Name == “name of light here” then
          —do your code here
     end
end

And for context, :GetDescendants is a function that puts every single thing included within an item into a table

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#3

Thanks for the response, let me just clarify what I need here. I don’t need every light to turn on, only the lights within the models called “DoorLights”. There is a “DoorLights” model in 8 different carriage models.

Here is my attempt at it:

for _, doorLights in ipairs(script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent:GetChildren()) do 
--that long identifier is the "Train" model
	if (doorLights.Name == "DoorLights") then
		for _, doorLightsLights in ipairs(--[[I dont know what goes here and how to get it]]) do
			if (doorLightsLights.Name == "SurfaceLight") then
				doorLightsLights.Active = true
			end
		end
	end
end
#4

He says he only wants to find surfaceLights within a certain model. Instead of searching the whole train, he should be using this:

train = workspace.Train

for _,v in pairs(train:GetDescendants()) do
    if v.Parent.Parent.Name == "DoorLights" and v.Name == "SurfaceLight" then
        --do stuff
    end
end

GetDescendants will collect every single instance inside of an instance. every single model,sound,etc in your entire train model. You know that the surfaceLight is inside of a part, inside of a model called DoorLights. Hence, v (the specific instance being indexed at that time) .Parent (the part the light is inside of) .Parent (the model that part is inside of aka “DoorLights”) .Name

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#5

Brilliant, this is exactly what I needed. Thanks a lot!