Objects pass through condition checks despite not meeting any condition

[devvrs]

I have this script that automates the assignment of little hexagons (territory) to stars in my game. I need to get the position of an object in part of my script. For some reason, folders are passing through two condition checks in my script, causing errors as folders do not have positions.

I can’t find the reason why, any help is nice

local function findTerritory(star)
	local raycastParams = RaycastParams.new()
	raycastParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
	raycastParams.FilterDescendantsInstances = {game.Workspace.Baseplate, game.Workspace.Backdrop}
	local raycastResult = workspace:Raycast(star.Position, Vector3.new(0, -1, 0), raycastParams)
	if raycastResult.Instance then
		return raycastResult.Instance
	else
		print("Unable to find territory")
		return nil
	end
end

local function findOtherStarsWithinTerritory(territory)
	local overlapParams = OverlapParams.new()
	overlapParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
	overlapParams.CollisionGroup = "Default"
	local touchingObjects = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(CFrame.new(territory.Position.X, 0.85, territory.Position.Z), Vector3.new(14.245, 1, 15.405), overlapParams)
	local otherStarsWithinTerritory = {}
	if #touchingObjects > 0 then
		print(touchingObjects)
		for _, object in pairs(touchingObjects) do
			if object:IsA("BasePart") and object.Name == "StarClickDetector" then --first check
				local otherStarsTerritory = findTerritory(object.Parent)
				if otherStarsTerritory == territory then
					table.insert(otherStarsWithinTerritory, object.Parent)
				end
			elseif object.Parent:IsA("Folder") then --second check
				print(object.Name)
				local otherStarsTerritory = findTerritory(object)
				if otherStarsTerritory == territory then
					table.insert(otherStarsWithinTerritory, object)
				end
			end
		end
	else
		print("Did not find stars within " .. territory.Name)
		return nil
	end
	return otherStarsWithinTerritory
end

local function assignCapital(territory)
	local capitalValue = territory:FindFirstChild("TerritoryCapital")
	local possibleCapitals = findOtherStarsWithinTerritory(territory)
	local closestCapital = nil
	local closestDistance = math.huge
	
	if possibleCapitals and #possibleCapitals > 0 then
		for _, capital in pairs(possibleCapitals) do
			local distance = (capital.Position - territory.Position).Magnitude
			if distance < closestDistance then
				closestDistance = distance
				closestCapital = capital
			end
		end
		capitalValue.Value = closestCapital.Name
	else
		local overlapParams = OverlapParams.new()
		overlapParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
		overlapParams.CollisionGroup = "Default"
		local result = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(CFrame.new(territory.Position.X, 0.5, territory.Position.Z), Vector3.new(30, 0.5, 30), overlapParams)
		if #result > 0 then
			local nearbyStars = {}
			for _, object in pairs(result) do
				if string.find(object.Name, "Star") then
					table.insert(nearbyStars, object.Parent.Parent)
				end
			end
			for _, star in pairs(nearbyStars) do
				local distance = (star.Position - territory.Position).Magnitude
				if distance < closestDistance then
					closestDistance = distance
					closestCapital = star
				end
			end
			if closestCapital then
				local closestTerritoryWithCapital = findTerritory(closestCapital)
				--capitalValue.Value = closestTerritoryWithCapital:FindFirstChild("TerritoryCapital").Value
				if closestTerritoryWithCapital then
					local territoryCapital = closestTerritoryWithCapital:FindFirstChild("TerritoryCapital")

					if territoryCapital then
						capitalValue.Value = territoryCapital.Value
					else
						warn("No 'TerritoryCapital' found in " .. closestTerritoryWithCapital.Name)
					end
				else
					warn("findTerritory returned nil for " .. closestCapital.Name)
				end
			else
				warn("No closest capital found.")
			end
		else
			warn("No objects found in GetPartBoundsInBox for territory " .. territory.Name)
		end
	end
end

for _, model in pairs(game.Workspace.Territory:GetChildren()) do
	for _, territory in pairs(model:GetChildren()) do
		if string.find(territory.Name, "Territory") then
			assignCapital(territory)
			task.wait(0.05)
		end
	end
end

this function in specific:

local function findOtherStarsWithinTerritory(territory)
	local overlapParams = OverlapParams.new()
	overlapParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
	overlapParams.CollisionGroup = "Default"
	local touchingObjects = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(CFrame.new(territory.Position.X, 0.85, territory.Position.Z), Vector3.new(14.245, 1, 15.405), overlapParams)
	local otherStarsWithinTerritory = {}
	if #touchingObjects > 0 then
		print(touchingObjects)
		for _, object in pairs(touchingObjects) do
			if object:IsA("BasePart") and object.Name == "StarClickDetector" then --first check
				local otherStarsTerritory = findTerritory(object.Parent)
				if otherStarsTerritory == territory then
					table.insert(otherStarsWithinTerritory, object.Parent)
				end
			elseif object.Parent:IsA("Folder") then --second check
				print(object.Name)
				local otherStarsTerritory = findTerritory(object)
				if otherStarsTerritory == territory then
					table.insert(otherStarsWithinTerritory, object)
				end
				warn("Skipping object with no Position property: " .. object.Parent.Name)
			end
		end
	else
		print("Did not find stars within " .. territory.Name)
		return nil
	end
	return otherStarsWithinTerritory
end

when adding a warn to tell me what objects are being passed, folders are shown before receiving an error

I cannot find why this is happening, and it is breaking my script. I can’t seem to find any further fixes on this