SurfaceGUI to clone onto a brick

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#1

Good morning/afternoon/evening!
I am currently working on making a TV with SurfaceGUIs, and in order to roll out updates easily to each TV, I would like it to clone a SurfaceGUI from somewhere like ServerStorage. This is so I only have to edit it once, and it will go onto each tv!

I can think of a little code, but I am unsure on to how to make it clone onto the certain block. The script that will be executing this code is located inside the same part I want the GUI to be on

local tv = game.ServerStorage.TV

tv:Clone()

end

That is the basis I know, but I think it would just clone itself into ServerStorage again. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks! :slight_smile:

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#2

Can’t you simply change the picture that the surface ImageLabels display?

#3 
local Tv = game.ServerStorage.Tv

Tv:Clone().Parent = Block

This might help

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#4

No. Its an interactive TV, with buttons and such.

#5

You can use the Adornee property. Basically, it will shift the SurfaceGUI to the specific part.

#6

Would this work on multiple TV’s? Im making it for a hotel, so there would be a tv in each room, which I dont want to manually have to copy and paste the new one each time.

#7

If you want to script multiple TVs but only change one script, you can use the CollectionService.

#8

Yeah, but is there not a simple way that upon game startup, it will just clone that SurfaceGUI into every block I put the script in?

#9

You can use a loop to attach a SurfaceGUI to a specific part.

#10

Ok, thanks, but I am unsure on how to do that? I was thinking more along the lines of this, but im not sure how to get it to clone into the part instead of just cloning itself

local Tv = game.ServerStorage.TV
Tv:Clone()
#11 
for _,part in pairs(GroupOfParts) do
    local TV = game.ServerStorage.TV:Clone()
    TV.Parent = part
end
#12

I really appreciate your help here, but doesnt that mean that all the parts I want the GUI to be on have to be in a group? It would be easier for moving and thinks like that if I could just have it inside the part, what would I need to change in this script for that to happen?

#13

Would it not hurt to just attach the surface GUI in the TV and just clone the TV itself then parent it?

#14

Hmmmm. I could, but I plan to update this constantly with relevant information, and when there’s going to be 30+ rooms, its a massive pain to ensure they are in the correct place, and just duplicating them would get very repetitive. Is there no way I can just clone it into each part I put the script in? I made a part that displays a GUI on the players screen when they touch it, but that wont work for this instance.

local GUI = game.ServerStorage.LiftGUI
if GUI.Frame.Visible == false
	then GUI.Frame.Visible =  true
		end
	
		
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	
if hit.Parent and game.Players:FindFirstChild(hit.Parent.Name) then
  local plr = game.Players[hit.Parent.Name]
if plr:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui") and not plr.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild(GUI.Name) then
   GUI:Clone().Parent = plr.PlayerGui

plr.PlayerGui.LiftGui.Enabled = not plr.PlayerGui.LiftGui.Enabled


 end
end
end)

This is specifying where to clone the GUI, but I am unsure on how to make this clone into the part, and how to apply it for a SurafceGUI instead. Still, any help would be incredible, I am incredibly stuck with this! :slight_smile:

#15

If anyone else knows how to do it, that would be greatly appreciated!

#16

Just tried this, the code that actually works is:

local TV = game.ServerStorage.TV -- Where the SurfaceGUI is located, in this case in ServerStorage
TV:Clone().Parent = script.Parent -- referencing the part that the GUI needs to go into

Thanks for the base code @EHGTR1903

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