How to declare a variable that is moving between folders?

[daring robin]

i dont really know what to really name this thrread, but i will give a more in-depth explanation here.

i have a Model named THE_BOILED_ONE that is in the ReplicatedStorage, and inside of StarterGUI i have his Jumpscare GUI.
I made it so that when Lighting.ClockTime >= 23 THE_BOILED_ONE is cloned from ReplicatedStorage to Workspace.
Problem is, inside of the Jumpscare_GUI script, i said local THE_BOILED_ONE = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("THE_BOILED_ONE")
and since he is not in the workspace, the JUMPSCARE_GUI script doesn't seem to work and returns an error saying *infinite yield*.

How would i go about solving this problem?

[arctic oracle]

Maybe have remote event?

Or have while task.wait(0.1) loop with findfirstchild (returns nil if not found, doesnt infinite yield)

Or childadded

In workspace

[hot geode]

Listen for it via .ChildAdded instead of using :WaitForChild()

workspace.ChildAdded:Connect(function(obj)
    if obj:IsA("Model") and obj.Name == "THE_BOILED_ONE" then
       -- Do something
    end
end)

[daring robin]

will try it when i have the occasion, thx

[daring robin]

i think that events and task.wait would make the game a bit more laggy, but yeah, i will try the ChildAdded function, thx

[arctic oracle]

Yeah child added best way

[daring robin]

I did something else and placed the script inside THE_BOILED_ONE instead of having it wait for him

BUT

noob question

how would i make it so that when LIGHTING.ClockTime >= 23 do something

i cant just say If (condition)

[hot geode]

check every time it's property changes

local Lighting = game:GetService("Lighting")
local target_time: number = 23

Lighting:GetPropertyChangedSignal("ClockTime"):Connect(function()
    if Lighting.ClockTime >= target_time then
        -- Do something
    end
end)

This will listen for every value change in ClockTime

Granted I'm unsure if it's an optimal way