Part won't change color unless script is within said part

[eternal bramble]

The image I've attached is a portion of a local script located with StarterPlayerScripts. I'm trying to have the mousePart change colors based on the result of a raycast. However, I've found out that the part only changes color when there is a script placed within the part itself. I'm going to need a way to send data to the script that has the part as it's parent so it can change color as intended, but how would I go about this?

[shrewd whale]

give me the script

[eternal bramble]

I can do it later today when i get back to my puter

But do you have any idea on how you'd solve this

Getting data from one local script into another

[shadow quartz]

part.BrickColor=color ?

[eternal bramble]

I tried using "color = Brickcolor.new("Toothpaste") and "color = Brickcolor.new("Deep blue") but it doesn't change the part's color unless the script is within the part

[shadow quartz]

did you try...

part.BrickColor=color ?
?
https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/BasePart#BrickColor

[eternal bramble]

I've been doing either "Brickcolor.new("Name")" or Color3.new( , , )". In this case, would I just say "color("name")"?

[shadow quartz]

Color3 is not the same as BrickColor. did you know this?

[eternal bramble]

Well yes

But I'm wondering if just saying "color" doesn't or does require the ".new" like using Brickcolor and Color3 do

And then again, the thing is, using "Brickcolor.new("Name")" did work, but only when it was a local script inside of the part. If the local script is in StarterPlayerScripts, it can't get the requirement to know when to change the part's color.

[eternal bramble]

I'm literally just saying everything I said here again😭

[eternal bramble]

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:wait()
local userInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local mousePart = workspace:WaitForChild("MousePart")
local color = mousePart.BrickColor
local range = 50

local raycastParams = RaycastParams.new()
raycastParams.FilterDescendantsInstances = {mousePart, char}
raycastParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Blacklist
-- Makes it so mousePart and the character don't collide with the raycast

local function render()
    local mouse2DPosition: Vector2 = userInputService:GetMouseLocation()
    local mouse3DRay: Ray = camera:ViewportPointToRay(mouse2DPosition.X, mouse2DPosition.Y, 1)
    raycastResult: RaycastResult = workspace:Raycast(mouse3DRay.Origin, mouse3DRay.Direction*range, raycastParams)
    local mouse3DPosition
    
    if raycastResult then
        print("raycast hit")
        print(raycastResult)
        color = BrickColor.new("Toothpaste")
        mouse3DPosition = raycastResult.Position + Vector3.new(0, mousePart.Size.Y*0.5, 0)
    else 
        color = BrickColor.new("Deep blue")
        mouse3DPosition = (mouse3DRay.Origin + mouse3DRay.Direction*range) + Vector3.new(0, mousePart.Size.Y*0.5, 0)
    end
    
    mousePart.Position = mouse3DPosition
end

runService.RenderStepped:Connect(render)```

(this script is located within StarterPlayerScripts)

[eternal bramble]

NEVERMIND

It worked

The issue how i referring to the mousepart