scripting help

[topaz moon]

so i have 9 models in a folder which i want every 30 seconds one of those models spawn in a part randomly, and ive tried a lot of things, but it aint working, please help a guy out

[limber tusk]

wdym models spawn inside a part

[raven solstice]

He means every 30s one of the model aka part to spawn

[limber tusk]

so it chooses a model at a random time

and puts it at a part

[fading gazelle]

psitd

pairs

local folder = game.folderwtvtf

call it w variable ^

then use pairs to pick a random one

and GetChildren ^

[topaz moon]

Exactly

[topaz moon]

Hmmm Alr I’ll test this out

[fading gazelle]

are they already in position?

or does it go to a random pos or what

@topaz moon

quick question

by models in a folder

do you mean multiple parts inside of a model, and multiple models inside of a folder type shi?

like this

[topaz moon]

Yes just like this

Do they have to be in replicated storage

[fading gazelle]

nah just put them there cus why not

they can be on the map

however

[topaz moon]

Which one do you recommend?

[fading gazelle]

if u put them in RS you can pre-position them, and simply change the parent of a part to workspace and back to RS

[fading gazelle]

if your new, a stationary spot

[pure quail]

local children = folder:GetChildren()
local model = children[math.random(#children)]:Clone()

model.Parent = part

you can use while true do loop to spawn each 30s

[fading gazelle]

^ if ur gonna write more code after, use task.spawn

[pure quail]

yeah

[topaz moon]

I think I understand, just to be clear, what I want here is this folder with 7 models and I want to randomly have one of those models to spawn a certain position ones every like 30 seconds or smth

[pure quail]

yeah

[topaz moon]

got ya

[fading gazelle]

yeah, just do a variable that gets the folders children, do a variable for a random number based on the amount of models you got, then use ipairs to get the children from the 2nd variable and do whatever with the v.Name (e.g. make a while true do loop every 30s to do what u want)

[topaz moon]

And I want this to go own for ever and I don’t want the same model twice in a row to spawn

[pure quail]

i think you don't have to do pairs() and ipairs() now

[fading gazelle]

wdym

[pure quail]

sec

oh nvm

[topaz moon]

Okay I understand thanks, Ill try tmw and see if I can figure it out

[fading gazelle]

like this

top one should be ur folder

not replicated storage

[topaz moon]

Yeah I understand that

[fading gazelle]

well

if urs is in there then yeah

or wait ill add more comments rq

local folder = game.ReplicatedStorage.ModelsFolder  -- your folder

local function printRandomModelContents() -- function iyw to use more later
    local models = folder:GetChildren() -- get all models in folder

    local randomModel = models[math.random(1, #models)] -- 1, #models gives you a random number between 1 and the amount of models in the folder

    print("Random Model: "..randomModel.Name) -- prints random model name, change these prints to what you wanna do though
    print("Items in model: ")

    for _, item in ipairs(randomModel:GetChildren()) do -- picks a random model
        print(" -", item.Name) -- prints all the items inside the random model
    end
end

while true do
    printRandomModelContents() -- loops it and calls the function
    task.wait(1) -- set it to 30 iyw that
end

theres more comments

easier than me explaining it over here

[topaz moon]

Okay thank you so much, I was struggling badly I think I understand now, I’ll try it out tmw and tell u how it goes

[fading gazelle]

aight snm

[topaz moon]

local spawnPart = workspace:WaitForChild("SnowBallSpawn") -- the single spawn part
local modelsFolder = workspace:WaitForChild("SnowBallModels") -- folder containing 9 models
local SPAWN_DELAY = 30 -- seconds

local function spawnRandomModel()
local models = modelsFolder:GetChildren()
if #models == 0 then
warn("No models found in SnowBallModels!")
return
end

-- pick a random model
local randomModel = models[math.random(1, #models)]

-- clone it
local clone = randomModel:Clone()

-- If the model has no PrimaryPart, assign one automatically
if not clone.PrimaryPart then
    -- try setting the first BasePart as primary
    for _, part in ipairs(clone:GetDescendants()) do
        if part:IsA("BasePart") then
            clone.PrimaryPart = part
            break
        end
    end
end

-- still no PrimaryPart? can't position the model
if not clone.PrimaryPart then
    warn("Model " .. randomModel.Name .. " has no BasePart to position!")
    return
end

-- position the model on the spawn part
clone:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(spawnPart.CFrame)

-- parent to workspace
clone.Parent = workspace

end

-- loop every X seconds
while true do
spawnRandomModel()
task.wait(SPAWN_DELAY)
end

yeah it dosnt work still

it would be highly appricated if someone could join a call with me and i can show exactly how i want it to be so its 100% clear

tried doing it like yours aswell