Scripting Help (Basics)

[pure violet]

Hi,

Im looking to expand my knowledge of scripting and im needing someone to help me learn/gather the basics of scripting. So that i can eventually create and launch a working game.

Im currently starting off small with creating an obby (Just from the script alone) meaning im not adding parts into workspace, but instead im scripting the parts into workspace.

I have been scripting for about 3 days consistently and i understand certain concepts.

However, im struggling to find an easier option to essentialy clone parts/make a loop for creating killbricks.

Instead im having to create multiple lines of code looking like this (Images provided in the post)

Just wondering if anyone can run me through a solution to essentially clone the parts and explain how it works?

[ruby galleon]

create a folder called killbricks

loop through it and add that .touched event

[pure violet]

thank you ill try give it a go im not to great with loops atm

[ruby galleon]

yea i suggest u look at brawl devs for-each loops

vid if he has one

[pure violet]

thank you is brawl devs a youtube channel? Im guessing he is a good developer to learn from. I do really appreciate the help

[ruby galleon]

yep

[pure violet]

thank you man, appreciate it

[pure violet]

right i managed to get this far with it now im confused on how to create more killbricks without needing to change the name of all killbricks and then making it so when they are touched the player dies

[ebon aspen]

In the properties of every killbrick you want scroll all the way down until you see tag when you see that add a tag and name it whatever you want, you then can use loop through all the parts that have that one tag

[versed flicker]

use WaitForChild:(“”) in all variables and stuff you use

[versed flicker]

did you use ai

[pure violet]

nope this is my own knowledge on scripting

im wanting to learn myself, so the script may not look the best. but i can tell u what everything i wrote does

[pure violet]

how would i create a tag for that killbrick then? as im only trying to create a game through just a script. I do not have parts already added into the workspace im scripting them into it

[versed flicker]

im as new as u are

[ebon aspen]

@pure violet

[pure violet]

i see im just really willing to learn how to script and read my own script so i can eventually make a full game and launch it. Also through being able to read my scripts i can then debug etc.

[pure violet]

yes i understand that but i mean how would i script it in would i write for example.

killBrick.Tag = "..." ?

as i dont have a visible part in workspace until i run the game therefore im going to have to script it in

[versed flicker]

lmao i once had a game that didnt have tags and each killbrick had a script so it would just break my game

[versed flicker]

u should watch brawldevs video

about tagging

im going to bed g

[pure violet]

thank you no worries appreciate the help and enjoy ur rest

[keen acorn]

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[ebon aspen]

    if v:HasTag('Poop') then
        kill player who touches the part with this tag
    end
end```

[pure violet]

thank you appreciate it so im creating a for loop to loop through each part with the tag "kill" and then adding my kill/hit detector within this for loop to kill the player?

[ebon aspen]

yessir

[ebon aspen]

tell me if you got anymore problems

[pure violet]

i do have one actually

[ebon aspen]

ok

[pure violet]

now that ive created a part ive done this to create 4 new parts, but now im struggling to change each parts position without creating each part individually

[ebon aspen]

ok

[keen acorn]

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[pure violet]

so this is my script for creating the kill bricks ive done a for loop to create 4 bricks

[ebon aspen]

your doing the wrong kind of for loop

[pure violet]

but now im struggling to make the bricks have individual positions i dont want the bricks to be in random positions so im not going to use maths.random

[pure violet]

hmm what do you mean?

[pure violet]

cause when i run the script it is creating 4 different bricks but one inside of the other

[ebon aspen]

have you seen this before

[pure violet]

yea thats to create my tag to the kill the player

ignore that part for now

this script im showing you is to create new bricks and have different positions

but i dont want the positions to be random

[ebon aspen]

there is some ways you can do this

[pure violet]

do you mind hopping in a call to try teach me?

[ebon aspen]

1. math.random 2. replace the numbers of the vector3.new to the letter

[versed flicker]

    if v:HasTag('KillBrick') then
        kb.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
          
    end
end```

ew why is it messy

[ebon aspen]

not right now

[versed flicker]

yeah its hard to type on phone

[pure violet]

but wouldnt math.random make it so the position is random for example math.random(1, 500)

[ebon aspen]

yeah

[pure violet]

that would make it anywhere between 1 and 500 on the x

but i dont want the position to be random i want it to be in a fixed position

[ebon aspen]

do you wnat them to be randomized but they go in the same direction

ok

[pure violet]

but all 4 bricks to be in different positions from one another

look ill show you what i mean

[versed flicker]

use a vector3 i think

[ebon aspen]

just add the i in the for loop to either the X Y or Z position

[pure violet]

so i need to create a for loop inside of my existing for loop to change the position of each brick?

[ebon aspen]

no

[versed flicker]

no

[ebon aspen]

the for loop you have right now

use the I

[pure violet]

yes

[ebon aspen]

in the for loop

and add it to X Y or Z

[pure violet]

i = x, y, z do

is that what i need to do

for i = x, y, z do

end

[versed flicker]

personally id do it like this
Vector3.new(math.random, math.random, math.random)

[ebon aspen]

part.Position = Vector3.new(2,2+i,2)

[versed flicker]

i dont think thats possible

[pure violet]

but i dont want my bricks to be in random positions

look ill show you what i mean

[versed flicker]

yeah idk then lol

[pure violet]

when i run my script currently its creating 4 bricks inside of each other

[ebon aspen]

do it my way @pure violet

[versed flicker]

hmm

[ebon aspen]

Accept my friend requst

brad

[versed flicker]

yeah do what he did

[pure violet]

but i want the bricks to be seperated from one another but not in random positions i want each brick to have its own fixed position without me needing to create a new brick everytime

like this

[pure violet]

done it

[versed flicker]

whats ur main goal anyways

like what are you trying to do @pure violet

[ruby galleon]

so create a part in workspace

with all the properties u want

and then duplicate that part sround ro where u want ur killbricks

actually tags are prolly more efficient dont use this

[pure violet]

All fixed and I learned new things, thanks @ebon aspen

[keen acorn]

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