Prefabs

Methods

4 members Access: shared

Exists(name: string) -> boolean

whether a prefab exists

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Prefab template name to check.
returns	boolean	—

Id(name: string) -> number

lookup a prefab numeric id by name

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Prefab template name to look up the numeric identifier for.
returns	number	—

Name(id: number) -> string?

lookup a prefab name by numeric id

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	number	Numeric prefab identifier to look up the template name for.
returns	string?	—

Spawn(name: string) -> Instance?

spawn a prefab by name

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Prefab template name to instantiate.
returns	Instance?	—

Spawning Prefabs into the World

Lifecycle: Server

Check that a template exists before spawning it, then parent the copy into the world.

if game.Prefabs.Exists("Lantern") then	local lamp = game.Prefabs.Spawn("Lantern")	if lamp then		lamp.Parent = game.World		print("Spawned prefab:", lamp.Name)	endend