Instance

Important

Vortex Studio 0.3.4 does not expose one uniform Instance method set on every engine-backed value. The members below describe ordinary Instance-like objects. Use the concrete class reference and the availability matrix on this page before calling a method.

Summary

Properties

Common properties of an `Instance`-like object.

• Name: string
• Parent: Instance | nil

Methods

Common methods of an `Instance`-like object.

• Clone(): Instance
• Destroy(): nil
• GetChildren(): { Instance }

Properties

Name

string

The name of the Instance.

Parent

Instance | nil

The instance’s hierarchical parent, or nil when it has no parent.

Methods

Clone()

Instance

Create a copy of the Instance and return copy.

Destroy()

nil

Destroy the Instance and children.

GetChildren()

{ Instance }

Return children of the Instance.

Vortex Studio Method Availability

The following matrix records whether each member is exposed as a function on the live object.

Runtime object	FindFirstChild	FindFirstChildOfClass	WaitForChild	GetChildren	GetDescendants	Clone	Destroy	IsA
Part	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Script	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Character	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Workspace	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
ReplicatedStorage	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Players	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Player	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Humanoid	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

A Players service can still provide its class-specific GetPlayers() method, and a Humanoid can provide IsDead(), even though the generic methods above are absent.

These observations were made in Vortex Studio 0.3.4 and may change in later versions.