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Animate visible lamp feedback

v2 · Activity 3 of 4 · tweens · feedback · 28 min Requires Roblox Studio

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Mini-mission

TweenService:Create receives an Instance, TweenInfo timing, and a table of target property values. The returned Tween must be played.

TweenInfo includes a duration and easing choices. Keep the transition short and restrained; this lab uses no sound.

Your task

Tween WorkshopLamp from a neutral gray to orange over 0.4 seconds and print Lamp ready when the transition completes.

Interface: Complete the documented Studio hierarchy and self-check the behavior outside the browser.

Input	Expected

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local tween = TweenService:Create(part, TweenInfo.new(0.4), { Transparency = 0.3 })
tween:Play()

The target table describes the final property value. Create builds the tween; Play starts it.

Syntax in this activity

New syntax: tweens, feedback

Earlier ideas used here

vector3
cframe
position

Your explanation

Self-check rubric

The transition lasts approximately 0.4 seconds.
The final Color equals the intended orange.
The text result accompanies the visual state.

Your explanation is a self-check. Exact wording is not automatically graded.

Self-checked Studio exercise. A saved checklist records your own review; no uploaded place file or screenshot is executed here.

Build this hierarchy

Workspace/WorkshopLamp (anchored Part)
ServerScriptService/LampFeedback (Script, RunContext=Server)

Create WorkshopLamp as an anchored Part.
Put LampFeedback in ServerScriptService.

ServerScriptService/LampFeedback.server.luau

Main guided reference implementation; use the hierarchy’s stated Script or ModuleScript type.

local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local lamp = game:GetService("Workspace"):WaitForChild("WorkshopLamp")
lamp.Color = Color3.fromRGB(100, 100, 100)
local tween = TweenService:Create(lamp, TweenInfo.new(0.4, Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, Enum.EasingDirection.Out), { Color = Color3.fromRGB(234, 120, 40) })
tween.Completed:Connect(function(state)
    if state == Enum.PlaybackState.Completed then print("Lamp ready") end
end)
tween:Play()

Expected output

The lamp transitions from gray to orange once.
Output prints Lamp ready after a completed transition.

Studio assessment checklist

The transition lasts approximately 0.4 seconds.The final Color equals the intended orange.The text result accompanies the visual state.

Multiplayer tests

Run a local server and at least one client; compare server and client context where the activity uses both.

Troubleshooting and production considerations

If there is no transition, verify :Play() is called.

Do not run competing tweens on the same property unintentionally; cancel or replace the old transition deliberately.

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Explain more

TweenService:Create receives an Instance, TweenInfo timing, and a table of target property values. The returned Tween must be played.

TweenInfo includes a duration and easing choices. Keep the transition short and restrained; this lab uses no sound.

A color tween communicates feedback, but color alone is not an accessible instruction. Output also names the target state.

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Code

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local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local lamp = game:GetService("Workspace"):WaitForChild("WorkshopLamp")
local tween = TweenService:Create(lamp, TweenInfo.new(0.4), { Color = Color3.fromRGB(234, 120, 40) })

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