feat: ability to exclude instances descendants from being added as li…

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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 - Support for AG-Chassis built in Stages, Traffic Advisor, and Scene events
+- Ability to exclude models/folders lights from being loaded
 
 ### Fixed
 

src/handler/EVHEvent/loader/init.server.luau

@@ -284,8 +284,25 @@ local function load()
 		end
 	end
 
+	local exclusionParents = {}
+	for _, possibleExclusion in car:GetDescendants() do
+		if possibleExclusion:GetAttribute("EVH_Ignore") == true then
+			table.insert(exclusionParents, possibleExclusion)
+		end
+	end
+
 	for _, light in car:GetDescendants() do
 		if light:IsA("BasePart") then
+			local excluded = false
+			for _, exclusionParent in exclusionParents do
+				if light:IsDescendantOf(exclusionParent) then
+					excluded = true
+					break
+				end
+			end
+			if excluded then
+				continue
+			end
 			if table.find(possibleLights, light.Name) ~= nil then
 				light:AddTag(`{uuid}_LIGHT`)
 				if lightTemplate ~= nil then