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How do i make the ball shoot from the sword when the user clicks with their mouse?

Asked May 4, 2020488 views3 answers

So I need the ball to shoot out of the sword when a player clicks using their mouse.This is the script i tried. I think it works but i dont know how to activate it when somebody clicks with their mouse can somebody please help.

script.Parent.Connect:OnMouseButton1Click(ball)
function ball(b)
	local Tool = script.Parent
	local boi = Tool.Parent
	local girl = game.Players:playerfromcharacter(boi)
	
	local missile = Instance.new("Part")
	
	
	local spawnpos = boi.PrimaryPart.Position
	spawnpos = spawnpos + (b * 10)
	missile.Position = spawnpos
	missile.Size = Vector3.new(4,4,4)
	missile.Velocity = b * 10
	missile.BrickColor = BrickColor.new(1004)
	missile.Shape = 0
	missile.BottomSurface = 0
	missile.TopSurface = 0
	missile.Name = "missile"
	missile.Reflectance = 0
	
	
	local force = Instance.new("BodyForce")
	force.force = Vector3.new(0,98,0)
	force.Parent = missile
	
	local creatortag = Instance.new("ObjectValue")
	creatortag.Value = girl
	creatortag.Name = "creator"
	creatortag.Parent = missile
	
	missile.Parent = game.Workspace	
end

AnonymousMay 4, 2020

2 comments

:playerfromcharacter isn't a function. also, onMouseButton1Click isn't a built-in-function either.

AnonymousAug 21, 2021#

Also, Connect should be :Connect not .Connect

AnonymousAug 21, 2021#

3 answers

✓ Accepted answer

You have to use UserInputService. Try this:

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local function ball(input, gameProcessedEvent)
    if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1 and not gameProcessedEvent then
	    local Tool = script.Parent
	    local boi = Tool.Parent
	    local girl = game.Players:playerfromcharacter(boi)
	
	    local missile = Instance.new("Part")
	
	
	    local spawnpos = boi.PrimaryPart.Position
	    spawnpos = spawnpos + (b * 10)
	    missile.Position = spawnpos
	    missile.Size = Vector3.new(4,4,4)
	    missile.Velocity = b * 10
	    missile.BrickColor = BrickColor.new(1004)
	    missile.Shape = 0
	    missile.BottomSurface = 0
	    missile.TopSurface = 0
	    missile.Name = "missile"
	    missile.Reflectance = 0
	
	
	    local force = Instance.new("BodyForce")
	    force.force = Vector3.new(0,98,0)
	    force.Parent = missile
	
	    local creatortag = Instance.new("ObjectValue")
	    creatortag.Value = girl
	    creatortag.Name = "creator"
	    creatortag.Parent = missile
	
	    missile.Parent = game.Workspace 
      end
end

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(ball)

The if statement checks if the input is a MouseClick and if the player isn't in chat. Make sure it's a LocalScript. If you want to make the ball appear for the server, use a RemoteEvent.

AnonymousMay 5, 2020Edited May 5, 2020Permalink

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Re-edited, check my answer!

AnonymousAug 21, 2021#

really easy

tool = script.Parent
mouse = player:GetMouse

--function for the ball

tool.Activated:Connect(ball(b))

AnonymousMay 5, 2020Permalink

1 comment

You forgot the "()" t the end of "GetMouse" and you called the function while connecting it to a RBXScriptSignal.

AnonymousMay 5, 2020#

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

First of all, OnMouseButton1Click is not a valid built-in function from ROBLOX. This will return nil.
Secondly, Connect should be :Connect NOT .Connect
Thirdly, playerfromcharacter is not a function. I believe you meant :GetPlayersFromCharacter.

NOTE: When connecting to a custom function, you need to connect it to that function or else it wouldn't actually fire. (Put Line 1 in the last line of your script, with the improvements I mentioned above).

(Keep in mind, that MouseButton1Click can only fire once the event is called from a GUIObject, so things like Frames, ImageLabels wouldn't work!)

Unlike @youtubemasterwow's answer, it doesn't matter if you use UserinputService for this case since it will still run!

##Fixed Script:


local function ball(b)
	local Tool = script.Parent
	local boi = Tool.Parent
	local girl = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(boi)

	local missile = Instance.new("Part")


	local spawnpos = boi.PrimaryPart.Position
	spawnpos = spawnpos + (b * 10)
	missile.Position = spawnpos
	missile.Size = Vector3.new(4,4,4)
	missile.Velocity = b * 10
	missile.BrickColor = BrickColor.new(1004)
	missile.Shape = 0
	missile.BottomSurface = 0
	missile.TopSurface = 0
	missile.Name = "missile"
	missile.Reflectance = 0


	local force = Instance.new("BodyForce")
	force.force = Vector3.new(0,98,0)
	force.Parent = missile

	local creatortag = Instance.new("ObjectValue")
	creatortag.Value = girl
	creatortag.Name = "creator"
	creatortag.Parent = missile

	missile.Parent = game.Workspace 
	print("yes")
end
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(ball)

Grammatical errors fixed:

####Date: Sun, May 29th, 2022

AnonymousAug 21, 2021Edited May 29, 2022Permalink

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