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why isn't my raycasting detecting anything?
so this is the code for my raycast
1 | local ray = Ray.new(char:FindFirstChildOfClass("Tool").tool.barrel.Position,(pos).Unit *5)--starts the ray |
2 | local hit = game.Workspace:FindPartOnRay(ray) |
3 | if hit then |
4 | print(hit," yay!") |
5 | else |
6 | print(hit," awww") |
7 | end |
it always prints nil awww even when i hit something and it is closer than 5 studs and at the thing im standing on too please help
fifkey i changed the raycast to this:
1 | local ray = Ray.new(char:FindFirstChildOfClass("Tool").tool.barrel.Position,(pos-char:FindFirstChildOfClass("Tool").tool.barrel.Position).Unit *5)--starts the ray |
it didn't work is there anything else i did wrong?
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the pos is mouse.Hit.p botw_legend 502 — 4y
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ok Im making you a whole new script SteamG00B 1633 — 4y
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ok botw_legend 502 — 4y
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So this script basically gets the position from the camera to the point in world space and then makes a new ray from your gun barrel to where ever the click location is at. I have explained a bit more with comments.
01 | local tool = script.Parent |
02 | local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService") |
03 | local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer |
04 | local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera |
05 | local equipped = false |
06 | local character = player.Character:GetChildren() |
07 | local toolOrigin = character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Tool").tool.barrel.Position |
08 | local RE = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent1") |
09 |
10 | tool.Equipped:Connect(function() |
11 | equipped = true |
12 | end) |
13 |
14 | tool.Unequipped:Connect(function() |
15 | equipped = false |
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Server script:
01 | local RE = Instance.new("RemoteEvent") |
02 | RE.Name = "RemoteEvent1" |
03 | RE.Parent = game.ReplicatedStorage |
04 |
05 | RE.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,toolOrigin,worldCF,character) |
06 | local ray = Ray.new(toolOrigin,(worldCF.Position-toolOrigin).Unit) |
07 | local ray1 = Ray.new(ray.Origin,ray.Direction * 1000) |
08 | local part, hitPos, norm = workspace:FindPartOnRayWithIgnoreList(ray1,character) |
09 | if part then |
10 | print(part," yay!") |
11 | else |
12 | print(part," awww") |
13 | end |
14 | end) |
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is there anyway that this can be done in a server script? botw_legend 502 — 4y
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i just want a basic raycasting thing that goes for one stud and detects if it hit anything botw_legend 502 — 4y
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Yes, just have a remote event that does the lines 29-36, just send it the variables used in those lines. SteamG00B 1633 — 4y
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I tried to do it by hand right in the edit box, so let me know if I missed anything, but I'm pretty sure I got it right. SteamG00B 1633 — 4y
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Just tested it in studio, it should work. SteamG00B 1633 — 4y
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ok thanks i was just wondering if all of that was nessesary botw_legend 502 — 4y
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and can i do all of that in a server script because i noticed that you used camera... botw_legend 502 — 4y
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camera has to be done in a local script because it gets the camera of that specific player. SteamG00B 1633 — 4y
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Anything that includes a tool will require a local script because of how input is handled. SteamG00B 1633 — 4y
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wait botw_legend 502 — 4y
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im so stupid the gun get teleported to the player threw a local script i think ill do it in a local script then with a remote event ill update the bullets position botw_legend 502 — 4y
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ok i made it into a local script and it works it prints yay when i aim it at a part and says aww when i aim it up in the sky! thx botw_legend 502 — 4y
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Make sure that the second value of Ray.new is a unit vector. A unit vector is a vector value with a magnitude of 1, used to indicate a direction. To make a unit out of two positions, you use (PositionB - PositionA).Unit and multiply that value by a scalar (a number). If that's too complicated, you can also do CFrame.new(PositionA, PositionB).LookVector * Scalar as well.
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so barrel would be the start location and pos would be the end position so would i replace pos with barrel.Position-pos? botw_legend 502 — 4y
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Pos is where you're shooting to, right? You shoot from the barrel, so that would be PositionA, and Pos would be PositionB. Fifkee 2017 — 4y
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it still doesn't work i edited the question showing what changes i made to the code is there anything i didn't do correctly? botw_legend 502 — 4y
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i also made it so it shoots the raycast 50 studs and still doesn't hit anything botw_legend 502 — 4y
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also i added a print doing the pos-barrel.Position it printed 203.379059, 3.97526407, 63.1472015 (i added this to the chance that this would help) botw_legend 502 — 4y
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also i noticed that people have like hit, position for line 2 i think the problem is there botw_legend 502 — 4y