Hello, I'm trying to make a fps game and was wondering how to make a tool that forces you to hold it and removes the hotbar at the bottom. I'm fairly new to scripting but know the basics. Anything would help. thanks!
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How do i force The Player to hold a tool without it being in the hotbar?
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So I hope you know about welds because this is how you would do it without a tool.
In order to make a tool without a "tool", you would need to get the model that would be inside the tool, and weld it yourself how you would if the player was to use it in a tool. Then to get input and handle functions of the gun, you don't actually need a tool and the new UserInputService actually makes it easier now to handle input without a tool.
So to summarize: Weld the gun to the player's body however you want it to look, and use the UserInputService to handle player input.
https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/class/UserInputService
Edit: with the UserInputService, there would be no hotbar and you wouldn't need it because the UserInputService is what allows you to keybind things, so you can make like 3 different guns and have them selected when you press 1 2 or 3. All this with only the UserInputService. And if you wanted a gui like the hotbar, you could just make a gui visible when you activate a weapon.
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Is there anyway to make the hotbar invisible but still have access?
Use UserInputService to handle player input (like keybinds)
thanks for the help
I've updated my answer to explain better, and don't forget to mark it as accepted.