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How would I make a turret move by following the mouse?

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niroqeo 123
3 years ago

So I am scripting a turret, and I need it to follow the mouse. The guns follow the Y of the mouse, and the body follows the X. So far, I've used Mouse.X and Mouse.Y and divide or subtract those numbers, but that has proven to be inefficient. Do you have any ideas on how I can do it?

RS.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
    print(mouse.Y/5)
    guns.HingeConstraint.TargetAngle = math.clamp((mouse.Y-240)/2, -45, 45)
    turret.Base.HingeConstraint.TargetAngle = math.clamp((mouse.X-200)/10, -45, 45)
end)

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Answered by
TGazza 1336 Moderation Voter
3 years ago

The following script is from my prototype turret that uses constaints to move. It had 2 pitch and 1 yaw constraints and i had it follow a part in the workspace. You can hack it to work with the mouse. Since you have the mouse hooked up, just swap out the Firepoint varable and tweek the setting in RotatetoTarget() function to read:

function RotatetoTarget(target, enginePos)
    local targetPos = target.Position
    local dir = (targetPos - enginePos).unit
    --[[.....etc...]]

to

function RotatetoTarget(target, enginePos)
    local targetPos = target
    local dir = (targetPos - enginePos).unit
    --[[.....etc...]]

And call the function by:

--// old
while true do

    local FirePoint = workspace.FirePoint
    local DirCF = RotatetoTarget(FirePoint, Brain.Position)
    local Rot = getOrientation(DirCF)


--// new
while true do

    local FirePoint = Mouse.CFrame.Position
    local DirCF = RotatetoTarget(FirePoint, Brain.Position)
    local Rot = getOrientation(DirCF)
--[[ ......... etc...... ]]

Code:

local Self = script.Parent
local Brain = script.Parent.Brain
local YawMotor = script.Parent["Motors"].Yaw
local PitchMotors = {}
for i=1,2 do
    PitchMotors[i] = script.Parent["Motors"]["Pitch"..i] 
end

function RotatetoTarget(target, enginePos)
    local targetPos = target.Position
    local dir = (targetPos - enginePos).unit
    local pos = enginePos + dir
    return CFrame.new(pos,  pos+dir)
end


local function getOrientation(CF)
    local sx, sy, sz, m00, m01, m02, m10, m11, m12, m20, m21, m22 = CF:components()
    local Y = math.atan2(m02, m22)*(180/math.pi)+180
    local X = math.asin(-m12)*(180/math.pi)+180
    local Z = math.atan2(m10, m11)*(180/math.pi)+180
    return Vector3.new(X,Y,Z)
end

local t = 0
while true do

    local FirePoint = workspace.FirePoint
    local DirCF = RotatetoTarget(FirePoint, Brain.Position)
    local Rot = getOrientation(DirCF)
    local CanIFire = true

    YawMotor.TargetAngle = Rot.Y
    for k,v in pairs(PitchMotors) do
        v.TargetAngle = Rot.X -180
    end
    wait()
end

hope this helps!

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Thanks for helping! It's been a while, and I will go back to the turret project eventually. I'm working on something else right now, so when I go back I will read this post again. niroqeo 123 — 3y
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