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How would i find the closet part to a moving part? so it can move to the next part
local NodesFolder = workspace.Nodes
local Nodes = NodesFolder:GetChildren()
local Closet
for i,v in pairs(Nodes) do
Closet = Nodes
end
So im making a train game and i want a part to move to the closet node How would i do this? I can do the cframing i just need to know how i get the closet Node
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You'll want to use magnitude to determine the closest part. Magnitude, in this sense, is essentially the length of a vector, and we want to find the shortest length. We'll arrive at this conclusion by subtracting the node's vector from the original position.
local OriginalPart = workspace.OriginalPart --or whatever yours is
local NodesFolder = workspace.Nodes
local Nodes = NodesFolder:GetChildren()
local Closest = nil
for i,v in pairs(Nodes) do
local magnitude = (OriginalPart.Position - v.Position).Magnitude
if Closest then --see if a value is already set
if magnitude < Closest then
Closest = magnitude
end
else
Closest = magnitude
end
end