How to tell if a player's head (or torso) is facing towards an NPC?
I'm working on a model of SCP-096 and I need help knowing if the head (or in this case, torso) is facing towards the face of the SCP. The normal script uses the variables TargetTorso: the torso of the player it detects is near it (needs to be who looks at it) NoticeDistance: I think this might just be able to be taken away. Chasing: self-explanatory, goes into raging stage. and a bunch of other "targets". The old script goes as follows.
local NoticeDistance=8;
local TargetTorso;
for _,TargetModel in pairs(game:GetService("Workspace"):GetChildren())do
if TargetModel.className=="Model"and TargetModel~=SCP096 and TargetModel.Name~=SCP096.Name and TargetModel:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")and TargetModel:FindFirstChild("Head")then
local TargetPart=TargetModel:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart");
local FoundHumanoid;
for _,Child in pairs(TargetModel:GetChildren())do
if Child and Child.ClassName=="Humanoid"and Child.Health~=0 then
FoundHumanoid=Child;
end;
end;
if TargetPart and FoundHumanoid and FoundHumanoid.Health~=0 and(TargetPart.Position-SCP096HumanoidRootPart.Position).magnitude<NoticeDistance then
TargetTorso=TargetPart;
NoticeDistance=(TargetPart.Position-SCP096HumanoidRootPart.Position).magnitude;
AttackDebounce=true;
spawn(function()
Chasing=true;
--then the SCP starts raging and then chasing the TargetTorso until it kills it. I need help scripting a way to find if they are looking at his face (possible using LookVector, or LookVector:Dot), while having it work with the script itself.
2 answers
Use Raycasting, which can tell if a part is blocking its path or "ray". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPcaJgQkxM8 here's a great video explaining the basics.
You could either use raycasting; or you could use a long straight weightless invisible part that would be part of the players default StarterCharacter model, have a script in it that sets a serverstorage boolvalue to true/false & then use an on Value.Changed system in the rest of your script.