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How can I detect hits while moving something with CFrame?

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3 years ago

Im using lookvector and I want it to keep going until its hit. Im using Script.Parent.Touched and stuff but it doesn't work and I don't want to have to use tweening and such to move it.

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sifn 70

3 years ago

Edited 3 years ago

There is a function that may suit your needs here, commonly used for touch detection. I present you with: :GetTouchingParts().

`1`	`local` `touchingParts` `=` `script.Parent:GetTouchingParts()`

It returns an array containing all of the parts that are touching what script.Parent is. From there, it is just a matter of looping through it.

1for _,otherPart in ipairs(touchingParts) do
2    print(otherPart.Name) -- If this part is found to belong to a player's character, you can damage it!
3end

However for your use-case, you want to destroy the part immediately upon contact with another part. You can do this by checking if there is anything at all in the returned array.

Final script:

1game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
2    local touchingParts = script.Parent:GetTouchingParts()
3    if #touchingParts > 0 then
4        script.Parent:Destroy()
5    end
6end)

How can I detect hits while moving something with CFrame?

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