How do u calculate positions?
I have to calculate a position in-between a tower and an enemy. This is the code
local tower = script.Parent local enemy = workspace.Enemy
local distance = tower.Position - enemy.Position
print(distance)
In the out put it says this
Position is not a valid member of Model "Workspace.Tower".
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Script 'Workspace.Tower.TowerTesting' , Line 4
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Is it because the tower I made comes from the Rig maker or am I just not coding right?
2 answers
The error is letting you know that you're attempting to grab the Position of a Model rather than a BasePart. I don't have prior knowledge of the contents of your model, but in this situation it is ideal to set the PrimaryPart property of the model to be the tower's main (biggest?) part. Then to get the distance between the tower and an enemy, you could get the difference between the two position vectors and use its magnitude!
local tower = script.Parent local enemy = workspace.Enemy local distance = tower.PrimaryPart.Position - enemy.PrimaryPart.Position -- Here I am assuming enemy is a model. If it is not, then you can remove the PrimayPart part I used print(distance.Magnitude.." studs") -- This is always in studs
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Model instances do not have a Position field. What you can do is use the PrimaryPart field of your Model.
Something like: tower.PrimaryPart.Position would suffice so long as you set the PrimaryPart via Script or using the Properties viewer in Studio.