How to make a wow like mob target system?
Hi, I'm trying to make a mob/npc/creature/whatever you want to call it targeting system, basically when you click on something that has the target circle as a child, it the circle would become visible and when you click away from the thing or clicked on another thing that had a target circle as a child it would switch to that one.
I've tried to attempt this by myself but after countless tears of rage have been shed I decided that maybe I should stop metaphorically bashing my head against a wall and ask for help.
---This is my attempt---- don't laugh at me...
----------------------------------------------------------------------
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Mouse = Player:GetMouse()
local function target()
if Mouse.Target.Parent:FindFirstChild("Target") then
Mouse.Target.Parent:FindFirstChild("Target").Transparency = 0
return Mouse.Target.Parent:FindFirstChild("Target")
end
end
local function untarget()
local targeted = target()
if targeted == nil then
Mouse.Target.Parent:FindFirstChild("Target").Transparency = 1
end
end
Mouse.Button1Down:Connect(untarget)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
2 answers
Hello, here is a quick example I made for you.
local selected
for _,v in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
if (v:FindFirstChild("ClickDetector") ~= nil) then --use a folder so you don't need this
v.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
if selected ~= nil then
unselect()
end
doselect(v)
end)
end
end
function unselect()
selected.Color = Color3.new(163,162,165)
selected = nil
end
function doselect(part)
selected = part
selected.Color = Color3.new(0,200,0)
end
local selected you declare the selected variable, which will be the currently selected entity or whatever
for _,v in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do this is pretty much just a way to loop through the children (not descendants) of workspace, you might change that to a folder which contains your entities. I like to use _, v, you can think of it as key, value, but in a loop like this key is always an index number, so we can ignore that.
You don't necessarily need the next line if you're using a folder and 100% sure you'll only have entities in there.
Moving on.
v.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
if selected ~= nil then
unselect()
end
doselect(v)
end)
...
function unselect()
selected.Color = Color3.new(163,162,165) -- replace
selected = nil
end
function doselect(part)
selected = part
selected.Color = Color3.new(0,200,0) -- replace
end
So this is possible because when you call Connect it doesn't just pause execution until the MouseClick function is called, so you can actually do this in a loop for multiple instances.
Then, we check if there is a currently selected entity, and if there is, we call unselect. Then we select the new one.
This could be simplified however I feel like it's easier to understand this way.
1
Hello,
This is a short explanation; maybe use click Detectors in the parts and when clicked parent the Circle to the part?. Make sure to parent the parts in a folder in Workspace. To Get the circle back from the old part what you can do is wrap the if statement in a pairs loop like below,
Code Example, Parenting Circle to clicked Part.
script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
for _,Instance in pairs(game.Workspace.Folder:GetChildren) do
if Instance:FindFirstChild("Target") ~= nil then
Instance.Target.Parent = script.Parent
end
end
end)
I hope your head and the wall you banged your head with recover soon....lol
0