Make placement system more accurate and better?
Hello, I've been attemping to make a placement system that sort of emulates the Stamper Tool's placement. Everytime I've attempted it, I've gotten the overall premise down but it doesn't seem to work properly or work as I would like it to.
My current version, works perfectly fine, but the blocks aren't being positioned correctly, if you place down one block, and try to put another one on the side of that block, it'll go inside rather than going to the side.
Same thing applies for models.
Here is how the position is determined currently.
local grid = 4
local function RoundToNearest(ToRound, Increment)
return floor(ToRound / Increment + 0.5) * Increment
end
local function snap()
local positon = mouse.Hit.p
return CFrame.new(RoundToNearest(positon.X, grid), RoundToNearest(positon.Y, grid) + 2, RoundToNearest(positon.Z, grid))
end
My question is, how would I edit my current code or make a placement system without raycasting that would allow me to place blocks on all faces of another block freely?
1 answer
Before I give out an answer, allow me to explain how I will solve this problem:
Resources
We will be using Mouse.TargetSurface, Vector3.fromNormalId, and Mouse.Target to solve this problem. Click on the links if you don't know what these are.
- Mouse.Target is basically which part your mouse is aiming at.
Logic and Interpretations
By doing Vector3.fromNormalId(Mouse.TargetSurface) and assuming if the TargetSurface is Top, You will get Vector3.new(0, 1, 0), which is the direction to the top.
By doing Vector3.fromNormalId(Mouse.TargetSurface) * grid though, will give us pretty much the same except the result is multiplied by four, which is Vector3.new(0, 4, 0). Now this will be the new block's offset from the block you clicked.
Now we'll do Vector3.fromNormalId(Mouse.TargetSurface) * grid + Mouse.Target.Position, and this will be the new block's position we can get by using the clicked surface and some math!
Unfortunately, we can only use this math on a surface that is 4 by 4 studs or it's going to position weirdly.
Final code
Replace the snap function to this:
local function snap()
local position = mouse.Hit.p
local target = mouse.Target
local surface = mouse.TargetSurface
if target.Size == Vector3.new(grid, grid, grid) then
return CFrame.new(Vector3.FromNormalId(surface) * grid + target.Position)
end
return CFrame.new(RoundToNearest(position.X, grid), RoundToNearest(position.Y, grid) + 2, RoundToNearest(position.Z, grid))
end
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