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How to put a block to the sides of other blocks?

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IgromanEXE 9

2 years ago

Hello!

I want to make a build tool to build anything. Basically, my tool works well... However, the blocks that I want to put doesn't appear on the sides of other blocks. Exactly, when I hover the mouse, for example, on the side of a pillar, then when I press the left mouse button, the block appears on pillar's top, and not where my mouse is or not on the side of the pillar.

Here's my localscript inside my tool:

01--- Services ---
02local rs = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
03 
04--- Modules ---
05local BlockModule = require(rs.BlockModule)
06local ImageModule = require(rs.ImageModule)
07local WeldModule = require(rs.WeldModule)
08 
09--- Variables ---
10local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
11local mouse = player:GetMouse()
12 
13local tool = script.Parent
14 
15local function round(number,increment)
16    number = math.floor(number)
17    number = number-(number%increment)
18    return number
19end
20 
21--- Actual Code ---
22tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
23    local placement = rs.Blocks:FindFirstChild("Part"):Clone()
24    placement.Anchored = true
25    placement.Transparency = 0.5
26    placement.CanTouch = false
27    mouse.TargetFilter = placement
28 
29    placementmodel = Instance.new("Model",workspace)
30    placementmodel.Name = player.Name.."'s placement"
31    placement.Parent = placementmodel
32    placementmodel.PrimaryPart = placement
33 
34    movePlacement = game:GetService("RunService").Stepped:Connect(function() -- it makes placement of selected block follow player's mouse
35        placementmodel:MoveTo(Vector3.new(round(mouse.Hit.Position.X,1),round(mouse.Hit.Position.Y,1),round(mouse.Hit.Position.Z,1)))
36    end)
37 
38    onMouseClick = mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
39        rs.Place:FireServer("Part", placementmodel.PrimaryPart.Position)
40    end)
41end)
42tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
43    onMouseClick:Disconnect()
44    movePlacement:Disconnect()
45    placementmodel:Destroy()
46end)
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I hope I explained my problem clearly.

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Answered by

allybally12345 40

2 years ago

Edited 2 years ago

Please provide explanation with your answers. Simply posting code does not spread knowledge of integral scripting processes which helps people understand the logic and reasoning behind your answer.

when you do

1movePlacement = game:GetService("RunService").Stepped:Connect(function() -- it makes placement of selected block follow player's mouse
2placementmodel:MoveTo(Vector3.new(round(mouse.Hit.Position.X,1),round(mouse.Hit.Position.Y,1),round(mouse.Hit.Position.Z,1)))
3end)

instead of

`1`	`placementmodel:MoveTo(Vector3.new(round(mouse.Hit.Position.X,1),round(mouse.Hit.Position.Y,1),round(mouse.Hit.Position.Z,1)))`

`1`	`placementmodel:PivotTo(CFrame.new(Vector3.new(round(mouse.Hit.Position.X,1),round(mouse.Hit.Position.Y,1),round(mouse.Hit.Position.Z,1))))`

this is because :MoveTo() uses physics slightly more, as the part you create (likely) has collisions on, it moves on top because it cant fit into the given placement, whereas :PivotTo() ignores physical properties and just moves it instantly, sorry if this isnt that clear though!

lmk if this works!

Thanks for the help, now the block can really be located on the sides of other blocks! But now I have the following problem: when the mouse hovers over some block, placement falls into it by half but CanCollide property of placement is true. I think it happened because of my understatement in this topic. Is there any solution to problem that causes placement to penetrate into other blocks by half? IgromanEXE 9 — 2y

How to put a block to the sides of other blocks?

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