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What Service or type of script is used to make a "part" appear behind your character when he walks?

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10 years ago

Im thinking about making a game that makes it to where when you walk a part appears behind your character such as in murder mystery

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Diitto 230

10 years ago

I would recommend that you have a LocalScript in every player that makes it so that every 5 or so seconds, a small part is made where their feet are, and then 25 seconds later, the part is destroyed.

Example:

01wait();
02script:destroy();--// Anti Death Removal
03 
04local Player=game:service'Players'.localPlayer;
05local TrailSize=2;--// The trail size. Can be changed.
06 
07while(wait(5))do--// Do this every 5 seconds
08    local Character=Player.Character;
09 
10    if(
11        Character--// If they have a character
12        and Character.Parent=workspace--// If the character is in the workspace ( prevents errors from falling off the base )
13        and Character:findFirstChild'Right Leg'--// If they have a right leg
14        and Character:findFirstChild'Left Leg'--// If they have a left leg
15        and Character:findFirstChild'Humanoid'--// If they are a real character
16        and Character.Humanoid.Health>0--// If they are alive
17        and Character:findFirstChild'Torso';--// If they have a torso
18        and Vector3.new(
19            Character.Torso.Velocity.X,
20            0,
21            Character.Torso.Velocity.Z
22        ).magnitude>=2--// If they are walking
23    )then
24 
25        local Trail=Instance.new('Part',workspace);--// Create the trail part
26        Trail.Name='Trail: '..Player.Name;
27        Trail.formFactor=3;
28        Trail.CanCollide=false;
29        Trail.Anchored=true;
30        Trail.BrickColor=ChatColor.Get(Player.Name);--// *****
31        Trail.TopSurface,Trail.BottomSurface=0,0;
32        Trail.Size=Vector3.new(TrailSize,TrailSize/2,TrailSize);--// You can change this to represent the trail size.
33        Trail.CFrame=
34            CFrame.new(
35                Vector3.new().lerp(
36                    Character['Right Leg'].CFrame.p,
37                    Character['Left Leg'].CFrame.p,
38                    .5
39                ),
40                Character.Torso.CFrame.p--// Where the player's character is facing.
41            )
42            * CFrame.new(
43                0,
44                -Character['Right Leg'].CFrame.Y/2,--// In between the player's feet.
45                -2 --// A little bit back.
46            );
47 
48        game:service'Debris':addItem(Trail,25);--// Removes the trail part after 25 seconds
49 
50    end;
51end;
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***** Interesting ChatColor class found on NoliCAIKS' code snippet container. It gets the Player's chat color, which is determined by their name.

When i play it in studio mode and walk around the baseplate nothing shows up. Do i have to be in Play Mode? iThunderStrike24 0 — 10y

Is there an error? If so, it's because you did not put in the ChatColor module that I posted on my answer. Diitto 230 — 10y

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fualtyhellboy 5

10 years ago

Oh! That is called pathfinding! Go to this link!

http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=Pathfinding

ive done that but it doesnt work it doesnt cut off in certain "parts" like on murder mystery iThunderStrike24 0 — 10y

Oh well... You have to code that and maybe before you start giving me a minus learn how to script... fualtyhellboy 5 — 10y

He's asking a good question, and you're not helping. EzraNehemiah_TF2 3552 — 10y

What Service or type of script is used to make a "part" appear behind your character when he walks?

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