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My invisible brick is not working?

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I use this script to make it where it moves a bot to it's spawning location when it touches the part. No matter what I do, it still bypasses the brick, and it gets into the lobby and kills the players that aren't attacking it. I get no errors, I just get a bunch of print that says something like "Invisible Block: " and a bunch of numbers. I use 2 scripts that basically tie in together.

My script works amazing in studio, just how I want it to. Then, I go in-game, and the longer/bigger script doesn't do anything whatsoever. In studio, it still continues to work even after the bot is respawned. I don't know anything else to do, I tried everyone's suggestions.

Invisible block script:

local SpawnPos=Vector3.new(36.89, 3, -114)
local Bots=workspace.BotArea

script.Parent.Touched:connect(function(Hit)
    if Hit:IsDescendantOf(Bots) then
        for _,Bot in pairs(Bots:GetChildren()) do
            if Hit:IsDescendantOf(Bot) then
                Bot:MoveTo(SpawnPos)
            end
        end
    end
end)

Sends bot back into it's spawning position script:

local Bot=script.Parent

function FindNearestTorso(Pos)
	local BestTarget=nil
	local BestDist=500
	for i,v in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()) do
		if v.Character and v.Character:FindFirstChild("Torso") then
			local Character=v.Character
			local Torso=Character.Torso
			local Dist=(Torso.Position-Pos).magnitude
			local Ray=Ray.new(Pos,(Torso.Position-Pos).unit*Dist)
			local Part,Pos=workspace:FindPartOnRayWithIgnoreList(Ray,{Bot,Character})
			if not Part and Dist<BestDist then
				BestTarget=Torso
				BestDist=Dist
			end
		end
	end
	return BestTarget
end

while true do
	wait()
	local target = FindNearestTorso(Bot.Torso.Position)
	local SpawnPos=Vector3.new(36.89, 3, -114)
	if target ~= nil then
		Bot.Humanoid:MoveTo(target.Position, target)
	else
		Bot.Humanoid:MoveTo(SpawnPos)
	end
end
AnonymousEdited

7 comments

0

It seems that "Invisible Block" is the closest block. Maybe the Touched function isn't firing when the bot touches it (touched isn't very reliable :/). Maybe you could check to see if the player it's going towards is inside a certain radius (the lobby)?

Anonymous#
0

There is no Connection Line.

Anonymous#
0

instead of commenting, please add a answer with a script.

Anonymous#
0

Basically, when he first spawns the brick works. Then, I go in and kill him, and then go out. Then I go back in, and out to test the "else Bot.Humanoid:MoveTo(SpawnPos)" and he goes straight through the brick.

Anonymous#
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People generally comment to get clarification and pose ideas of answers. We generally discourage people from posting answers that they are not sure about. Please let people continue to comment!

Anonymous#
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You should remove line 5 in your first script, there is not really a point of it.

Anonymous#
0

Alright, I am looking at the top code block, I don't see anything wrong with it. My suggestion is making multiple prints and see where the script is failing... I am sorry I can not be any more help...

Anonymous#

3 answers

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I optimized it but pretty much used your system, so I assume I don't have to go into much detail explaining it all. I also added a little bit to it to make it a little more fun :D

local bot, agility, bestTarget, target, bestWait do
	agility = 0.25
	bot = script.Parent;

	bestTarget = function (position)
		local Victim = nil
		local Distance = 100

		for key, player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
			if pcall(function() return player.Character.Torso end) then
				local character = player.Character
				local torso = character.Torso
				local magnitude = (torso.Position - position).magnitude
				
				local ray = Ray.new(position,(torso.Position - position).unit * magnitude)
				local hit, position = workspace:FindPartOnRayWithIgnoreList(ray,{bot, character})
				
				if not hit and magnitude <= Distance then
					Victim = torso
					Distance = magnitude
				end
			end
		end
		return Victim
	end
	
	bestWait = function()
		return (not target and agility or 0.5)
	end
end



while wait(bestWait()) do
	local iSpawn = Vector3.new(36.89, 3, -114)
	local target = bestTarget(bot.Torso.Position)
	
	if target ~= nil then
		bot.Humanoid:MoveTo(target.Position)
		target.Parent.Humanoid.Died:connect(function()
			target = nil
		end)
	else
		bot.Humanoid:MoveTo(iSpawn)
	end
end
AnonymousPermalink

You code looks right. Although not a real solution, I can simplify the touch script.

local SpawnPos=Vector3.new(36.89, 3, -114)

script.Parent.Touched:connect(function(hit)
	if hit.Parent and hit.Parent.Name == "Bot" then
		hit.Parent:MoveTo(SpawnPos)
	end
end)

Might as well try it. As I said, your code looks good.

AnonymousEdited Permalink

Instead of using a great big script, you should...

  1. Go into Roblox Studio
  2. Click on the brick
  3. If the Properties pane is not open already, please open it.
  4. Find Transparency, set that to 1. Done!

If you want to make sure no one knows of it's existence, uncheck CanCollide.

AnonymousPermalink

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