Ray acting weird? [no other way to explain]
My best explanation is that it's taking the position and just like, Flipping it over the character as if it was an axis.
https://gyazo.com/50cebe1227a462c073e1063b61f5bcb3
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:wait()
local torso = character.Torso
local walls = game.Workspace.Walls:GetChildren()
function onKeyPress(inputObject, gameProcessedEvent)
if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
local lowest = 20
local low
for _, wall in pairs(walls) do
local distance = (torso.Position - wall.Position).magnitude
if distance < lowest then
lowest = distance
low = wall
end
end
print(low)
if low then
-- low may not be set if the closest is further than 20 studs
local ray = Ray.new(torso.Position, (low.Position - torso.Position).unit)
local hit, position = game.Workspace:FindPartOnRay(ray)
local distance = (low.Position - torso.Position).magnitude
local rayPart = Instance.new("Part", player.Character) -------
rayPart.Name = "RayPart"
rayPart.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright red")
rayPart.Transparency = 0.5
rayPart.Anchored = true
rayPart.CanCollide = false
rayPart.TopSurface = Enum.SurfaceType.Smooth
rayPart.BottomSurface = Enum.SurfaceType.Smooth
rayPart.formFactor = Enum.FormFactor.Custom
rayPart.Size = Vector3.new(0.2, 0.2, distance)
rayPart.CFrame = CFrame.new(position,(torso.Position - low.Position)) * CFrame.new(0, 0, distance/2)
for i = 1, #walls do
walls[i].BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Smoky grey")
end
low.BrickColor = BrickColor.Green()
end
end
end
game:GetService("UserInputService").InputBegan:connect(onKeyPress)
1 answer
The second parameter to CFrame.new(from, to) is not the direction. It's the point to look towards.
Thus setting the rayPart.CFrame should look something like this:
rayPart.CFrame = CFrame.new(position, torso.Position) * CFrame.new(0, 0, distance/2)
Your distance should also be computed using position instead of low.Position.
Your FindPartOnRay is also not quite what you want.
FindPartOnRay only looks the length of your ray, so you need it to have a long length:
local ray = Ray.new(torso.Position, (low.Position - torso.Position).unit * 999)
This will look at least 999 studs, instead of just 1 (where it isn't going to hit anything except maybe your arm).
You'll also probably want to ignore your character, so that the ray doesn't hit any part of you on its way to the wall:
local hit, position = game.Workspace:FindPartOnRay(ray, character)
You can debug these problems by adding a print(hit).
nil means the ray isn't reach anything. Something like "Right arm" or some other part suggests you're hitting something along the way.