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Help with an offset thing?

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connor12260311 383 Moderation Voter
9 years ago

This is complicated... So I am making a script that randomly generates barriers throughout my tiny map. I want to make sure that there is a certain offset between the two, I know I would use magnitude, but how would I apply it in a script like this?

for i = 1, blocks do
local block = game.ServerStorage.Disco:Clone()
block.Name = "Barrier"
block.Parent = partmodel
block.Size = Vector3.new(1,math.random(7,10),math.random(15,21))
block.Anchored = true
block.CFrame = CFrame.new(math.random(-150,-100),game.Workspace.Platform.Position.Y block.Size.Y/2 + game.Workspace.Platform.Size.Y/2,math.random(35,102))
for i = 1,block.Size.Y do
    block.CFrame = block.CFrame * CFrame.new(0,1,0)
    wait(0)
end
    local safe = Instance.new("Part",block)
    safe.Name = "Safe"
    safe.Size = Vector3.new(100,block.Size.Y,block.Size.Z)
    safe.Anchored = true
    safe.CanCollide = false
    safe.Transparency = 1
    safe.CFrame = CFrame.new(block.Position.X + safe.Size.X/2 +     block.Size.X/2,block.Position.Y,block.Position.Z)
    local imp = script.Script:Clone()
    imp.Parent = safe
    wait(1)
end
end

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Answered by
BlueTaslem 18071 Moderation Voter Administrator Community Moderator Super Administrator
9 years ago

Given a point p, you can determine what the distance is to all of the barriers that have been placed so far. If all of those distances are bigger than the separation you want, you can place a barrier there.

It might look something like this:

local barriers = {} -- start with none

for i = 1, blocks do
    local p = Vector3.new( math.random()*250 - 150, workspace.Platform.Position.y, math.random() * 37 + 35 )
    local nearest = math.huge
    for _, barrier in pairs(barriers) do
        nearest = math.min(nearest, (barrier - p).magnitude)
    end
    if nearest > separation then
        table.insert(barriers, p)
        BuildBarrier(p) -- where BuildBarrier makes a barrier at position p
    end
end
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im very confused. how and where would i use BuildBarrier? connor12260311 383 — 9y
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sorry i'm just not a very great scripter like you are. connor12260311 383 — 9y
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nvm i figured it out. it was obvious connor12260311 383 — 9y
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