Can y' help me with welds a bit?
WeldTo = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Base")
PartsToBeWelded = script.Parent:GetChildren()
for i = 1, #PartsToBeWelded do
if PartsToBeWelded[i] == "Part" then
local weld = Instance.new("Weld")
weld.Parent = PartsToBeWelded[i]
weld.Part0 = PartsToBeWelded[i]
weld.Part1 = WeldTo
end
end
It's a fairly simple script, but it doesn't seem to work. I've no clue as to why, it seems very legitimate. I do in fact have a part called 'Base' in the right spot, and the script is in a model with other parts so..yeah. No clue.
1 answer
You're missing the part where you set the C0 (and optionally C1) of the weld.
To explain how this works, I will quote the wiki:
Sometimes, you want to just weld together two parts in their current positions, so that they remain in the same relative positions. This takes just a basic understanding of CFrame math and welds. As previously mentioned,
Part1.CFrame * C1 == Part0.CFrame * C0
And understanding that
CFrameA:inverse() * CFrameA
cancels out, we can apply some basic algebra
Part0.CFrame * C0 == Part1.CFrame * C1 Part0.CFrame:inverse() * Part0.CFrame * C0 == Part0.CFrame:inverse() * Part1.CFrame * C1 C0 == Part0.CFrame:inverse() * Part1.CFrame * C1
(http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=Weld)
So you need to set the weld's C0 to:
weld.C0 = PartsToBeWelded[i].CFrame:inverse() * WeldTo.CFrame
I've run into other problems with welds involving trying to weld Anchored parts, which can usually be solved by setting the weld's parent after you set its other properties, i.e.
WeldTo = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Base")
PartsToBeWelded = script.Parent:GetChildren()
for i = 1, #PartsToBeWelded do
if PartsToBeWelded[i] == "Part" then
local weld = Instance.new("Weld")
weld.C0 = PartsToBeWelded[i].CFrame:inverse() * WeldTo.CFrame
weld.Part0 = PartsToBeWelded[i]
weld.Part1 = WeldTo
weld.Parent = PartsToBeWelded[i]
end
end