How do I measure velocity so that when it exceeds a certain velocity, the sword tool does damage? I thought about doing something like
if part.Velocity < Vector3(10,0,0) then
--damage script here
end
until I found out that velocity doesn't work too well with humanoids. If tracking velocity isn't possible, how do I track the speed of an arm? Like when you swing a sword with your right arm, how do you track how fast the sword is travelling?
Think about the physical definition of velocity (speed). It is the distance in which an object travels over a particular period of time. So rather than tracking the velocity, we track these two variables instead:
local tracking = true
local part = game.Workspace.Part -- Part to track
while tracking do
local initialPos = part.Position
local elapsed = wait()
local distance = (initialPos - part.Position).magnitude
local velocity = distance/elapsed
if velocity > 10 then
-- code
end
end
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