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Aiming a FE projectile?

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QuantumToast 261 Moderation Voter
8 years ago

I am trying to make the characters torso point towards the mouse for a few moments then fire a projectile. The projectile is in a tool format and I have tried using TargetPoint, but that does not seem to be working. Any suggestions are helpful.

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Answered by
connor12260311 383 Moderation Voter
8 years ago
Edited 8 years ago

First off, you would need to get the Player's Mouse. You can call the Player's Mouse from a local script using

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1local mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse()
2torso = workspace:FindFirstChild(game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name):FindFirstChild("Torso") --you need the torso too

Next you would need a function that makes the torso face towards where the bullet is aimed. I would suggest using BodyGyro. BodyGyro is an Instance that takes a CFrame value and points it's parent towards that CFrame value. (Only applies for parts)

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1function launch(pos) --pos is for later use
2    local gyro = Instance.new("BodyGyro", torso) --the second parameter is the parent
3    gyro.cframe = CFrame.new(torso.Position, pos.p)
4end

Next you will need to fire a projectile, which can be done using BodyVelocity. Body Velocity is an Instance that takes a Vector3 value and sets that Vector3 value as its target velocity. So we would just need to feed it the mouse's Position, which will later be defined as pos.

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1local bullet = Instance.new("Part", workspace)
2bullet.CanCollide = false
3bullet.CFrame = torso.CFrame
4local velocity = Instance.new("BodyVelocity", bullet)
5velocity.Velocity = pos.p -- .p converts the CFrame to a Vector3 value
6velocity.MaxForce = Vector3.new(math.huge,math.huge,math.huge) --this keeps the bullet going at a constant rate
7game:GetService("Debris"):AddItem(bullet, 3) --removes bullet after 3 seconds
8gyro:Destroy()

Finally, you need to call your function. You need to call it every time you click, so you would use the event Button1Down.

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1mouse.Button1Down:connect(function()
2    launch(mouse.Hit)
3end)

Put all of this together and you get

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01local mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse()
02torso = workspace:FindFirstChild(game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name):FindFirstChild("Torso")
03 
04function launch(pos) --pos is for later use
05    local gyro = Instance.new("BodyGyro", torso) --the second parameter is the parent
06    torso.BodyGyro.CFrame = CFrame.new(torso.Position, pos.p)
07    local bullet = Instance.new("Part", workspace)
08    bullet.CanCollide = false
09    bullet.CFrame = torso.CFrame
10    local velocity = Instance.new("BodyVelocity", bullet)
11    velocity.Velocity = pos.p -- .p converts the CFrame to a Vector3 value
12    velocity.MaxForce = Vector3.new(math.huge,math.huge,math.huge) --this keeps the bullet going at a constant rate
13    game:GetService("Debris"):AddItem(bullet, 3) --removes bullet after 3 seconds
14    gyro:Destroy()
15end
16 
17mouse.Button1Down:connect(function()
18    launch(mouse.Hit)
19end)

Hope this helped! --connor12260311

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