In a shooter I'm making, the player is forced into Shift Lock and I made a script so the player's arm (that holds the weapon) and head move up and down with the cursor.
To make my gun fire, I attempted to raycast starting from the "Head" of the gun (the front), but the problem is always that it's never in the angle I want. The X and Z are always perfectly aligned with the gun, but I can never get the ray to have the same angle as the gun's head.
This is what I've been trying:
local tlv = script.Parent.Parent.Torso.CFrame.lookVector
local hlv = script.Parent.Head.CFrame
local hit, position, normal = workspace:FindPartOnRay(
Ray.new(
script.Parent.Head.CFrame.p,
Vector3.new(tlv.x * 1000, hlv.p.y, tlv.z * 1000)
),
script.Parent.Parent
)
local beam = Instance.new("Part", workspace)
beam.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright red")
beam.FormFactor = "Custom"
beam.Material = "Neon"
beam.Transparency = 0.25
beam.Anchored = true
beam.Locked = true
beam.CanCollide = false
local distance = (script.Parent.Handle.CFrame.p - position).magnitude
beam.Size = Vector3.new(0.3, 0.3, distance)
beam.CFrame = CFrame.new(script.Parent.Handle.CFrame.p, position) * CFrame.new(0, 0, -distance / 2)
The beam is copied from Roblox's tutorial on making a Laser Gun, and is just so I can see where the ray fires. I need to avoid using LocalScripts for this solution as well.
The beam is always a straight line starting from the head of the gun, and doesn't change its angle with the player.
By somehow starting the raycast at the part, I can avoid this problem.
How would I do this?
13 comments
So you want the ray to be cast straight from the barrel (not taking into account the position of mouse like normal raycast guns)? As in, the bullet will only fire straight from the barrel, to be realistic
Yes
Ok, let me figure this out. You could consider making a part inside the tool (invisible, cancollide false). Then you just weld it and use it to make your ray.
Problem is that it would have the same effect, where the ray would be straight and not angled.
No, it wouldn't. If you made the part beforehand, and simply made it a part of the tool (welding it to the handle), it would be mean that it would face the way the tool is facing.
Are you implying the Head doesn't face the way the tool is facing? It's the front...
Also, you still didn't explain how I would make the ray from that.
The invisible part would be welded to the tool, meaning that, if you moved/rotated the tool, it would retain the exact same rotation and offset as the tool. Try welding a part to your head or something, then move your character and see how it reacts.
To make the ray would be simple, you just need to get the end and the start of the part.
Are you suggesting a long invisible brick and detect Touch or something? If you are, no.
No, not detecting touch, but a long invisible brick, yes. I don't know any other way to cast the ray. Note that the invisible brick is probably one of the best ways to do it without complex maths.
I'd rather do complex maths then a solution like that to be honest.
Well, good luck finding help then :P