Raycasting Area Splash Damage?
I am trying to make a weapon (Light Orb, in my place Lights) with a raycasting area splash damage that damages all players except the client player within a certain distance. I have tried, but it failed completely. Here is the code, and here is the Layout also. Please help me, I am stuck and really confused >_<
local tool = script.Parent
local handle = tool.Handle
local light = handle.PointLight
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Enabled = true
local debounce = false
function activated()
if Enabled == true then
Enabled = false
wait()
local col = game.ServerStorage.collide:Clone()
col.Parent = tool
col.Position = handle.Position
col.Anchored = false
wait()
light.Brightness = 100
light.Range = 18
wait()
col.LocalSimulationTouched:connect(function(hit)
local ray = Ray.new(handle (360))
local ignore = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character
local hit, position = Workspace:FindPartOnRay(ray, ignore)
end)
light.Brightness = 1
light.Range = 16
tool:FindFirstChild("collide"):Destroy()
wait(.2)
Enabled = true
end
end
script.Parent.Activated:connect(activated)
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2 answers
Ok, I'm going to answer this on the assumption that you won't care about terrain damage. Instead of casting a ray in every direction from the orb (or wherever you want it to come from), Cast a ray to each player and check the distance from the player/if there is an object in the way (a wall for example). This way it is easy to check if a player is within the 'blast radius' and to ignore damage for the user. Let me know if you need any help implementing this or is it won't work at all for your idea :)
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First of all, I'd like to say that's alot of work. I like your idea, it sounds cool.
The most efficient way in making this, is to try a function, so it's organized, and it's seperate from everything else.
I am not too good at distant, like scripts. But if you try "x", and "y", and put together a position width for the tool, as a string, it possibly can work.