X cannot be assigned to?? (Help for plugin)
I want to create a plugin that'll help you position parts and do other stuff more easier than the way studio has What I want this script to do is to let you set the value and then change the position of the part to what you set
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local playergui = player.PlayerGui
local screen = game.ReplicatedStorage.ScreenGui
local x = screen.Xie
local y = screen.Yie
local z = screen.Zie
screen:Clone().Parent = playergui
placepart = function(key)
local part = Instance.new("Part", workspace)
part.Name = "CreatedPart"
local setPosition = Instance.new("Vector3Value", part)
setPosition.Name = "PartPosition"
-- Set Position Values --
setPosition.Value.X = x.Text --Here is the problem error "X cannot be assigned to"
setPosition.Value.Y = y.Text --Here is the problem
setPosition.Value.Z = z.Text -- Here is the problem
part.Position = Vector3.new(setPosition.Value.X,setPosition.Value.Y,setPosition.Value.Z)
if key == "x" or key == "X" then
game.ReplicatedStorage.ScreenGui:Clone().Parent = playergui
end
end
mouse.KeyDown:Connect(placepart)
Hopefully you can answer my question :)
1 answer
The positional properties of a Vector3 are read-only.
As you can see here, the coordinate properties of the Vector3 class are marked as read-only. This means that you can't set the X, Y and Z coordinates manually - you can only view/read each of their values. The correct way of creating a Vector3 is by using the Vector3.new() constructor and passing each coordinate value into it.
For example, as you are setting the value of a Vector3Value in your script, you would do the following:
setPosition.Value = Vector3.new(x.Text, y.Text, z.Text) -- Strings will automatically convert to numbers when necessary, so there's no need to use tonumber() here.
Your full script would look something like this (with a few minor tweaks):
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local playergui = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui") -- Waits for the PlayerGui to become available.
local screen = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("ScreenGui") -- Wait for the ScreenGui to become available.
local x = screen.Xie
local y = screen.Yie
local z = screen.Zie
screen:Clone().Parent = playergui
local function placePart(key) -- Small rearrangement of the function's creation so that it's easier to read.
local part = Instance.new("Part", workspace)
part.Name = "CreatedPart"
local setPosition = Instance.new("Vector3Value", part)
setPosition.Name = "PartPosition"
-- Set Position Value --
setPosition.Value = Vector3.new(x.Text, y.Text, z.Text)
part.Position = setPosition.Value -- The value is already a Vector3, you don't need to create a new one to set the part's position.
if key == "x" or key == "X" then
game.ReplicatedStorage.ScreenGui:Clone().Parent = playergui
end
end
mouse.KeyDown:Connect(placepart) -- It is better to use UserInputService for new work as this is deprecated.
I would also consider using the UserInputService to handle your key bindings as opposed to KeyDown as it is deprecated and should not be used for new work.
I hope my answer helped you. If it did, be sure to accept it.
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