How to rotate parts so that it forms a cube around the player?
Problem: I want these six parts to form a cube but I do not know how to rotate and from what I gather from videos you need to while loop it to rotate? I don't know why that would be a necessity, nonetheless this is my last resort. Anyone mind helping me, somewhere it my code, by pinpointing where the problem is or what is to be exact and give an example? My code is pretty repetitive so.
--Ignore if it is local or server as the game I use this script on merges the two into one as filtering enabled is not on so
Code:
game:GetService("UserInputService").InputBegan:Connect(function(key, proc)
if key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.C then
if proc == true then
else
print("Barrier")
local part1 = Instance.new("Part")
part1.Name = "Wall1"
part1.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Electric blue")
part1.Material = "Glass"
part1.CanCollide = false
part1.Parent = model:WaitForChild("Head")
part1.BottomSurface = "Smooth"
part1.TopSurface = "Smooth"
part1.Transparency = 0.4
part1.Reflectance = 0.3
part1.Size = Vector3.new(20,20,5)
part1.Anchored = true
part1.CFrame = model:WaitForChild("Torso").CFrame:toWorldSpace(CFrame.new(0,7,-6))
local part2 = Instance.new("Part")
part2.Name = "Wall2"
part2.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Electric blue")
part2.Material = "Glass"
part2.CanCollide = false
part2.Parent = model:WaitForChild("Head")
part2.BottomSurface = "Smooth"
part2.TopSurface = "Smooth"
part2.Transparency = 0.4
part2.Reflectance = 0.3
part2.Size = Vector3.new(20,20,5)
part2.Anchored = true
part2.CFrame = model:WaitForChild("Torso").CFrame:toWorldSpace(CFrame.new(0,7,6))
local part3 = Instance.new("Part")
part3.Name = "Wall3"
part3.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Electric blue")
part3.Material = "Glass"
part3.CanCollide = false
part3.Parent = model:WaitForChild("Head")
part3.BottomSurface = "Smooth"
part3.TopSurface = "Smooth"
part3.Transparency = 0.4
part3.Reflectance = 0.3
part3.Size = Vector3.new(20,20,5)
part3.Anchored = true
part3.CFrame = CFrame.new(part3.Position, Vector3.new(0,90,0))
part3.CFrame = model:WaitForChild("Torso").CFrame:toWorldSpace(CFrame.new(3,0,-6))
local part4 = Instance.new("Part")
part4.Name = "Wall4"
part4.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Electric blue")
part4.Material = "Glass"
part4.CanCollide = false
part4.Parent = model:WaitForChild("Head")
part4.BottomSurface = "Smooth"
part4.TopSurface = "Smooth"
part4.Transparency = 0.4
part4.Reflectance = 0.3
part4.Size = Vector3.new(20,20,5)
part4.Anchored = true
part4.CFrame = CFrame.new(part3.Position, Vector3.new(0,90,0))
part4.CFrame = model:WaitForChild("Torso").CFrame:toWorldSpace(CFrame.new(3,7,6))
local part5 = Instance.new("Part")
part5.Name = "Wall5"
part5.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Electric blue")
part5.Material = "Glass"
part5.CanCollide = false
part5.Parent = model:WaitForChild("Head")
part5.BottomSurface = "Smooth"
part5.TopSurface = "Smooth"
part5.Transparency = 0.4
part5.Reflectance = 0.3
part5.Size = Vector3.new(20,20,5)
part5.Anchored = true
part5.CFrame = CFrame.new(part3.Position) * CFrame.Angles(-90,0,0)
part5.CFrame = model:WaitForChild("Torso").CFrame:toWorldSpace(CFrame.new(0,8,0))
local part6 = Instance.new("Part")
part6.Name = "Wall6"
part6.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Electric blue")
part6.Material = "Glass"
part6.CanCollide = false
part6.Parent = model:WaitForChild("Head")
part6.BottomSurface = "Smooth"
part6.TopSurface = "Smooth"
part6.Transparency = 0.4
part6.Reflectance = 0.3
part6.Size = Vector3.new(20,20,5)
part6.Anchored = true
part6.CFrame = CFrame.new(part3.Position, Vector3.new(-90,0,0))
part6.CFrame = model:WaitForChild("Torso").CFrame:toWorldSpace(CFrame.new(0,8,0))
end
end
end)
1 answer
In order to make a cube, you will need to position six parts relative to the coordinate frame of the torso. Positioning the "top" face of the cube would be something like this:
--I am assuming that the size of the cube is 5 studs local part = part:Clone() --example local torso = character.Torso --example local offset = size/2 relativePos = Vector3.new(0 , offset , 0) local unit = Vector3.new(0 , -1 , 0) --Up vector part.CFrame = torso.CFrame * CFrame.new(relativePos , relativePos + unit) part.Parent = workspace
From here, all you need to do is adjust the relative position and unit vector for different faces. For example, your "bottom" face would just require copying the above code and changing the offset to -size/2 and changing the unit to Vector3.new(0 , 1 , 0). In order to demonstrate, here is a function that will make a cube around an arbitrary coordinate frame:
Function
function createCube (cf , size , part , thickness)
--Defaults
cf = cf or CFrame.new()
size = size or 4
part = part or Instance.new("Part")
thickness = thickness or 1
--Variables
local offset = size/2 - thickness/2
local relativePos
--Adjust the blueprint part size
part.Size = Vector3.new(size , size , thickness)
--Face One
local partOne = part:Clone()
relativePos = Vector3.new(0 , offset , 0)
partOne.CFrame = cf * CFrame.new(relativePos , relativePos + Vector3.new(0 , -1 , 0))
partOne.Parent = workspace
--Face Two
local partTwo = part:Clone()
relativePos = Vector3.new(offset , 0 , 0)
partTwo.CFrame = cf * CFrame.new(relativePos , relativePos + Vector3.new(-1 , 0 , 0))
partTwo.Parent = workspace
--Face Three
local partThree = part:Clone()
relativePos = Vector3.new(0 , 0 , offset)
partThree.CFrame = cf * CFrame.new(relativePos , relativePos + Vector3.new(0 , 0 , -1))
partThree.Parent = workspace
--Face Four
local partFour = part:Clone()
relativePos = Vector3.new(0 , -offset , 0)
partFour.CFrame = cf * CFrame.new(relativePos , relativePos + Vector3.new(0 , 1 , 0))
partFour.Parent = workspace
--Face Five
local partFive = part:Clone()
relativePos = Vector3.new(-offset , 0 , 0)
partFive.CFrame = cf * CFrame.new(relativePos , relativePos + Vector3.new(1 , 0 , 0))
partFive.Parent = workspace
--Face Six
local partSix = part:Clone()
relativePos = Vector3.new(0 , 0 , -offset)
partSix.CFrame = cf * CFrame.new(relativePos , relativePos + Vector3.new(0 , 0 , 1))
partSix.Parent = workspace
--Return parts
return partOne , partTwo , partThree , partFour , partFive , partSix
end
The first parameter is the coordinate frame specifying the center of the cube. Note that the function also takes into account the rotation.
The second parameter is the length of the cube in studs.
The third parameter is the part that will be used to make the cube. The part will automatically be resized to fit the cube so the only properties of this part that really matter are the colors, materials, anchored, and can collide properties.
The last parameter is the thickness of the cube in studs.
The function returns all the parts that were used to make the cube. All of the parameters except for the center coordinate frame are optional.
Explanation
The offset variable carries the distance each face must be from the center of the cube. The reason size is being divided by two is because the we only have to go halfway from the center in order to get to a certain face. For every face, we are also defining a variable called relativePosition. This carries the position the face must be in relative to the center of the cube. For example, the relative position Vector3.new(0 , -offset , 0) would be directly below the center of the cube because we are defining it to be lower on the y axis by offset amount of studs. When we are finally setting the coordinate frame of the face we are setting the relative position by multiplying the center coordinate frame and the relative position. The rotation is set by giving another position that would be basically adjacent to the position. For example, RelativePos + Vector3.new(0 , 1 , 0) would be exactly one stud above the RelativePos.
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