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How do I get a certain player mouse?

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Nep_Ryker 131

7 years ago

Edited 7 years ago

So I'm making a turret, a switch has to be stepped on in order to activate the turret, the turret will always look at the player's mouse. But how do I get the mouse of the player that stepped on the button instead of getting everyone's mouse? Here is the script that makes the turret follow the mouse (Everyone's mouse?)

This Script is not a LocalScript, and it is inside Workspace.

01function FollowMouse(p)
02    script.Parent.ControllableTurret1.ActivatePart.Touched:connect(function()
03        repeat wait() until game.Workspace.ControllableTurret1.TestingCannon.SpinningPart.Base
04        while true do
05            local pos
06            local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
07            local m = player:GetMouse()
08            local t = m.Hit
09            if t then
10                pos = t
11                local base = game.Workspace.ControllableTurret1.TestingCannon.SpinningPart:WaitForChild("Base") 
12                local h = player.Character:WaitForChild("Head")
13                base.CFrame = CFrame.new(base.Position,Vector3.new(t.X,t.Y,t.Z))
14                --tor["Neck"].C0 = CFrame.new(0,1,0) * CFrame.Angles(-math.asin((m.Origin.p - m.Hit.p).unit.y) + 1.55,3.15,0)
15            end
16            wait()
17        end
18    end)
19end
20 
21FollowMouse()
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^Also this Script is disabled^, an another script would activate this script. If you want to see that script as well, here it is:

01local effectPart = game.Workspace.ControllableTurret1.EffectPart
02local activePart = game.Workspace.ControllableTurret1.ActivatePart
03local sp = script.Parent
04local followMouse = game.Workspace.FollowMouseScript
05local fireballControl = sp.FireballControl
06 
07local buttonPressed = false
08--Store whether the button is pressed in a local variable
09activePart.Touched:connect(function(hit)
10    if not buttonPressed then
11    -- Is it not pressed?
12        buttonPressed = true
13        -- Mark it as pressed, so that other handlers don't execute
14        if hit.Parent and activePart.BrickColor ~= BrickColor.new("Sea green") then
15            local hum = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
16            if hum and effectPart.BillboardGui.StatusText.Text ~= "COOLDOWN" or hum and effectPart.BillboardGui.StatusText.Text ~= "ACTIVATED" then
17                activePart.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Sea green")
18                effectPart.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Sea green")
19                effectPart.BillboardGui.StatusText.Text = "ACTIVATED"
20                effectPart.BillboardGui.StatusText.TextColor3 = Color3.new(0,255,0)
21                activePart.Active:Play()
22                game.Workspace.ControllableTurret1.TestingCannon.SpinningPart.Base.Material = "Neon"
23                game.Workspace.ControllableTurret1.TestingCannon.SpinningPart.Barrel.Material = "Neon"
24                activePart.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
25                sp.CannonStuff.Ammo.Visible = true
26                sp.FireballControl.Disabled = false
27                followMouse.Disabled = false
28            end
29        end
30        wait(10) -- Amount of time before it deactivates again.
31        activePart.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Cool yellow")
32        effectPart.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Cool yellow")
33        effectPart.BillboardGui.StatusText.Text = "COOLDOWN"
34        effectPart.BillboardGui.StatusText.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255,255,0)
35        activePart.Deactive:Play()
36        game.Workspace.ControllableTurret1.TestingCannon.SpinningPart.Base.Material = "SmoothPlastic"
37        game.Workspace.ControllableTurret1.TestingCannon.SpinningPart.Barrel.Material = "SmoothPlastic"
38        sp.CannonStuff.Ammo.Visible = false
39        activePart.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
40        activePart.ParticleEmitter2.Enabled = true
41        sp.FireballControl.Disabled = true
42        followMouse.Disabled = true
43        wait(7) -- Cooldown
44        activePart.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Dark stone grey")
45        effectPart.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Dark stone grey")
46        if sp.CannonStuff.Ammo.Amount.Value > 0 then
47            effectPart.BillboardGui.StatusText.Text = "AVAILABLE"
48        elseif sp.CannonStuff.Ammo.Amount.Value == 0 then
49            effectPart.BillboardGui.StatusText.Text = "NO AMMO, AVAILABLE."
50            effectPart.BillboardGui.StatusText.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255,0,0)
51        end
52        activePart.ParticleEmitter2.Enabled = false
53        effectPart.BillboardGui.StatusText.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255,255,255)
54        buttonPressed = false
55        -- Mark it as not pressed, so other handlers can execute again
56    end
57end)
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^This script is inside a GUI. (That is inside StarterGUI)^ And it's a Script, not a LocalScript.

Is FE on? If so, Scripts won’t work in GUI. brokenVectors 525 — 7y

No, FE is off. Nep_Ryker 131 — 7y

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Answered by

justoboy13 153

7 years ago

Use your idea but with a local script. put this in a local script within startergui and have the local script disabled

01while true do
02            local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
03            local pos = player:GetMouse().Hit
04            if pos then
05                local base = game.Workspace.ControllableTurret1.TestingCannon.SpinningPart:WaitForChild("Base") 
06                local h = player.Character:WaitForChild("Head")
07                base.CFrame = CFrame.new(base.Position,Vector3.new(t.X,t.Y,t.Z))
08                --tor["Neck"].C0 = CFrame.new(0,1,0) * CFrame.Angles(-math.asin((m.Origin.p - m.Hit.p).unit.y) + 1.55,3.15,0)
09            end
10            wait()
11        end

then just add this to the touched function in the activation script

1if hit.Parent then
2    if game.Players:FindFirstChild(hit.Parent.Name) then
3        followMouse = game.Players:FindFirstChild(hit.Parent.Name).PlayerGui.FollowMouseScript
4    end
5end

Thank you :) Nep_Ryker 131 — 7y

No problem. What is the game, I want to see this turret in action. justoboy13 153 — 7y

Answered by

Conquesias 85

7 years ago

Edited 7 years ago

You cant use LocalPlayer in a server script.

So what do I do about that? :V Nep_Ryker 131 — 7y

use a local script noposts 75 — 7y

Ok, I placed the code into a LocalScript and I put it in StarterGui cuz I think it has something to do with that. But then an error came up, this error however has nothing to do with this.. Nep_Ryker 131 — 7y

Answered by

Ashley_Phantom 372

7 years ago

You cannot use Mouse or LocalPlayer on the server, you have to use a local script in a player instead.

So I have to find a way to put a LocalScript inside the player that stepped on the switch? Nep_Ryker 131 — 7y

How do I get a certain player mouse?

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