I'm wanting to get the specific X/Y co-ordinate of the position of a part to use in an arithmetic operation, and when I attempt to use 'Position.X' or 'Position.Y', it simply says that either of those values cannot be used in arithmetic operations.
COMMUNITY QUESTION
How do I get the an X or Y co-ordinate of the position of a part to use in arithemtic operations?
2 answers
Alright.
Specific position values (.X, .Y, .Z) are read only. HOWEVER, you can use (.X/400). Don't try to write to read-only values. Bad things happen.
I don't see why not? If you're trying to set part.Position.X = 5 then that won't work.
local part = workspace.Part
local function NewPos()
local newPos = Vector3.new(part.Position.X + 5,part.Position.Y + 5,part.Position.Z + 5)
part.Position = newPos
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
Player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
NewPos()
end)
end)
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Both X and Y (and Z) are read only, you'll have to set the position, you can use them for calculating though
^ What he said. Basically if you want to change the position you will have to add a Vector3(x,y,z) to the set the x, y and z coordinates respectively.