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How do you use WorldToScreenPoint to see players?

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I was wondering if I can use WorldToScreenPoint to see a player. I tried using a loop to detect parts of a player instead, but nothing worked.

local Camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = workspace:WaitForChild(Player.Name)

while true do
    local Vector, InScreen = Camera:WorldToScreenPoint(Character)

    if InScreen then
		for i, v in pairs(Character:GetChildren()) do
			print("A Player has been detected!")
		end
	else
		print("You're away!")
    end
	wait(1)
end
Anonymous

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WorldToScreenPoint() can check if a Part's Position is within the scope of the Camera, whether it is physically visible or not. As long as it is within the scope.

Example:

-- Variables
local cam = workspace.CurrentCamera
local plrs = game:GetService("Players")
local plr = plrs.LocalPlayer
local char = workspace:WaitForChild(plr.Name)
local hpart = char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

-- Code
game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	local instance,inScope = cam:WorldToScreenPoint(hpart.Position)
	if inScope == true then
		print(plr.Name .. "'s ".. hpart.Name .. " is in scope.")
	end
end)
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I am getting an error on line 10 repeatedly. The error is "Unable to cast Instance to Vector3?"

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Make sure the code says "instance,inscope = cam..." notice the lowercase "i" in "instance" if you use "Instance" then you're doing something else

Anonymous#
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It is lowercase, but it's still giving me a strange error.

Anonymous#
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Nevermind, I fixed it! I think you've missed .Position on line 10. I hope it's working now.

Anonymous#
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oh you're right! haha! sorry!

Anonymous#
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Hmmm... This is strange again. I am supposed to look at a different player humanoid part, not myself. How can I change this?

Anonymous#
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That is irrelevant to the post. Msg me on discord. ryan32t#6658

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