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How to make floating orbs follow you without a delay?

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Boi52893642864912 69

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

I am trying to make a tool that makes 4 floating orbs appear around you when you equip it. These orbs are supposed to follow you at the same speed as your walk speed, but there seems to be a delay and when they follow you.

Here's the part of the script that makes the orb follow you

1while script.equipped.Value == true do
2    orb1.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(4,1,0)
3    orb2.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(2,4,0)
4    orb3.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(-2,4,0)
5    orb4.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(-4,1,0)
6    wait()
7end

Here's the entire script

01script.orb.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(p) --- "orb" is a remoteEvent triggered when the tool is equipped
02    script.equipped.Value = true
03------------------ orb creation --------------------
04    local orb1 = Instance.new("Part",workspace)
05    orb1.Shape = "Ball"
06    orb1.Size = Vector3.new(1.1, 1.1, 1.1)
07    game.ReplicatedStorage.Particles.MagicThingParticle1:Clone().Parent = orb1
08    game.ReplicatedStorage.Particles.MagicThingParticle2:Clone().Parent = orb1
09    orb1.CanCollide = false
10    orb1.Anchored = true
11    orb1.Transparency = 1
12    orb1.Name = "orb1"
13    ---------- orb 2
14    local orb2 = Instance.new("Part",workspace)
15    orb2.Shape = "Ball"
16    orb2.Size = Vector3.new(1.1, 1.1, 1.1)
17    game.ReplicatedStorage.Particles.MagicThingParticle1:Clone().Parent = orb2
18    game.ReplicatedStorage.Particles.MagicThingParticle2:Clone().Parent = orb2
19    orb2.CanCollide = false
20    orb2.Anchored = true
21    orb2.Transparency = 1
22    orb2.Name = "orb2"
23    ---------- orb 3
24    local orb3 = Instance.new("Part",workspace)
25    orb3.Shape = "Ball"
26    orb3.Size = Vector3.new(1.1, 1.1, 1.1)
27    game.ReplicatedStorage.Particles.MagicThingParticle1:Clone().Parent = orb3
28    game.ReplicatedStorage.Particles.MagicThingParticle2:Clone().Parent = orb3
29    orb3.CanCollide = false
30    orb3.Anchored = true
31    orb3.Transparency = 1
32    orb3.Name = "orb3"
33    ----------- orb 4
34    local orb4 = Instance.new("Part",workspace)
35    orb4.Shape = "Ball"
36    orb4.Size = Vector3.new(1.1, 1.1, 1.1)
37    game.ReplicatedStorage.Particles.MagicThingParticle1:Clone().Parent = orb4
38    game.ReplicatedStorage.Particles.MagicThingParticle2:Clone().Parent = orb4
39    orb4.CanCollide = false
40    orb4.Anchored = true
41    orb4.Transparency = 1
42    orb4.Name = "orb4"
43 
44------ this is irrelevant
45    local tags = Instance.new("StringValue",orb1)
46    tags.Name = "tag"
47    tags.Value = p.Character.Name
48    local tags = Instance.new("StringValue",orb2)
49    tags.Name = "tag"
50    tags.Value = p.Character.Name
51    local tags = Instance.new("StringValue",orb3)
52    tags.Name = "tag"
53    tags.Value = p.Character.Name
54    local tags = Instance.new("StringValue",orb4)
55    tags.Name = "tag"
56    tags.Value = p.Character.Name
57 
58------------- this is the part that makes the orbs follow you
59    while script.equipped.Value == true do
60        orb1.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(4,1,0)
61        orb2.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(2,4,0)
62        orb3.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(-2,4,0)
63        orb4.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(-4,1,0)
64        wait()
65    end
66end)
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you could just weld the orb to the player greatneil80 2647 — 5y

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Answered by

climethestair 1663

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

Another method that does not involve any sort of loops to keep the orbs in position would be to use Welds. You could take your orbs and weld them to the character's HumanoidRootPart (or any other part you want them attached to). Then use the weld's C1 property (Part1 offset) to offset the orbs to whatever position you want around the character.

01local orbs = {orb1, orb2, orb3, orb4}
02local offsets = {CFrame.new(-4, -1, 0), CFrame.new(-2, -4, 0), CFrame.new(2, 4, 0), CFrame.new(4, -1, 0)}
03 
04for i,v in pairs(orbs) do
05    local weld = Instance.new("Weld")
06    weld.Part0 = character.HumanoidRootPart
07    weld.Part1 = v
08    weld.C1 = offsets[i]
09    weld.Parent = weld.Part0
10end

You could even take it a step further and use the TweenService and have the orbs float around like so...

01local orbs = {orb1, orb2, orb3, orb4}
02local offsets = {CFrame.new(-4, -1, 0), CFrame.new(-2, -4, 0), CFrame.new(2, 4, 0), CFrame.new(4, -1, 0)}
03 
04for i,v in pairs(orbs) do
05    local weld = Instance.new("Weld")
06    weld.Part0 = character.HumanoidRootPart
07    weld.Part1 = v
08    weld.C1 = offsets[i]
09    weld.Parent = weld.Part0
10 
11    spawn(function() -- new thread so there is no yield
12        -- Using a TweenService wrapper (but you get the idea)
13        while character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart) do
14            local goal = {C1 = offsets[i] + Vector3.new(0,1.5,0)
15            local properties = {Time = 1, Reverse = true}
16            TweenService(weld, goal, properties)
17 
18            wait(properties.Time * 2) -- x2 for reverse
19        end
20    end)
21end
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Just a few things to note:

Do not attempt to tween the sizes of the orbs, Roblox currently has an engine issue that will make any object that is welded to the player's character that is being tweened to not replicate the player's position to other players (looks like they are running in place).
The orbs must be CanCollide = false, MassLess = true, Anchored = false

Answered by

GriffthouBiff 147

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

This is because you are using wait() which has a minimum value of triggering 30 times a second; far too slow for what you need. What you should use instead is

1while script.equipped.Value == true do
2    orb1.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(4,1,0)
3    orb2.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(2,4,0)
4    orb3.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(-2,4,0)
5    orb4.CFrame = p.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(-4,1,0)
6    game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Wait();
7end

This will update every frame, before the frame is rendered, meaning there will be absolutely no delay. This will only work assuming the script is a localscript, which it needs to be, because there is no other way to do this if the script isn't.

If you want the orbs to show for everyone without a delay, then you need to teach yourself about events (https://www.google.com/search?q=events+tutorial+roblox&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS800US800&oq=events+tutorial+roblox&aqs=chrome..69i57.2092j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_4GthXvfXHcTi-gSH2L_ACg30). The basic idea for achieving this would be that you use :FireAllClients() to trigger the script above on a localscript for every player.

EDIT: It looks like you already know how events work based on your second script, so this should be totally doable for you if it isn't what you already did.

If you want more info on RenderStepped:Wait() check out (https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/event/RunService/RenderStepped) and I also recommend just checking everything out about the RunService, namely how Heartbeat, RenderStepped, and Stepped relate to eachother.

Good luck with your game!

He could also use networkownership to allow movement of a part by the client. It has to take into account the player could exploit this, so the part should have more aesthetic purposes than a game mechanic purpose, like a projectile. Dfzoz 489 — 5y

Yup, that's totally another option. I just offered the idea of using events because he seems to have experience with them. GriffthouBiff 147 — 5y

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