Hi, so I was wondering on how I could Visualize the Distance of a Player from the Position of an Object.
A already know about the pythagorean theorem with the equation of a² + b² = c², which for this case, can get you the Distance (the Hypotenuse) between p0 (start position) and p1 (end position).
I already know how to Visualize c, as it is simple to do, but how would I add a and b to line up with c to create a Triangle?
I’m not asking for a script, just asking how I could do this, as im not entirely sure how to do it properly.
Not sure what you mean, but I’ll give you what I could piece together from your post.
If you have the hypotenuse [you have I presume], you can multiply it by sin to get the opposite side of the hypotenuse
then multiply the hypotenuse by cos to get the side adjacent to the hypotenuse
not sure if that’s what you want, maybe elaborate more?
Assuming that this triangle is relative to world space, you can represent the point that the legs of a right triangle intersect, on the x axis or y axis. in the picture, A represents the starting position, C represents the ending position, and B represents the point of “right-triangleness”
So I spent some time playing around with stuff, and this is what I achieved, so Im wondering if I did this correctly?
local char = script.Parent
local p0 = Vector3.zAxis*100
local p1 = char.HumanoidRootPart.Position -- The Position of the Character
local C3Default = Color3.new(1,1,1) -- default color of point
local function spawnPoint(letter, color ,pos) -- creates a Marker to determine a point
local sphere = Instance.new("Part")
sphere.Shape = Enum.PartType.Ball
sphere.Size = Vector3.one*.1
sphere.Color = typeof(color) == "Color3" and color or C3Default
sphere.Name = #letter < 2 and letter or "_"
sphere.Position = typeof(pos) == "Vector3" and pos or Vector3.zero
sphere.CanCollide = false
sphere.Anchored = true
sphere.Parent = workspace
return sphere
end
local function addBeam(x, y) -- Adds beams from a to b
local current = {}
local bFolder = workspace:FindFirstChild("Beams")
if not bFolder then
bFolder = Instance.new("Folder")
bFolder.Name = "Beams"
bFolder.Parent = workspace
end
for _,v in ipairs{x, y} do
local typeresult = (v == x)
local AttName = typeresult and "startPos" or "endPos"
local realAtt = Instance.new("Attachment")
realAtt.Name = AttName
realAtt.Parent = v
current[AttName] = realAtt
end
local beam = Instance.new("Beam")
beam.Name = "Point"
beam.Attachment0 = current.startPos
beam.Attachment1 = current.endPos
beam.FaceCamera = true
beam.Width0 = .1
beam.Width1 = .1
beam.Parent = bFolder
current.beam = beam
return current
end
local function getAxis(x, y, axis: string): number -- gets the difference between an axis
return (x[axis] - y[axis])
end
local function parag(x, y, z) -- Pythagorean theorem
return math.sqrt((x or 0)^2 + (y or 0)^2 + (z or 0)^2 )
end
-- Creates points
local a = spawnPoint("a", nil, p0)
local b = spawnPoint("b", nil, p1)
local y = getAxis(p0, p1, "Y") -- Gets Difference betwen a Axis
local mid = spawnPoint("m", nil, p) -- spawns a "mid point" to form the right angle
-- Adds Beams
local ab = addBeam(a, b)
local bm = addBeam(b, mid)
local ma = addBeam(mid, a)
-- mid point posiion
local p = Vector3.new(0, y, 0)
mid.Position = p0 - p -- sets position to mid point
while true do -- while loop to set how it would work for the Player
-- Its basically the same thing you saw above
p0 = char.HumanoidRootPart.Position
p1 = b.Position
-- Sets p0 and p1 to the most recent Positons
a.Position = p0
b.Position = p1
local y = getAxis(p0, p1, "Y")
print(y)
p = Vector3.new(0, y, 0)
mid.Position = p0 - p
--print(mid.Position)
task.wait()
end
Sorry if I made this look confusing, I may need to elaborate for some parts.
if you already have the endpoint and startpoint, why use the Pythagoreion theorem?
I see in the code above that the parag function isnt used but why use it in the first place?
local XPoint = p1.X
local YPoint = p1.X + p1.Y
local ZPoint = p1 --x+y+z
