How to make the part look towards its target when lerping

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#1

How do I make a part look at its target direction while lerping it?

local cf = CFrame.lookAt(moveObject.Position, randomPosition.Position)

moveObject.CFrame = current:Lerp(randomPosition,alpha)

I am getting a look at (tell me if I am doing this wrong too) and I am also lerping it, how do I put those two together?

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#2

You weren’t implementing the cf variable into the lerp so here:

local cf = CFrame.lookAt(moveObject.Position, randomPosition.Position)

moveObject.CFrame = current:Lerp(cf,alpha)
#3

It is not longer moving, just slowly spinning in circles.

#4

Grab the Rotation that was given from CFrame.lookAt(), Lerp the Objects Position Towards the Target with the Orientation Applied to it.

Something like this:

local lookAt = CFrame.lookAt(p0, p1) -- Return Direction
local newPos = p0:Lerp(p1, alpha) -- Lerp Position (Vector3)

obj.CFrame = CFrame.new(newPos) * lookAt.Rotation -- Applies CFrame with Position and Rotation

If you want it to transition slowly, use what @bytesleuth provided.

#5

it is still just spinning slowly?


			local cf = CFrame.lookAt(moveObject.Position, randomPosition.Position)
			local newPos = current:Lerp(cf,alpha)
			
			moveObject.CFrame = newPos * cf.Rotation
#6

wait i didnt change it from cf hold on

#7

This isn’t looking directly at its target, and sometimes it slowly looks there, not instantly.

#8

I think it is because I am somehow lerping the looking at its target part? Idk if I am but I would appreciate some insight

#9

it should be

local cf = CFrame.lookAt(moveObject.Position, randomPosition.Position)
local newPos = moveObject.Position:Lerp(randomPosition.Position,alpha)
			
moveObject.CFrame = CFrame.new(newPos) * cf.Rotation
#10

Now it just goes to the position way faster than it should, and then disappears?

#11

Now it works, I fixed it. However, I have another issue. I am looping through a folder and I am running a move module on it, but it only runs for one the of the parts? How can I fix this.

for i, v in pairs(mobs:GetChildren()) do
	coroutine.wrap(moveModule.Part(v))
end
#12

how to many objects are in mobs

#13

Just 2 for now, but I plan on adding more since I am purposely making this modular

#14

I also printed in the for loop, and it only prints once

#15

remove courotine.wrap for now and check if it prints twice

#16

Yup, just prints once
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#17

try ipairs

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#18 
local current = moveObject.CFrame
local target = CFrame.lookAt(moveObject.Position, randomPosition.Position)

local alpha = 0 -- Set the initial interpolation value (0 means start position, 1 means target position)

while alpha < 1 do
    alpha = math.min(1, alpha + 0.1 ) -- Ensure alpha doesn't exceed 1, 0.1 is the 'speed'

    -- Apply lerp to the position
    moveObject.CFrame = current:Lerp(target, alpha)

    -- Update the orientation of the part to look at the target direction
    local lookAtDir = (randomPosition.Position - moveObject.Position).unit
    moveObject.CFrame = CFrame.new(moveObject.Position, moveObject.Position + lookAtDir)

    wait() -- Wait for a short time before the next iteration
end
#19

Same result

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#20

Sorry for the misunderstanding, that part is fixed. I just didn’t want to make another post for a short little issue.

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