I’m recreating Prison Life’s gun system (as a mini project) because I’m bored. However this issue has been bugging me for a while. How would I go about fixing it?
Someone provided me a formula for random gun spread, but it looks very weird, some bullets look merged together or look like one bullet and I have no idea how to fix this. I want the bullets to be spread individually.
Raycasting code:
function castRay(pos, origin)
local raycastParams = RaycastParams.new()
raycastParams.FilterDescendantsInstances = character:GetDescendants()
raycastParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
local direction = (pos - origin).Unit
local length = (origin - direction).Magnitude
direction = (direction + Random.new():NextUnitVector() * fireSpread * math.random()).Unit * range
local result = workspace:Raycast(origin, direction, raycastParams)
local intersection = result and result.Position or origin + direction * range
local distance
if result then
distance = math.clamp((origin - intersection).Magnitude, 0, range)
else
distance = math.clamp((pos - origin).Magnitude, 0, range)
end
local bullet = Instance.new("Part")
bullet.Transparency = .3
bullet.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright yellow")
bullet.CanCollide = false
bullet.Anchored = true
bullet.CFrame = CFrame.new(origin, intersection) * CFrame.new(0, 0, -distance / 2)
bullet.Size = Vector3.new(0.1, 0.1, distance)
bullet.Name = plr.Name.."'s".." Bullet"
bullet.Parent = workspace
bullet.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
Debris:AddItem(bullet, 0.03)
if result then
remoteFolder:WaitForChild("castRay"):FireServer(origin, intersection, distance, result.Instance, damage)
else
remoteFolder:WaitForChild("castRay"):FireServer(origin, intersection, distance, nil, damage)
end
end
BTW the spread is set to 0.1 because anything above that looks really weird
i would suggest making the angle which the bullets can fire ‘snap’ to a grid. if a bullet tries to merge with another bullet, choose a different spot on that grid.
Here’s the updated script for the shotgun to shoot bullets individually:
function castRay(pos, origin)
local raycastParams = RaycastParams.new()
raycastParams.FilterDescendantsInstances = character:GetDescendants()
raycastParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
local numBullets = 5 -- Adjust the number of bullets as per your preference
local bulletSpread = 2 -- Adjust the bullet spread value as per your preference
for i = 1, numBullets do
local direction = (pos - origin).Unit
local length = (origin - direction).Magnitude
local spreadVector = Vector3.new(math.random(), math.random(), math.random()) * bulletSpread
direction = (direction + spreadVector).Unit * range
local result = workspace:Raycast(origin, direction, raycastParams)
local intersection = result and result.Position or origin + direction * range
local distance
if result then
distance = math.clamp((origin - intersection).Magnitude, 0, range)
else
distance = math.clamp((pos - origin).Magnitude, 0, range)
end
local bullet = Instance.new("Part")
bullet.Transparency = .3
bullet.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright yellow")
bullet.CanCollide = false
bullet.Anchored = true
bullet.CFrame = CFrame.new(origin, intersection) * CFrame.new(0, 0, -distance / 2)
bullet.Size = Vector3.new(0.1, 0.1, distance)
bullet.Name = plr.Name.."'s".." Bullet"
bullet.Parent = workspace
bullet.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
Debris:AddItem(bullet, 0.03)
if result then
remoteFolder:WaitForChild("castRay"):FireServer(origin, intersection, distance, result.Instance, damage)
else
remoteFolder:WaitForChild("castRay"):FireServer(origin, intersection, distance, nil, damage)
end
end
end
What i modified is i added a loop to generate multiple bullets (controlled by the numBullets variable). Each bullet has a random spread applied to its direction vector, ensuring that they spread individually. The spread amount is controlled by the bulletSpread variable.
Feel free to adjust the numBullets and bulletSpread values to achieve the desired spread effect for your shotgun.
I’ve never really delved too deep into the math side of Lua. Can you guide me through this? I am looking for and trying other solutions as we speak. thanks!
