Bullet rotation help

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#1

I am working on making guns, I have already made the guns and at this time am trying to make bullets. I have encountered a problem that the bullet needs rotation. I have tried multiple times to change it by getting the rotation of the gun and getting the lookvector of the players camera neither have worked can i get any help?
script:

script.Parent.Bullet.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, looker, damage)
	
	local cframe = script.Parent.Handle.CFrame
	
	local bullet = game.ReplicatedStorage.BulletTest:Clone()
	bullet.Parent = game.Workspace.BulletStorage
	bullet.CFrame = cframe
	bullet.Name = player.Name.."'s Bullet"
	bullet.Orientation = Vector3.new(workspace.CurrentCamera.CFrame.LookVector)
	print(bullet.Orientation)
	
	local flyer = Instance.new("BodyForce", bullet)
	flyer.Force = Vector3.new(0, bullet:GetMass() * 150, 0)
	
	bullet.Velocity = looker * 275
	
	bullet.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
		if hit.Name ~= "1911" and hit.Name ~= "Handle" and hit.Name ~= player.Name and hit.Parent.Name ~= player.Name and hit.Name ~= player.name.."'s Bullet" then
			bullet:Destroy()
			if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Durability") then
				hit.Parent.Durability.Value -= 1
			end
			if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
				if hit.Parent.Humanoid.Health > 0 then
					if hit.Name == "Head" then
						damage = damage * 2
					else
						damage = damage
					end
					hit.Parent.Humanoid:TakeDamage(damage)
					if hit.Parent.Humanoid.Health <= 0 then
						if hit.Name == "Head" then
							player.CashFolder.Cash.Value = player.CashFolder.Cash.Value + 55
							player.LevelFolder.XP.Value = player.LevelFolder.XP.Value + 35
						else
							player.CashFolder.Cash.Value = player.CashFolder.Cash.Value + 15
							player.LevelFolder.XP.Value = player.LevelFolder.XP.Value + 10
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end)
	
	game.Debris:AddItem(bullet, 8)
	
	wait()
	
end)
#2

Change to

local bullet = game.ReplicatedStorage.BulletTest:Clone()
bullet.Parent = game.Workspace.BulletStorage
local camcf = workspace.CurrentCamera.CFrame
bullet.CFrame = CFrame.fromMatrix(script.Parent.Handle.Position, camcf.RightVector, camcf.UpVector, -camcf.LookVector)
bullet.Name = player.Name .. "'s Bullet"

There are more improvements that could be made to this script, but maybe post in code review for that :slight_smile:

#3

Alright, I will try this out thanks.

#4

I just got home and tested this and it didn’t work. Thanks anyway

#5

It’s not generally advisable to have bullets in flight simulated with parts. You can’t rely on touched events to handle collisions with small parts moving at 275 studs/s, and no one will see the part anyways (just as you would not see a real bullet flying past you). Games normally use raycasting for fast projectiles, and physical parts for slower and/or larger projectiles like rockets and grenades.

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#6

well thanks for the recommendation, I will see if I can replace the bullets for something like a ray etc.

#7

I’d recommend checking out FastCast. It’s a good open source compromise between fast, efficient raycasting and having a nice trajectory that projectiles provide.