Cannot change Orientation.Y value

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#1

I have this code

Part.Orientation.Y = theta2

And when I press play I get an error saying “Y cannot be assigned to”
theta2 is NOT nil
Part is NOT nil
Please help.

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#2

Have you tried to use vector3?
Part.Orientation = Vector3.new(0, theta2, 0)

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#3

Try using the CFrame.Angles() method.

local angle = CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(90), 0)
local cframe = part.CFrame *= angle

See here for more info:
https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/datatype/CFrame

#4

Wait I just realized the problem: It wasn’t allowing my to change the Y value because of the rotation of the part, so I just set it to change the X value and it got fixed.

#5

Oh ok, it was easier than I thought

#6

We’re you in a rush? Because this is impossible.

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#7

What do you mean by “impossible”? That you can’t do that?

Wait, I’m an idiot I see what you mean… LOL

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#8 
Part.Orientation = vector3.new(Part.Orientation.X,theta2,Part.Orientation.Z)
#9

You can’t assign values to the components of a Vector3 value which describe a BasePart’s position/orientation, you need to construct a Vector3 value instead and assign that directly to the BasePart’s position/orientation property.

Is the correct solution.