Checking character touches object

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#1

I’ve been working on some kind of scrip that leaves behind a kind of path when the player walks (this happens in a serverscript). I start with the playeradded function to get the character, and then the humanoid (just incase i need that), together with the HumanoidRootPart. I constantly check the players position and do some maths on that position to get the position i really need; divide by 3 then .Ceil then multiply by 3 (so it acts like a grid). Now i’m able to place a part where the player stood.

Now here’s the problem: I don’t need a part to appear where there already is a part, else the game crashes due to too many spawning in… I don’t know how to check if there’s a part where the game is trying to place a part. Can somebody help me out? (i was thinking of using players position, but that would be hard. I was also thinking of using .Touched or even .TouchEnded… but you tell me)

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#3

You can create a Region3 with the part’s Bounding Box, then use workspace:FindPartsInRegion3() to find the parts that are overlapping that region3.

#4

Check to see if the player is running or not, that way you can minimise the amount of spawns in one position, doing:

    humanoid.Running:Connect(function(speed)
    if speed > 0 then
    —Code here
    else
    — Other thing
end
end)

(Written on mobile, so format isn’t great)

#5

Region3 only works reliably if the parts are not rotated (or at 90° steps) and of shape block (since these restrictions apply to Region3s respectively).

#6

That doesn’t seem like a problem if you don’t need the part to be rotated or have a shape, and just need to place it in the player position.

#7

Absolutely, but it’s a tight restriction and OP didn’t mention anything about part rotation / shape. Just a heads up.

#8

It’s a flat snow part, it’s not rotated and it’s a square.

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#9

If so, FindPartsInRegion3 is probably a better solution since it doesn’t require spawning in parts and I’m positive it’s more performant too.
You can calculate the bounds for a given part like so:
Region3.new(part.Position + part.Size / 2, part.Position - part.Size / 2)

Since the position describes the center, half of the size is exactly the distance you need to travel to reach a corner.

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