ClickDetector extremely unreliable

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#1

I’m making a game and clicking mid-high speed objects is crucial in order for this game to work.
I have however noticed an issue with the ClickDetector which requires me to click hundreds of times on the object before it registers.
The only solution: Use an auto clicker, however this is not good for my players who might be on mobile or not have access to such autoclicker

Screenshot 2024-01-31 at 6.46.32 PM There isn’t much special other than a script inside it.

There’s really nothing to the script too

script.Parent.MouseClick:Connect(function()
	print("click")
end)

and it most certainly isn’t an issue with the script as far as I know.

In this video every time my cursor turns into the hand cursor I am actually clicking and it BARELY registers my clicks.

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#2

You should consider using raycasting instead as ClickDetector can become unreliable at high speeds (from my experience too)

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#3

Yeah like @vxsqi said, ClickDetectors become fairly inaccurate with high speeds, along with DragDetectors.

You can check if the mouse’s .Target is a ball, which would be more accurate.

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#4

Try this! It is a LocalScript in StarterPlayerScripts. The reason is the script needs the player’s mouse, which can only be accessed on the client or in a LocalScript.

local Ball = workspace:WaitForChild("Ball")

Ball.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(Player)
	local Mouse = Player:GetMouse()
	
	if Mouse.Target.Name == "Ball" then
		Ball:Destroy()
	end
end)

Hope this helps! :slight_smile:

#5

Did you even the read the post, or you just used AI?

ClickDetector won’t fire at high speeds thus that event will not work 100%.

#6

It depends on the object size, create an invisible bigger part as a hitbox.

  • Use InputService and other services to create your own click detector.
  • Raycasts isn’t going to work for this type of games most likely.
#7

Yes, I read the post. I wrote that code based off what @Katrist said and tried it. It worked for me, and I haven’t tried it with raycasts yet.

#8

This should just be done with raycasts. Fire a ray, check if it hit, check if the instance it hit is one of your clickable objects

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#9

That’s not what I said to do. You’re still using a ClickDetector, which defeats the whole purpose of checking mouse.Target.

#10

Did you try it with high speeds though? The issue is not the code inside the function but the event not firing consistently.

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