Constantly changing a models position?

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#1 
local Mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse()

local button1 = script.Parent:WaitForChild('Model1')

button1.Activated:Connect(function()
	local clone = button1:FindFirstChild('Model'):Clone()
	while wait() do				
		if Mouse.Target then
			if Mouse.Target.Name == "Base" then
				
				clone:MoveTo(Vector3.new(Mouse.Hit))
				clone.Parent = workspace.CurrentCamera

			end
		end
	end
end)

I’m trying to make a placement system, so that when the player clicks a button, it sets a model into their camera and is suppose to follow the players mouse until they click (to place it down) however atm when I click the button it just spawns ontop of my characters head and it doesn’t move positions.

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#2

You don’t use MoveTo for this, use Vector3,CFrame and SetPrimaryPartCFrame.

#3

Did that, which it now follows the mouse, but the part is tilted

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The transparent part is the PrimaryPart, and it should be in line with the baseplate

#4

Try rotate the primary part then

#5

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New problem :sweat_smile: the rocks aren’t in their correct part, and as I move the part around they also move in random and odd rotations and positions

#6

Just as a side note: don’t use a while loop, just listen to the mouse’s Move event.

Mouse.Move:Connect(function()
#7

If you did this, if the player moved or camera angle changed it wouldn’t update until you actually moved your mouse.

#8

Good point, actually. Haven’t thought about that lol.

#9

Yep, it’s something you don’t really think about. I only thought of it because I ran into this “problem” awhile ago.

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#10

Learning from experience is the best learning!

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#11

Erk - I feel like I’m repeating myself now, but just to be sure, please don’t use SetPrimaryPartCFrame for repeated uses like mouse movements or animating.

As for a more in-depth reply as to why, and what other solutions exists, I have this: How do you use CFrame for the children of a model - #8 by As8D

That’s just for the “move a model” subproblem of OP’s issue - but yeah, make sure the root/primary part is following a standard.

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#12

Useful resource, thank you for sharing! I’ll make sure to utiliize this and I hope the OP can aswell!