Creating a glide animation on a CFrame?

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#1

Hello, so I am trying to make a ball that glides in a direction that the player is looking when the player clicks the ball. I have it currently so the ball teleports to the location but I do not know how to add a nice gliding animation. This is the code I have currently that lets the ball teleport

local ReplicatedStorage = game:WaitForChild("ReplicatedStorage")

local Remote = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("dodgeBall")

local tool = script.Parent

local toolHandle = tool.Handle

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)

    local Character = player.Character

    local RootPart = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

    local offset = Vector3.new(5, 0, -30)

    tool.Parent = game.Workspace

    tool = game.Workspace.Tool

    toolHandle.CFrame = RootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(offset)

end)

I was in the process of trying to add a tween effect, but I am not sure if I can make that work with what I am trying to do. To make this possible should I use a body mover, tweening, or something else? I am not sure if using CFrame is the correct way to do this since it kind of just makes the ball teleport, but I just wanted to see if anybody could help me first before I continue lol.

#2

Hi,

I suggest using things like BodyForces and the simple Velocity vector. Seeing as Roblox’s physics is well optimised, you should to take advantage of it when trying to create motion. You’ll have to do some mathematics to do with slowing the ball down by using these techniques (Newton’s First Law of Motion would be the easiest, as well as the elementary physics equations of motion [SUVAT]) which might be more effort than it’s worth but try giving it a go.

Check out these articles for more information:

Thanks,
-Tom :slight_smile:

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#3

Would I not need to use CFrames with this?

#4

You can use the TweenService to get this effect.

Script 
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:WaitForChild("ReplicatedStorage")

local Remote = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("dodgeBall")

local tool = script.Parent

local toolHandle = tool.Handle

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)

    local Character = player.Character

    local RootPart = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

    local offset = Vector3.new(5, 0, -30)

    tool.Parent = game.Workspace

    tool = game.Workspace.Tool
    local tweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(SetYourProperties)
    local goal = {}
    goal.CFrame  = RootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(offset)

    local tween = TweenService.Create(toolHandle, tweenInfo, goal)
    tween:Play()

Hopefully my script above helps.

Happy coding! :smiley:

Edit: I forgot to play the tween.

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