Dragging objects with mouse server side

[Xbscure]

I need help with dragging objects with mouse server side. I thought of just firing a remote event to the server every render stepped but that could cause issues and I was wondering if there’s a better way to do this?

[Conejin_Alt (DisplayNameHere)]

You might want to check Starmaq’s post:

Dragging objects with the mouse

Hi! This is one of my first and most popular resources here, and I’m proud of it. After a year or so, decided to check it out again. I found some mistakes and use of stuff that wasn’t deprecated back in the old days, but I also updated almost all of the article. I took a different approach, a different solution, and decided to only explain what’s going on instead of starting with a script and working on from there. A much better end result is provided in the end rather than the simplistic and ru…

[Xbscure]

That doesn’t help, he did it all client sided.

[ClientRecon (MikeTyson)]

Are you talking about using :GetMouse on Server Side, if thats the case then its not possible.

[starmaq]

Dragging objects with the mouse

Physics always replicate if the player has network ownership over that part This phrase is really important! Anything that involves physics, moving a part, a part falling, the player walking, all that replicates automatically by roblox if the player has network ownership. If you move a part in the client, other players will see it move as well. Important info!

It isn’t needed to implement in the server.

[smile2732]

This is no longer true unfortunately. When you drag an object client side and then go and check the sever/another client the object has not moved. Or do I just have a really weird version of Roblox Studio?

[starmaq]

This is no longer true unfortunately.

The way replication works will always be the same, and no you don’t have a weird version of the Studio! That’s not a valid thing to say.

I think it’s my fault that I didn’t bring this up, not sure why I missed it. In order for the physics to replicate, the client has to have Network Ownership over the dragged part. Meaning whenever you drag a part, you need to do

part:SetNetworkOwner(player)

where player is LocalPlayer, else the position of the part will not change! It might also be wise to give back the Network Ownership to the server after we’re done dragging, which is done by setting the NetworkOwner to nil.

part:SetNetworkOwner(nil)

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/Network-Ownership

[smile2732]

Thank you for the information. The link however is taking me to an article titled: GetProductInfo().Sales returns on the developer forum.

[starmaq]

That’s super strange, no idea how it got to that post, I don’t think I accidently copied the wrong link. Anywho, just search for “roblox Network Ownersip” for more info.