There are multiple parts in my game called “HookPoint”, i want to be able to get the one that is closest to me using WorldRoot (if it really is impossible or overly complicated, i am willing to change from WorldRoot to something else) but with how it is currently working i am getting returned either an array with one HookPoint on the inside, or an array that has both HookPoints in it, i want just one and for it to be as an Instance, not an Array.
I tried using WorldRoot to find my objects because i already tried looking for a way to make this work after seeing a lot of complicated looking alternatives in this post
This is what my code looks like;
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local TS = game:GetService("TweenService")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local root = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera
local fovval = camera.FieldOfView
--local animation = script:WaitForChild("Animation")
--local animtrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)
local alive = true
local parts = workspace.HookPoints
local playerpos = root.Position
local OverPara = OverlapParams.new()
OverPara.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Include
OverPara.FilterDescendantsInstances = {workspace.HookPoints}
local close = workspace:GetPartBoundsInRadius(root.Position, 100, OverPara)
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessed)
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Space and humanoid.FloorMaterial == Enum.Material.Air then
local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait() -- Get the player character
local Rope = Instance.new("RopeConstraint")
Rope.Parent = close
local At1 = Instance.new("Attachment")
local At2 = Instance.new("Attachment")
At1.Parent = close
At2.Parent = char.LeftHand
At1.Name = "Attachment0"
At2.Name = "Attachment1"
Rope.Attachment0 = At1
Rope.Attachment1 = At2
Rope.Length = 10
Rope.Visible = true
end
end)
If anyone can tell me how i can get an instance instead of an Array, that would be a massive help
You are only getting the “close” parts one time at the start of the script. You need to get the nearby parts again every time you want to use it.
change the bottom half of your code to this:
local function close()
return workspace:GetPartBoundsInRadius(root.Position, 100, OverPara)
end
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessed)
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Space and humanoid.FloorMaterial == Enum.Material.Air then
print(close())
end
end)
thank you, also i reformatted the post because it actually did work, or so i though, thanks for telling me it was only running once (oopsy, lol)
also, with my new code would i just smack “close()” right at the start of the keypress check, or would that be bad to do and if so, what would i do instead?
local swinging = false
local currentRope
local function getNearestPart()
local nearbyParts = workspace:GetPartBoundsInRadius(root.Position, 100, OverPara)
for _, part in nearbyParts do
local distance = (part.Position - root.Position).Magnitude
if distance < shortestDistance then
shortestDistance, nearestPart = distance, part
end
end
return nearestPart
end
local function breakRope()
--break the rope
currentRope:Destroy()
swinging = false
end
local function connectRope(nearbyPart)
local char = player.Character
if not char then
return
end
swinging = true
local Rope = Instance.new("RopeConstraint")
Rope.Parent = nearbyPart
local At1 = Instance.new("Attachment")
local At2 = Instance.new("Attachment")
At1.Parent = close
At2.Parent = char.LeftHand
At1.Name = "Attachment0"
At2.Name = "Attachment1"
Rope.Attachment0 = At1
Rope.Attachment1 = At2
Rope.Length = 10
Rope.Visible = true
currentRope = Rope
end
local function canSwing()
return humanoid.FloorMaterial == Enum.Material.Air and not swinging
end
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessed)
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Space and canSwing() then
local nearbyPart = getNearestPart()
if nearbyPart then
connectRope(nearbyPart)
end
end
end)
UserInputService.InputEnded:Connect(function(input, gameProcessed)
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Space and swinging then
breakRope()
end
end)
VERY IMPORTANT detail i feel i may have omitted, HookPoints are Unions of multiple parts with one attachment point for the rope, im not sure if that makes a difference, but i feel that if it does you probably should know (though i will probably remove the attachment point as we are making new ones within the code anyway)
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local TS = game:GetService("TweenService")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local root = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local rarm = character:WaitForChild("Right Arm")
local rhand = rarm.RightGripAttachment
local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera
local fovval = camera.FieldOfView
--local animation = script:WaitForChild("Animation")
--local animtrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)
local alive = true
local parts = workspace.HookPoints
local playerpos = root.Position
local OverPara = OverlapParams.new()
OverPara.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Include
OverPara.FilterDescendantsInstances = {workspace.HookPoints}
local swinging = false
local currentRope
local function getNearestPart()
local shortestDistance = math.huge -- Initialize with a very large number
local nearestPart = nil -- Initialize as nil
local nearbyParts = workspace:GetPartBoundsInRadius(root.Position, 100, OverPara)
for _, part in nearbyParts do
local distance = (part.Position - root.Position).Magnitude
if distance < shortestDistance then
shortestDistance, nearestPart = distance, part
end
end
return nearestPart -- Optionally return the nearest part
end
local function breakRope()
--break the rope
currentRope:Destroy()
swinging = false
end
local function connectRope(nearbyPart)
local char = player.Character
if not char then
return
end
swinging = true
local Rope = Instance.new("RopeConstraint")
Rope.Parent = rarm
local At1 = rhand
local At2 = Instance.new("Attachment")
At1.Parent = rarm
At2.Parent = getNearestPart()
At1.Name = "Attachment0"
At2.Name = "Attachment1"
Rope.Attachment0 = At1
Rope.Attachment1 = At2
Rope.Length = 10
Rope.Visible = true
currentRope = Rope
end
local function canSwing()
return humanoid.FloorMaterial == Enum.Material.Air and not swinging
end
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessed)
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Space and canSwing() then
local nearbyPart = getNearestPart()
if nearbyPart then
connectRope(nearbyPart)
end
end
end)
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessed)
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Space and swinging then
breakRope()
end
end)
I did actually get it to work on my own, but instead of swinging the player just floats where they began to swing using the rope, almost like the rope is anchored in place, i have no idea how to fix this so any help would be great
