Fireball Not Launching

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Hello,
I have a new game which I want to have a fireball weapon in it, but the fireball isn’t launching when I test it.

Here is the code I used:

local basedmg = 25

local cd = 15

local speed = 5

local en = true

script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
	if en then
		en = false
		local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(script.Parent.Parent)
		local mousepos = script.GetMousePos:InvokeClient(player)
		local targetpos = mousepos.p
		
		local handle = script.Parent.Handle
		
		local fireball = handle:Clone()
		fireball.Parent = workspace
                fireball.Name = 'Fireball'
		
		fireball.Launch:Play()
		
		handle.FireParticle.Enabled = false
		handle.Transparency = 1
		
		local lv = Instance.new('LinearVelocity')
		lv.VectorVelocity = (mousepos.p - fireball.Position).Unit*speed
		lv.MaxAxesForce = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
		lv.Parent = fireball
		lv.Attachment0 = Instance.new('Attachment', fireball)
		
		script.Activated:FireClient(player, cd) -- This is for the cooldown GUI
		
		fireball.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
			fireball.Impact:Play()
			if hit.Parent ~= player.Character then
				if game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) then
					hit.Parent.Humanoid:TakeDamage(basedmg)
					for _, i in pairs(fireball.BurnFX:GetChildren()) do -- This has a folder of the sounds and damage script
						i.Parent = hit.Parent
						if i.ClassName == 'Script' then -- The script deals burn damage
							i.Enabled = true
						end
					end
					fireball:Destroy()
				end
			else
				fireball:Destroy()
			end
		end)
		
		wait(cd)
		en = true
		handle.FireParticle.Enabled = true
		handle.Transparency = 0.4
	end
end)

The problems:

  • There is no object in the Workspace called “Fireball”
  • The Linear Velocity (called as lv) is not being added to the fireball
  • The cooldown GUI shows up
  • The handle re-appears in my hand
  • The en variable is not the problem; the script just does not parent the clone to the Workspace.

What is supposed to happen:
Upon activation, if the tool is not on cooldown, it will get the player’s mouse position (the target Vector3), clone the Handle, place it into the Workspace, then make the original fireball (the tool) invisible. It then should play a sound and create a LinearVelocity aimed at the target position (mouse pos) at a speed of “speed”. It then activates the cooldown GUI for the user. It waits for the fireball to be touched by somebody that is a player but not the launcher. Lastly, it waits the rest of the cooldown then makes the code enabled again for reuse.

I don’t want a whole script re-wording the code, I just want to know if there are any problems with this code and what they are.

Thank you for your help!
Have a great day :smile: