Getting a part to spawn infront of the player

[AL_phaOmega (xALx)]

So i’m having issues trying to get a part to spawn infront of the player.

Right now, It spawns at the HumanoidRootPart’s position and copy it’s rotation but i want it to spawn 1 stud away from the HumanoidRootPart.

This is my code right now.

-- define the tool
local tool = script.Parent

-- define the function to create a brick
local function createBrick(position, rotation)
	local brick = Instance.new("Part")
	brick.Size = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1)
	brick.Position = position
	brick.Orientation = rotation
	brick.Anchored = true
	brick.CanCollide = false
	brick.Parent = workspace
	print("Created")
end

-- connect the tool's activation event to create a brick at the player's position
tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
	local character = player.Character
	local rootPart = character.HumanoidRootPart
	if rootPart then
		createBrick(rootPart.Position, rootPart.Orientation)
	end
	print("Activated")
end)

Any help or tips?

[waves5217 (waves)]

Hi!

Instead of setting Position and Orientation, you can use CFrame (coordinate frame). To spawn a part in front of the HumanoidRootPart, we can multiply the root part’s CFrame by a new CFrame moving it forward on Z-axis relative to the root’s orientation.

createBrick(rootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, 0, -5))

Then in the createBrick(cf), we would modify the CFrame property of a part:

local function createBrick(cframe)
	local brick = Instance.new("Part")
	brick.Size = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1)
    brick.CFrame = cframe
	brick.Anchored = true
	brick.CanCollide = false
	brick.Parent = workspace
	print("Created")
end

I would also suggest declaring those variables in .Activated once on top of the script, as such:

local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local rootPart = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

It’s very important to wait for the parts to load to prevent any errors raised because of at the time missing parts.

EDIT: Please keep in mind that the parts created locally on the client’s side aren’t replicated to the server and consequentially to other players. If you want a global part, you will have to send a remote event and ask the server to create one for you.