Gun damages when the ray is in a certain angle

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So basically my gun damages players if the ray is in a certain angle, and I don’t know why. Everthing prints, and no errors. Here is my script:

-- local script in gun (tool)
local BODY_DAMAGE = 20
local HEADSHOT = 40
local CLIP = 8
local MAX_BULLETS = 64
local SHOOTY_PART = script.Parent.Shooty
local HandleOfGun = script.Parent.Handle
local Part_1 = script.Parent.Part1
local Part_2 = script.Parent.Part2
local Part_3 = script.Parent.Part3
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character
local mouse = Player:GetMouse()
local Reload = false

script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
CLIP = CLIP - 1
if CLIP <= 0 then
   Reload = true
   CLIP = 8
else
   local MousePos = mouse.Hit.p
   game.ReplicatedStorage.Shooty:FireServer(Character, HEADSHOT, BODY_DAMAGE, SHOOTY_PART, MousePos, HandleOfGun, Part_1, Part_2, Part_3)
end
end)
-- Server script also in gun (tool)
local debris = game:GetService("Debris")
game.ReplicatedStorage.Shooty.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, Character, HEADSHOT, BODY_DAMAGE, SHOOTY_PART, MousePos, HandleOfGun, Part_1, Part_2, Part_3)
    local raycastParams = RaycastParams.new()
	raycastParams.FilterDescendantsInstances = {Character, SHOOTY_PART, HandleOfGun, Part_1, Part_2, Part_3, workspace.Baseplate}
	raycastParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Blacklist
    local ray = workspace:Raycast(SHOOTY_PART.Position, MousePos - SHOOTY_PART.Position.Unit * 100, raycastParams)
			local direction = (MousePos - SHOOTY_PART.Position).Unit * 100
			local midPoint = SHOOTY_PART.Position + direction/2
			local part = Instance.new("Part")
			part.Size = Vector3.new(0.2, 0.2,direction.Magnitude)
			part.CFrame = CFrame.new(midPoint, SHOOTY_PART.Position)
			part.Anchored = true
			part.CanCollide = false
			part.Parent = workspace
			part.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("New Yeller")
    		debris:AddItem(part,0.1)
if ray then
		local part = ray.Instance
		print(part)
		local humanoid = part.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") or part.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
		print("HumanoidFound")
		
		if humanoid then
			humanoid:TakeDamage(math.random(10,20))
		end
	end
end)

Help is appreciated and if you have questions, please ask me

2

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me oof :slight_smile:

3

Perhaps try using Ray.new() instead and see if that works. It might be a bug with the new Raycast API, as it is pretty new.

4

Can’t cause then it errors, 17:33:11.237 - Instance is not a valid member of Ray

5

You’re likely using Ray.new() wrong as it still definitely works, there’s no way it should error like that by design. Mind showing me how you implemented it?

6 
local ray = workspace:Raycast(SHOOTY_PART.Position, MousePos - SHOOTY_PART.Position.Unit * 100, raycastParams)

to

local ray = Ray.new(SHOOTY_PART.Position, MousePos - SHOOTY_PART.Position.Unit * 100, raycastParams)

Is there something wrong?

7

The new raycast API is almost definitely not the problem. It’s the same code internally, just a different interface.

Can you describe your problem in more detail? What do you mean

?

8

Like literally it only damages player when the player who is shooting is close to the back of the head

9

You’re missing parentheses around your ray’s direction.

You have:

    local ray = workspace:Raycast(SHOOTY_PART.Position, MousePos - SHOOTY_PART.Position.Unit * 100, raycastParams)

It should be:

    local ray = workspace:Raycast(SHOOTY_PART.Position, (MousePos - SHOOTY_PART.Position).Unit * 100, raycastParams)

Also, why do you have a direction variable that you define after the ray? Why not do:

    local direction = (MousePos - SHOOTY_PART.Position).Unit * 100
    local ray = workspace:Raycast(SHOOTY_PART.Position, direction, raycastParams)
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10

Oh now its killing the player who has the gun, I tested it in a different game

12

Dunno. Just as a try (and a general improvement), don’t send the Character as an argument for your remote event. You can get the character from player.Character, no need to send it.