Gun made from ray casting isn't working properly

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Hi, I’m making a gun with ray-casting, it seems to be not working properly. Here’s the code:
Client-Side;

local Spas = script.Parent

local BulletPlace = Spas:WaitForChild("BulletPlace")

Spas.Equipped:Connect(function(Mouse)
	Mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
		local MouseRay = Mouse.UnitRay
		game.ReplicatedStorage.Shoot:FireServer(MouseRay,Mouse, BulletPlace)
		print("Shot!")
	end)
end)

Server-Side;

game.ReplicatedStorage.Shoot.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player, Mouseray, mouse, bulletShoot)
	local ray = Ray.new(bulletShoot.Position, Mouseray.Direction * 100)
	
	local hit, position = game.Workspace:FindPartOnRay(ray, nil)
	
	
	local bullet = game.ServerStorage.Bullet:Clone()
	bullet.CFrame = bulletShoot.CFrame
	bullet.Parent = game.Workspace
	
	local bv = Instance.new("BodyVelocity", bullet)
	bv.Velocity = position
	
end)

Help is appreciated, thanks!

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If you use BodyVelocity for a gun, you shouldn’t use RayCasting for it.

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3

Then…? what should I use if no body velocity

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4

You should use BodyVelocity, but using RayCasting for the Velocity p. itself isn’t a so-good idea.

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But what do I use now? Do you know what to use?

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Use Ray.Unit beacuse you already created a Ray.
Read about it here.

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What do you mean ray.Unit? I’m not sure what you mean

8

Read the article I shared in the message above. :+1:

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Uhh bro there’s no link in the message you sent above.

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Now I see. thanks for telling me that I should use Unit.

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Np. Have a good day :+1: (30 chars)

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Does the unit have LookVector? I think so

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No. It does not have a LookVector.

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Oh, well, this is the code I wrote for now.

game.ReplicatedStorage.Shoot.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player, bulletstart, MousePos)
	local ray = Ray.new(bulletstart.Position, (MousePos - bulletstart.Position).Unit)
	local hit, pos = game.Workspace:FindPartOnRay(ray , nil)
	
	local bullet = game.ServerStorage.Bullet:Clone()
	bullet.Parent = game.Workspace
	bullet.Position = pos
	print(pos)
	
	
end)

Not working

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You can not define the Ray as Ray.Unit, define the Ray as a normal Ray and then later when you create the BodyVelocity set the Velocity to be equal to Ray.Unit

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You mean local Ray = Ray.new()

18

No, for instance:

local ray = Ray.new(Vector3.new(0, 5, 0), Vector3.new(0, 15, 0))
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Will my code look like this? local ray = Ray.new(bulletStart.Position, (bulletStart.Position - mouse.Hit.p).Unit)

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You define a Ray Unit there. Define a normal ray, as you did before.