Handcuff range issue

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So basically im a builder and im making a prison game, basically i need handcuffs but most of them don’t really have a range and can basically handcuff anyone from any distance and ofcourse that is an issue.
Here are the scripts, credits to Matthew_Plays55 for this cause these are his handcuffs and not mine.

Script :

local RemoteEvent = script.Parent:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")
local TargetTorso = nil
local Using       = false


function CheckForTargetTorso(part)
	if part.Parent:IsA'Model' and part.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass'Humanoid' then
		local char = part.Parent
		local torso
		if char:FindFirstChild'Torso' then
			torso = char.Torso
		elseif char:FindFirstChild'UpperTorso' then
			torso = char.UpperTorso
		end
		return char, torso
	end
end

	
	
function CheckForTorso(player)
	local Char = player.Character
	if Char:FindFirstChild'Torso' then
		return Char.Torso
	else 
		return Char.UpperTorso
	end
end


RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, state, part)
	
	if state == 'Cuff' then
		local target      = nil
		local playerTorso = nil
		
		target, TargetTorso = CheckForTargetTorso(part)
		playerTorso = CheckForTorso(player)
		
		if target then
			Using = true
			RemoteEvent:FireClient(player, 'Use')
			spawn(function()
				if Using then
					TargetTorso.Anchored = true			
				end				
				while Using and wait() do			
					TargetTorso.CFrame = playerTorso.CFrame * CFrame.new( 0, 0, -5 )
				end				
				
			end)			
			
		end
	
	elseif state == 'UnCuff'then	
		Using = false		
		TargetTorso.Anchored = false
		wait()
	end
	
end)

local script :

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Mouse  = Player:GetMouse()
local Tool   = script.Parent
local Using  = false
local RemoteEvent = script.Parent:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")

Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	if not Using then
		if Mouse.Target then
			RemoteEvent:FireServer('Cuff', Mouse.Target)
		end
	else 
		Using = false
		RemoteEvent:FireServer('UnCuff')
	end
end)

RemoteEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function( state )
	if state == 'Use' then
		Using = true
	end
end)

If anyone knows how to add a specific range to these handcuffs, please reply, im not a scripter by any chance since im mostly into building and modelling.

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You can use Player:DistanceFromCharacter(Mouse.Hit.p which will return how many studs you are away from the mouse hit position. You can then add a maximum range of which player can handcuff a prisoner.

Edit: Changed Mouse.Hit.Position to Mouse.Hit.p.

3

I’ll try it out to see if it works, might aswell edit some of the lines and add a few effects to it like animations and such. Thanks for the reply, really appreciate it!

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4

My bad I made a mistake, it should be Mouse.Hit.p not Mouse.Hit.Position

5

So to add the range, do i need to make a variable or a value ? sorry im not a scripter, mostly a builder.

6

You could try something like

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer or game.Players.PlayerAdded:Wait()

local Distance = Player:DistanceFromCharacter(Mouse.Hit.p)
local Range = 2

if Distance <= Range then
    -- Handcuff
end

Edit: You’d put the check distance part inside the Tool.Activated.

7

The easiest way to fix this would be to add an if statement that checks the distance between the two characters. For example:

local TargetTorso = nil
local Using = false
local Torso = nil

function CheckForTargetTorso(part)
 if part.Parent:IsA'Model' and part.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass'Humanoid' then
  local char = part.Parent
  local torso
  if char:FindFirstChild'Torso' then
   torso = char.Torso
  elseif char:FindFirstChild'UpperTorso' then
   torso = char.UpperTorso
  end
  return char, torso
 end
end

 
 
function CheckForTorso(player)
 local Char = player.Character
 if Char:FindFirstChild'Torso' then
  return Char.Torso
 else 
  return Char.UpperTorso
 end
end


RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, state, part)
 
 if state == 'Cuff' then
  local target = nil
  local playerTorso = nil
  
  target, TargetTorso = CheckForTargetTorso(part)
  playerTorso = CheckForTorso(player)
  
  if target then
   Using = true
   RemoteEvent:FireClient(player, 'Use')
   spawn(function()
    if Using then
     TargetTorso.Anchored = true   
    end    
    while Using and wait() do   
     TargetTorso.CFrame = playerTorso.CFrame * CFrame.new( 0, 0, -5 )
    end    
    
   end)   
   
  end
 
 elseif state == 'UnCuff'then 
  Using = false  
  TargetTorso.Anchored = false
  wait()
 end
 
end)