Head turning to mouse on click?

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#1

So I want to create tool that when pressed, it will turn the characters head towards the direction of the mouse click, and once they move, it resets, How would I go about doing something like this?

#2

There are lots of scripts you can use in the Toolbox for reference to looking at mouse location but maybe something like this?

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
wait(1)

local Humanoid = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

function Look()
end

function StopLooking()
end

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(inputObject,busy)
	if busy then return end
	if Humanoid:GetState() ~= Enum.HumanoidStateType.Dead and inputObject.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1 then
		Look()
		print("Look")
	end
end)

Humanoid.Running:Connect(function(Speed)
	if Speed > 0 and Looking then
		StopLooking()
		print("Stop")
	end
end)

Humanoid.Died:Connect(StopLooking)
#3

Just to clarify, on click does the head’s orientate itself to face the mouse and stay like that or does it follow the mouse’s position until the character moves?

#4

You know how in most games, like bloxburg per say, the head turns due to camera, well I want it like thatm but instead the mouse click makes the players head and possibly uppertorso face perfectly into line with the mouse when clicked.

#5

Which means it would have to change the neck and other torso things.

#6

I do not know how to do that, get the right positoning, etc. Any help?

#7

So I’ve altered my personal code to follow the mouse instead of the Camera’s lookVector, roughly thrown it together as you wanted, but please read the note at the bottom. Anyway, I hope this is the solution for this thread:

local mapCharacter = (function (character)
	--[!] This just maps the welds and motor6Ds within the character for me to access later, incl. recording their C0
	--[!] Not particularly necessary for yours, and it's a bit overkill, so feel free to change to variables
	--[!] But it helped in my code as I changed the majority of the motors regularly
	local constraints = { }
	local origin      = { }
	local recurse; recurse = (function (o)
		for i, v in next, o:GetChildren() do
			if v:IsA "Motor6D" or v:IsA "Weld" then
				constraints[v.Name] = v
				origin[v.Name] = v.C0
			end
			recurse(v)
		end
	end)
	recurse(character)
	return constraints, origin
end)

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
repeat wait() until Player.Character

local Character      = Player.Character
local Joints, Origin = mapCharacter(Character)

local Controller   = require(Player.PlayerScripts:WaitForChild("PlayerModule")):GetControls()
local InputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Camera       = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera

--> This is the code to actually rotate the head if you or anyone else decides to rip it
local rotateHead = (function (input)
	local ray    = Camera:ViewportPointToRay(input.Position.X, input.Position.Y)
	local _, pos = game.Workspace:FindPartOnRay(Ray.new(ray.Origin, ray.Direction * 500))

	Joints.Neck.C0  = Origin.Neck:lerp(Character.UpperTorso.CFrame:toObjectSpace(CFrame.new((Character.UpperTorso.CFrame * Origin.Neck).p, pos)), 0.5)
end)

--> Let's handle both [TouchEvents] and [MouseEvents]
if InputService.TouchEnabled then
	InputService.TouchTap:connect(function (input, gameProcessed)
		if gameProcessed then
			return
		end
		rotateHead(input)
	end)
else
	InputService.InputBegan:connect(function (input, gameProcessed)
		if gameProcessed then
			return
		end
		if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1 then
			rotateHead(input)
		end
	end)
end

game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:connect(function ()
	if not Character or not Character.Parent then
		return
	end
	--> If we move and/or jump then reset the Head's original C0
	if Controller:GetMoveVector().magnitude > 0 or Character.Humanoid.Jump then
		Joints.Neck.C0 = Origin.Neck
	end
end)

Edit: This would go inside of a Tool/LocalScript within PlayerScripts - but please note that this won’t replicate to other players unless you add a ServerSided script to do so. Don’t forget you will also need to reinitialise values if this is within a PlayerScript.

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#8

You can set the orientation of the head using a handy CFrame constructor which takes the position and the lookAt position.

head.CFrame = CFrame.new(head.CFrame.Position,mouse.Hit.Position)

Sorry that it took so long to respond, the devforum went down when I thought I made a reply.

#10

Sorry to bump this old topic, but I though it would be worth noting in case anyone else finds this post, setting the CFrame of a character’s head will cause all sorts of issues, such as jitteriness and sliding around. Using the neck C0 is a much better approach.

#11

Try do script.Parent.Parent.lookVector = mouse.UnitRay.Direction

#12

From a local script where you got mouse: mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:getMouse()