I want my lantern to swing around when the player moves, interacting with physics.
Something isn’t right when i use a RodConstraint or RopeConstraint…
my experiments still havent come up with an answer 
have you tried using a ballsocketconstraint and messing the limit properties
yes actually, i have also tried a ball socket constraint
hmm, does your lantern have collisions on?
if so, the collisions could be messing it up
no, cancollide is false for every part
what are you currently using to connect the two
im using a rod constraint to connect the handle to the rest of the lantern
what’s the length value you have set for it, small values can lead to weird results depending on the distance of the two attachments
test that without limits enabled,
your values could be wrong and causing the model to rotate towards the wrong directions
certainly works, but my character is slightly pulled around in random directions
make sure that the model has massless enabled on all of its parts
anytime you have something attached to your character (ex; armor or a tool) you should always make sure it doesn’t have weight to it because it can cause you character you move in weird ways
now the lantern barely jiggles around. my character is also pulled to the right when they equip the tool
try increasing the distance of both the length property and the attachment positions
what’s your tool setup look like
tried that, it just looked weird and didnt change anything
i think the character pulling is because the position of the lantern model
i would try pivoting the model to the handle so the positions are closer together
what exactly do you mean by pivoting? ive never done this before, and im not very good with physics
Pivoting is using the function Model:PivotTo(CFrame.new()). its used to reposition / set the cframe of an entire model based off the models primaryPart
i still dont exactly get what you mean by pivoting the model to the handle, sorry