Help needed with making a Turret face towards Mouse

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#1

Hello, Im kind of new to Cframe and I’ve been trying to make my turret face towards the mouse for the past few days.

I have made a code but it doesn’t work
Here is my current setup:

The code:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local mouse = player:GetMouse()

local TurretUnion = game.Workspace.Turret.TurretS

while wait() do

TurretUnion.CFrame = TurretUnion.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(math.asin((mouse.Hit.Position - mouse.Origin.Position).Unit.Y), 0, 0)

end

I tried to make a loop that detects the mouse position and faces the turret towards it, however something doesn’t work.

-Hope you can help

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How does this turret animation work?
#2

To get something with angles pointing towards another object the equation is CFrame.new(origin, pointyouwanttolookat)

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#3

do this instead:

TurretUnion.CFrame = CFrame.new(TurretUnion.Position, mouse.Hit.Position)
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#4

Make the CFrame of the turret:

CFrame.new(Turret.Position, mouse.Hit.Position)

The first Vector3 is the position, the second Vector3 is the LookAtPosition;
I suggest doing this client-sided and server-sided (client-sided for the player who is doing it, server-sided for other players)

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#5

Also you would have to move the script into the player’s playerscripts for it to run, i would clone the script and remove the clone upon sitting down and sitting up since it seems you want to do that as you put it in the seat.

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#6

It worked, Thanks
Just gotta fix some stuff, but it worked

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#7

Quick question… I’ve been trying to make it rotate only in one axis
Is there a way to lock some axis orientation or making it just rotate in one direction?

-Hope you can help

#8

Yes, try this, this would make the turrret rotate in one axis

turret.CFrame = CFrame.new(turret.Position, Vector3.new(mouse.Hit.Position.X,turret.Position.Y,mouse.Hit.Position.Z))

You can also try this

local unit = (mouse.Hit.Position-turret.Position).Unit
local cross = unit:Cross(Vector3.new(0,1,0))
turret.CFrame = CFrame.fromMatrix(turret.Position,cross, Vector3.new(0,1,0))

sorry for my bad english :smile:

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#9

Thx for your help, it works now I can start with more server sided stuff :smiley:

#10

Not sure if I should ask my own questions on here… But…

I’m making a mech, and using this, I made it rotate towards the mouse! The problem is… It rotates, and MOVES towards the mouse at the same time. Do you have a fix on this? (The first one, by the way)

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#11

Wich code did you use and what dou you mean by it goes towards the mouse?

#12

I used the first block of code, and by it went to the mouse… It literally was moving in the direction of the mouse.

Look:

In this video, I’m not moving. Whenever I point my mouse somewhere, the mech just moves over there.

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#13

Use this code:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local mouse = player:GetMouse()

local turret = game.Workspace.TurretUnion

while wait() do

	turret.CFrame = CFrame.new(turret.Position, Vector3.new(mouse.Hit.Position.X,turret.Position.Y,mouse.Hit.Position.Z))

end
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#14

It’s still happening… The turret is still moving towards the mouse.

#15

is your script the same as the one I sent you?

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#16

Yes, with a few adjustments with the variables
(Just changed what the turret model was)

#17

Weird, dont you have any Body mover or vector force acting on the thing, or another script?

#18

Nope! Not at all! Very strange…

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#19

I have almost not even coded in a while so i’ve forgoten a lot of things but I tested the code and it didnt make it go forward so it might be something in your game.

#20

Well, was your object anchored at all? This might be the problem, because mine was not…

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