Help positioning part relative to another

[jahoobas]

Hi everybody!

1. What do you want to achieve? I want to make a retro style animation for a reloading a gun. Please note, this animation is meant to be very sloppy and choppy on purpose, so PLEASE do not tell me to use something better like the Animation Editor, as it smooths it out, which isn’t what I want.

2. What is the issue? I literally cannot figure out how to get it to do so.

3. What solutions have you tried so far? I’ve tried using :ToObjectSpace and :ToWorldSpace and have been surfing the devforum on how to do so.

My frames and variables for this are here

local ReloadNumFrames = 13

local ReloadFramesPos = {
	Vector3.new(-1.13, 9.115, 0.58),
	Vector3.new(-1.811, 9.751, 1.289),
	Vector3.new(-1.864, 9.089, 1.423),
	Vector3.new(-1.95, 8.804, 1.429),
	Vector3.new(-2.03, 8.541, 1.435),
	Vector3.new(-2.517, 9.222, 1.822),
	Vector3.new(-2.499, 10.233, 1.664),
	Vector3.new(-2.164, 10.128, 2.466),
	Vector3.new(-2.46, 10.221, 1.757),
	Vector3.new(-2.492, 9.668, 1.656),
	Vector3.new(-1.853, 9.778, 0.853),
	Vector3.new(-1.441, 9.108, 0.146),
	Vector3.new(-1.13, 9.115, 0.58)
}

local ReloadFramesRot = {
	Vector3.new(25.122, -33.85, -0),
	Vector3.new(5.594, -48.822, -6.648),
	Vector3.new(4.135, -60.469, -7.639),
	Vector3.new(-14.968, -57.865, -7.888),
	Vector3.new(-37.161, -54.096, -9.576),
	Vector3.new(-4.812, -59.27, -7.646),
	Vector3.new(-5.753, -66.637, -6.967),
	Vector3.new(-5.753, -66.637, -6.967),
	Vector3.new(-5.753, -66.637, -6.967),
	Vector3.new(6.085, -38.498, -8.935),
	Vector3.new(6.085, -38.498, -8.935),
	Vector3.new(26.694, -42.051, -9.954),
	Vector3.new(25.122, -33.85, -0)
}

local ReloadWaitTimesBetweenFrames = {
	.1,
	.1,
	.2,
	.1,
	.4,
	.2,
	.1,
	.1,
	.1,
	.05,
	.05,
	.1,
	.1
}

My function for this is here

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
		if input.KeyCode.Value == 114 then
			for i=1,ReloadNumFrames do
				script.Parent.Leftarm.Position = ReloadFramesPos[i]
				script.Parent.Leftarm.Rotation = ReloadFramesRot[i]
				wait(ReloadWaitTimesBetweenFrames[i])
			end
		end
	end)

Thank you so much!

[Dpelayo5907]

@jahoobas

not tell me to use something better like the Animation Editor, as it smooths it out,

Did you try setting the Easing Style to Constant?

[Workindad01 (GuyInAHat)]

Is this being fired as one textbox; or each time the player presses a button?

[jahoobas]

When a player presses a button.

[jahoobas]

Yes, but the problem is that also the way I am setting up my viewmodel doesn’t work with the animation editor, as well.

[jahoobas]

Good news: I fixed the position part of the bug. Turns out the way I animated was wrong, I put the animation 10 studs above Y0.
Bad news: I cannot figure out the rotation. Maybe lookvectors?

Edit: Lookvectors worked! Thanks everyone but I figured it out.