Help With HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector!

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#1

I’ve used this to code; (KEEP IN MIND IT’S JUST A PORTION OF THE CODE AND EVERYTHING WORKS FINE)

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local VFX = ReplicatedStorage.Assets.VFX

local Beam = VFX.Goku.Beam:Clone()
Beam.Name = "Beam"..Character.Name

Beam.Parent = workspace.World.Visuals        
Beam.Inner.Position = HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector*11 + Vector3.new(0,3.25,0)        
Beam.Outer.Position = Beam.Inner.Position  
		
Beam.Inner.Orientation = HumanoidRootPart.Orientation + Vector3.new(0,90,0)
Beam.Outer.Orientation = HumanoidRootPart.Orientation + Vector3.new(0,90,0)
		
TweenService:Create(Beam.Inner,TweenInfo.new(.08),{Size = Beam.Inner.Size + Vector3.new(45,0,0), Position = Beam.Inner.Position + HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector*22}):Play()
TweenService:Create(Beam.Outer,TweenInfo.new(.08),{Size = Beam.Outer.Size + Vector3.new(45,0,0), Position = Beam.Outer.Position + HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector*22}):Play()

To position the Beam at The HumanoidRootParts LookVector but it does this and positions itself no where close to the players HumanoidRootPart ;

Could someone please help.

#2

i see that the beam is spawing in the spot where the player has first spawned.

#3

Yeah I’ve realised that the beam spawns in the Workspace Origin Position which is 0,0,0 but I don’t know how to fix it

#4

Try changing this

Beam.Inner.Position = HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector*11 + Vector3.new(0,3.25,0)        
Beam.Outer.Position = Beam.Inner.Position

to this

Beam.Inner.Position += (HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector*11 + Vector3.new(0,3.25,0))
Beam.Outer.Position = Beam.Inner.Position
#5

You need to add the character’s offset to the start and end of the beam too. The look vector does not supply position.

local character_offset = HumanoidRootPart.Position
Beam.Inner.Position = HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector*11 + Vector3.new(0,3.25,0) + character_offset

-- ...

TweenService:Create(Beam.Inner,TweenInfo.new(.08),{
    Size = Beam.Inner.Size + Vector3.new(45,0,0),
    Position = Beam.Inner.Position + HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector*22 + character_offset
}):Play()
TweenService:Create(Beam.Outer,TweenInfo.new(.08),{
    Size = Beam.Outer.Size + Vector3.new(45,0,0),
    Position = Beam.Outer.Position + HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector*22 + character_offset
}):Play()