Help with positioning part

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#8

Hm, the problem still persist. I look in the output and see no errors but nothing seems to happen.

Is there a place where I should put the script specifically? or am I missing something?

Here is what I tried to change.(I also added some stuff but I don’t know if that effects)


--local script
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local RemoteEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")
		
RemoteEvent:FireServer(Vector3.new(0,20,0))

--script

 ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

 RemoteEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")

local Part = Instance.new("Part")

 function PartPositioning(Player,NewPosition)
	
	local RootPart = Player.Character.PrimaryPart
	
	Part.Anchored = true
	
	Part.Position = RootPart.Position + NewPosition
	
	Part.CanCollide = false
	
	Part.Size = Vector3.new(10,10,10)
	
	
end


--Calls on function when player fires the remoteEvent

RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(PartPositioning)
#9

Try adding print() statements in order to debug, for example:

function PartPositioning(Player, NewPosition)
        print("Reached PartPositioning function!")
	local RootPart = Player.Character.PrimaryPart
	Part.Anchored = true
	Part.Position = RootPart.Position + NewPosition
	Part.CanCollide = false
	Part.Size = Vector3.new(10,10,10)	
end

Also ensure the LocalScript is not in Workspace, because LocalScripts do not run if they are in Workspace.

#10

What does it mean when nothing prints?

#11

That means that the function is never called, so most likely the RemoteEvent is not being fired.

#12

Is the part that you instanced parented to the workspace? :thinking:

#13

yes, I do have the Part parented to the workspace.

#14

So you see the part but it doesn’t move?

#15

The part doesn’t appear at all for some weird reason.

#16

That means it isn’t parented you need to do Part.Parent = workspace in the function

#17

I did uh local Part = Instance.new(“Part”,workspace)
does that achieve the same thing?

#18

I didn’t saw that in the script well yeah you can also do that

#19

Yes, that achieves the same thing but it is better to parent on a new line.

local Part = Instance.new("Part")
Part.Parent = game.Workspace

is better than

local Part = Instance.new("Part", game.Workspace)

Here are some reasons why: PSA: Don't use Instance.new() with parent argument

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#20

Hm, I would assume it won’t work because of where I placed it, I put the local script is StarterPlayerScripts

I also put the regular script in the remote function itself

#21

Using dot syntax for indexing contents of ReplicatedStorage works perfectly fine, contents of ReplicatedStorage exist implicitly and are replicated by the time local scripts execute. No need for :WaitForChild() here

#22

I just ran a few tests of my own and I tried to set up the scenario as I believe you have it set up. The problem I found was the part appeared not to be there, so I went to the explorer and realised the part was there, just at a completely different Y-value than I was expecting. This is because the local script executes as soon as it can, at which time the player’s character is still in the air (when you start a game the player spawns in the sky and drops down). I fixed the problem by adding a wait(2) before firing the RemoteEvent in the local script. Obviously this is not ideal and players will have varying loading times, however it showed what the problem for me was: the RemoteEvent is firing too early. Try putting a wait(3) before firing the RemoteEvent and see if it fixed your problem.

#23

Nope, I looked in the workspace while firing and a part wasn’t created still so I tried increasing the wait time to 10 but nothing still appeared. This is really weird.

#24

Try putting the regular script in the workspace instead and keep the remote event in replicated storage.

#25

It worked, do you know if there is a reason to why I need to have the normal script placed in the workspace?

#26

Scripts and LocalScripts will not run when they are parented to ReplicatedStorage

Source: API Reference on ReplicatedStorage

#27

Thank you for the response and your time.

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