How can I detect if a part can fit between a space or not?

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#1

Hello World!

I currently need help on a bug. I know the solution, but I don’t know how to do it.

My problem is :

  • Object clips into the wall or ground when it is being dragged and scaled.

Video :

Perspective Scaling

If you don’t understand what is going on; I am doing a perspective scaling effect in Roblox so the further you are away from an object the bigger the thing you are selecting is. And the closer, it gets smaller.

#2

You can use spatial query (workspace:GetPartsInPart) to see if the part is clipping into anything.
If you just want to make it so that it doesn’t clip, try using a physics-based method of positioning the block (such as with BodyMovers or inverse kinematics)

#3

I’m gonna try this out and notify you what happend.

#4

One question, wouldn’t this remove the illusion of the perspective scaling thing?

#5

Yes, it will, but it’s a solution to your problem. I don’t know much about your game, but I guess you can either

  1. Restrict the size of the part so that it fits
    or
  2. Interpolate the part with physics so it never clips

Option one would be a bit more tedious to do, I imagine you needing to constantly adjust down the dimensions of the part until it stops clipping

#6

Well the solution I figured out to this was moving the part away from the wall relative to the camera’s Z perspective. But I don’t really know how to do that yet…

#7

But first I need a check if the part can fit into that space. So how do I make a check for that?