How can I make this dot tween left to right based on player position (video example included)

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#1

I’m trying to get a dot to tween to a player’s X position, but also max out after a certain distance. For example, the dot’s max coordinates will be X -200 to X 200. If the player’s X coordinate is within this range, the dot will tween across the screen in a progress-bar like fashion. If they are outside this coordinate range, the dot will max out before the end of the screen.

Here is a video example of what I mean:

Here is my code so far:

local dot = script.Parent

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		local humanoidRootPart = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
		local pos = UDim2.new(player.Name.humanoidRootPart.Position, 0, 0.05, 0)
		while humanoidRootPart do
			dot:TweenPosition(pos)
			wait(0.1)
		end
	end)
end)
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#2

So you need something like Tower of Hell or i’m understaning wrong?

#3

YEA! exactly! I hadn’t thought of that. Thanks!

#4

I think you need to calculate the distance from end part. Here, i think this should help you!

#5

But how do I incorporate this into tweening the gui location?

#6

Exactly, basing the distance - actual distance = how much distance is left and you can do like

if distance is 200 (start to end) -ActualDistance = 20 then you are at 10% and you can move the dot of 10% of the screen

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#7

Something like this Could help:



Also those are for height and you are searching for orizontal bar, so need to change something.

#8

Luckily for you, there’s WorldToScreenPoint which converts a Vector3 world position to a Vector3 screen point (X and Y represent X, Y positions). This can be clamped with the math.clamp() function to fit it in your -200 to 200 range.

You’ll want to wait on the LocalPlayer’s Character to spawn (this needs to be a LocalScript), and then update the dot on Stepped which is a less-blocking event that fires about every frame.

ie.

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService");
local Players = game:GetService("Players");

local player = Players.LocalPlayer;
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait();

local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera;
local dot = script.Parent;

local function update_character(new_character)
    character = new_character; --// Update the character variable to yhe newly spawned
end

local function update_dot()
    local root = character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart");

    if (root) then --// Ensure there is a HumanoidRootPart
        local position, _, on_screen = Camera:WorldToScreenPoint(root.Position);

        if (on_screen) then
            dot.Position = UDim2.new(0, math.clamp(position.X, -200, 200), 0, 0);
        end
    end
end

player.CharacterAdded:Connect(update_character);
RunService.Stepped:Connect(update_dot);
#9

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Nothing happens? :thinking:

#10

I don’t think he’s trying to do it by literal position, instead by how far a player is on a start-end basis.

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#11

Try this:



local startPos = (startblock).Position
local endPos = (endblock).Position
local character = character argument here
local totalDistance = (startPos - endPos).magnitude
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")


RunService.Stepped:Connect(function()
	--// Reusing Returned's code:
	local root = character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart");
	if (root) then --// Ensure there is a HumanoidRootPart
		local Distance = (root.Position - startPos).magnitude
		local distanceDivided = Distance / totalDistance
		-- Tween the dot using DistanceDivided as the X Scale argument
	end
end)
#12

image
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#13

You replace those with your own blocks, assuming that there’s a start block and a finish block.

#14

Do you think something like this?

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#15

YES! this is PERFECT! Exactly what I meant.

p.s. I love the bandicam watermark lol haven’t seen that in a while

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#16

How do you create this? Was this made with the previous code?

#17

No, i coded it myself, but the principle is the same.

#18

Here! That will be 100 robux! jk, take it for free!
starttoend.rbxl (29.7 KB) FIXED!

And for that people that want to know if this is a virus:

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i mean why would i add a virus :smiley:

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#19

You had me for a moment…

Thank you so much!

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#20

Uh I just noticed that if you walk behind the start block, the dot starts tweening again. Any idea how to stop this?