How can I measure a Tool's velocity?

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#1

I’ve been trying to measure a Sword’s velocity, but when I try this script it’ll only print out the Player’s velocity rather than the Sword’s itself.

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Sword = Character:WaitForChild("ClassicSword")
local SwordHandle = Sword.Handle

while wait() do
	print(SwordHandle.Velocity)
end

How can I go around this and measure just the Sword’s Velocity?

#2

You can get the swords velocity by subtracting that of the player’s, because the velocity you are getting would be both of theirs’s combined.

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#3

I tried this but it still remained at 0

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local HumanoidRootPart = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local Sword = Character:WaitForChild("ClassicSword")
local SwordHandle = Sword.Handle

while wait() do
	local Velocity = (SwordHandle.Velocity.Magnitude - HumanoidRootPart.Velocity.Magnitude)
	print(Velocity)
end
#4

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/property/BasePart/Velocity

The “Velocity” property of BasePart instances is deprecated.

#5

What should I use instead of Velocity?

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#6

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/BasePart/GetVelocityAtPosition

The required Vector3 could just be the center of the sword’s handle (the handles position property).

#7

I don’t believe this is the non-deprecated feature either. I’m pretty sure it’s BasePart.AssemblyLinearVelocity (correct me if I’m wrong)

#8

I’ve tried both already and it’s still getting the same result.

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