So, i’m trying to make the hitboxes of unanchored parts more bigger so they can be moved around by characters.
for _, part in workspace:GetDescendants() do
if
part:IsA("BasePart") and not
part:IsA("FileMesh") and
part.Name ~= "Dummy" and
part.Anchored == false
then
local BoundingBox = Instance.new("Part")
BoundingBox.CFrame = part.CFrame
BoundingBox.Transparency = 1
BoundingBox.Size = part.Size * 1.5
BoundingBox.Name = HttpService:GenerateGUID()
BoundingBox.Parent = part
local weld = Instance.new("WeldConstraint")
weld.Part0 = part
weld.Part1 = BoundingBox
weld.Parent = part
end
end
workspace.DescendantAdded:Connect(function(part)
if
part:IsA("BasePart") and not
part:IsA("FileMesh") and
part.Name ~= "Dummy" and
part.Anchored == false
then
local BoundingBox = Instance.new("Part")
BoundingBox.CFrame = part.CFrame
BoundingBox.Transparency = 1
BoundingBox.Size = part.Size * 1.5
BoundingBox.Name = HttpService:GenerateGUID()
BoundingBox.Parent = part
local weld = Instance.new("WeldConstraint")
weld.Part0 = part
weld.Part1 = BoundingBox
weld.Parent = part
end
end)
When i uncomment this code, and play the game using the normal roblox client, my camera is just stuck in the void, and my game does nothing.
However, if i comment out these codeblocks, and let it run, my game works fine.
Is this ethical? How can i optimiza this, and make it faster while also preventing memory leaks?
Note that this code is on the server.
Help will be appreciated.
The physics of roblox works in such a way that both parts having a collision that are in each other try to push off from themselves, which, when welding, causes the parts to instantly fly away into the void (far lands).
Why do you use such a solution? After all, all parts prematurely have all the necessary properties of hitboxes. You can just ignore some with ray or space calculations using FilterDescendantIntances, etc.
You can disable the CanCollide and CanTouch properties of the created parts, leaving only CanQuery (participation in spatial calculations). This will be a quick option for you. CanTouch can be turned on, but be prepared that your productivity will drop by 2 times, or even more.
If so, you can tag the unanchored parts using CollectionService (and this neat plugin to tag parts in studio) and loop through them to add a bounding box to it.
Example:
local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
-- Run a loop to get every object that is tagged "Unanchored"
for _, Part in pairs(CollectionService:GetTagged("Unanchored")) do
local BoundingBox = Instance.new("Part")
BoundingBox.Name = "BoundingBox"
BoundingBox.Size = Part.Size * 1.5
BoundingBox.Transparency = 1
BoundingBox.CFrame = Part.CFrame
BoundingBox.Parent = Part
local WeldConstraint = Instance.new("WeldConstraint")
WeldConstraint.Parent = Part
WeldConstraint.Part0 = Part
WeldConstraint.Part1 = BoundingBox
Part.CanCollide = false -- We don't need the other part's collision anymore because the BoundingBox is being used as it's hitbox
end
-- Run the same loop again when an instance is tagged "Unanchored" (except this time check if a BoundingBox already exists)
-- OR in the case an unanchored part is added by a script, you can get rid of this loop and just apply the boundingbox via that script
CollectionService:GetInstanceAddedSignal("Unanchored"):Connect(function()
local UnanchoredBlocks = CollectionService:GetTagged("Unanchored")
for _, Part in pairs(UnanchoredBlocks) do
if Part:FindFirstChild("BoundingBox") ~= nil then
continue
else
local BoundingBox = Instance.new("Part")
BoundingBox.Name = "BoundingBox"
BoundingBox.Size = Part.Size * 1.5
BoundingBox.Transparency = 1
BoundingBox.CFrame = Part.CFrame
BoundingBox.Parent = Part
local WeldConstraint = Instance.new("WeldConstraint")
WeldConstraint.Parent = Part
WeldConstraint.Part0 = Part
WeldConstraint.Part1 = BoundingBox
Part.CanCollide = false
end
end
end)
This is a good solution. I saw you recommend the tag editor plugin. I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but Roblox Studio now has a built-in Tag Editor, which I personally find a lot more user-friendly. You can find it right here:
