How could I make my item spawning system bind next to the wall?

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#1

Hi there! My item spawning system is coordinate based and detects collisions for walls and if any objects collide with it and then re-runs if anything collides. the function however I am making this a furnishings store so how would I go about making this near to the wall. I thought I could prehaps use the math.clamp function however I don’t understand it greatly and would not know how to implement this. My code is below for my system so far:

local function SpawnItem()
	local Furniture = Furniture:GetChildren()[math.random(1,#Furniture:GetChildren())]
	local Part = Furniture:Clone()
	Part.Parent = workspace.Chunk.Scenery
	local RandomPosition = Vector3.new(Random.new():NextInteger(-175,155),19,Random.new():NextInteger(-30,170))
	local Raytoground = Ray.new(RandomPosition,Vector3.new(0,-10000,0))

	local PartOnRay,PositionOnRay= workspace:FindPartOnRay(Raytoground) 

	if PartOnRay and PositionOnRay then
		Part:PivotTo(CFrame.new(PositionOnRay) * CFrame.Angles(0,math.random(5,30),0))

		local Objects = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(Part.PrimaryPart.CFrame,Part.PrimaryPart.Size)
		local Parts = Part.PrimaryPart:GetTouchingParts()
		for _,v in pairs(Parts) do
			if v.Name == "Primary" then
				SpawnItem()
				Part:Destroy()
				return false
			end
		end
		for _,v in pairs(Objects) do
			if v.Material == Enum.Material.Brick or v.Material == Enum.Material.Concrete then
				SpawnItem()
				Part:Destroy()
				return false
			end
		end
	end
end

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#2

Previously you were using a ray in order to detect where a wall was. By using this information, along with where the ray was fired from (it’s direction) and the size of the furniture (bounding box) you should be able to put it next to the wall.

(Ex: If you cast a ray from the front of the wall to the wall, use the position and offset the model in the direction of the ray origin by the size of the furniture in that direction you should have it “hug” the wall)

#4

Hi again, so I added a check to see which wall is the nearest and I found it, how can I find out where to place this with the RayCast? Here is my attempt so far:

for i,v in pairs(workspace.Chunk.Walls:GetDescendants()) do
			if v:IsA("BasePart") then
				if v.Material == Enum.Material.Brick then
					if (PositionOnRay - v.Position).Magnitude <= 100 then
						if Closest == nil then
							Closest = v
						else
							if (PositionOnRay- v.Position).magnitude < (Closest.Position - v.Position).magnitude then
								Closest = v
							end
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end
		Part:PivotTo(CFrame.new(Closest.CFrame.X - 3,Part:GetPivot().Y,Closest.CFrame.Y - 3) * CFrame.Angles(0,Closest.Orientation.Y,0))
	end
#5

I think I am getting somewhere but am just still a bit unsure!

#6

NOTE: I still need pointing in the right direction, thanks!

#7

Edit: Could I use the following code to do what I have asked?
local function SpawnItem()
local Furniture = Furniture:GetChildren()[math.random(1,#Furniture:GetChildren())]
local Part = Furniture:Clone()
Part.Parent = workspace.Chunk.Scenery
local RandomPosition = Vector3.new(Random.new():NextInteger(-175,155),19,Random.new():NextInteger(-30,170))
local Raytoground = Ray.new(RandomPosition,Vector3.new(0,-10000,0))

local PartOnRay,PositionOnRay= workspace:FindPartOnRay(Raytoground) 

if PartOnRay and PositionOnRay then
	Part:PivotTo(CFrame.new(PositionOnRay) * CFrame.Angles(0,math.random(5,30),0))

	local Objects = workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(Part.PrimaryPart.CFrame,Part.PrimaryPart.Size)
	local Parts = Part.PrimaryPart:GetTouchingParts()
	for _,v in pairs(Parts) do
		if v.Name == "Primary" then
			SpawnItem()
			Part:Destroy()
			return false
		end
	end
	for _,v in pairs(Objects) do
		if v.Material == Enum.Material.Brick or v.Material == Enum.Material.Concrete then
			SpawnItem()
			Part:Destroy()
			return false
		end
	end
end

end

local function SpawnItem()
local Furniture = Furniture:GetChildren()[math.random(1,#Furniture:GetChildren())]
local Part = Furniture:Clone()
Part.Parent = workspace.Chunk.Scenery
local RandomPosition = Vector3.new(Random.new():NextInteger(-175,155),19,Random.new():NextInteger(-30,170))
local Raytoground = Ray.new(