How Do i Detect If the Player's Feet Are Touching Something (Without Raycasting)

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#1

Hello. This might be a weird topic But i wanted to know how Do i detect if the Player’s Feet is touching a Specific Part like the Baseplate?. Without Raycasting?

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#2

Why don’t you want to raycast?
I would say the best approach to this would be to do a blockcast below the player whenever they touch the baseplate.

Something like this:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Trigger = workspace.Baseplate -- Your part

Trigger.Touched:Connect(function(Part: BasePart)
    local Player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(Part.Parent)
    if not Player then return end -- Check if it is a player that touched it

    local Params = RaycastParams.new()
    Params.FilterDescendantsInstances = {Trigger}
    Params.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Include

    local RootPart = Part.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid").RootPart
    local Origin = RootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, -2.5, 0)

    local Result = workspace:Blockcast(Origin, Vector3.new(1.9, 0.5, 0.9), -Vector3.yAxis, Params)

    if Result and Result.Instance then
        -- The player is standing on the baseplate
    end
end)
#3

You could use GetPartBoundsInBox

But I’d say that raycasting is probably the better option (especially when you’re doing it alot)

#4

Using a Custom Floor Check with Region3, GetTouchingParts(), or Touched event

#5

check if the humanoid’s floortype value is air

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#6

Region3-based spatial querying has been deprecated for over 3 years now

#7

You could add a ControllerPartSensor to the player’s Character. This instance is based on the same logic for movement as Humanoid, but it also comes with a SensedPart property, which you could listen for a change to and then check if it’s the specific part you’re after.

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#8

My script is Already 60 Lines Long. i Didn’t want to extend it Further. And yes i know how raycasting works and will probbably do it. But thanks.

#9

It’s a good idea to be mindful of script size, as the larger the script, the messier it tends to get. However it should not be a limiting factor in your design decisions. If you struggle to keep the size of scripts down, consider using module scripts, and splitting off generic functions into those.

#10

Do you want to detect if it is touching a part in general or a specific part? If in general, you can just do what @Cookie941_9 said and

check if the humanoid’s floortype value is air

It can be done like so:

if humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Air then
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