How do I find empty space near a player?

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#1

Does anyone know how I could find empty space near a player?

This is so I can spawn a car near a player but not have the car spawn inside a wall or something like that.

I was thinking raycasts around the player, but I couldn’t figure out how to do that. Of course, if you know a better way, drop that in the comments.

So, if anyone knows how I could achieve this, I’m listening!

#2

Grab the parts inside a region surrounding the player using WorldRoot::GetPartBoundsInBox.

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

local RegionSize = Vector3.new(10, 10, 10)
local UpdateInterval = 1 / 5

local function CheckPlayerRegions()
	local Playing = Players:GetPlayers()
	
	for i, Player in pairs(Playing) do
		local Character = Player.Character
		if not Character then continue end
		local Root = Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
		if not Root then continue end
		
		local Params = OverlapParams.new()
		local Parts = Workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(Root.CFrame, RegionSize, Params)
		
		for i, Part in pairs(Parts) do
			if Part.Locked and Part.Anchored then -- just an example of parts you *might* want to filter for
				print(Player, " : ", Part)
			end
		end
	end	
end

while true do
	CheckPlayerRegions()
	task.wait(UpdateInterval)
end
#3

Got the system working, but how could I use this to tell where there is empty space?