How do I make a object break on impact?

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve? I want to be able to slam a object against the ground and have it break. For example, I pick up a box and I drop it from a high place then I want it to break.

  2. What is the issue? I cant seem to figure out how to do this,( of course). but at first I was thinking I could measure the force on impact and if its above a certain amount it could break. I’m not sure if this is possible, I’m fairly new to scripting.

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? I have tried to measure the magnitude from the object to the ground to see if I could make it break if it was a certain a certain distance from the ground. This didn’t work because it measures the distance from the middle of the ground and not right below the object.

So in conclusion, I want to be able to slam something or drop something on the ground and have it break.

any help is appreciated!!

#2

Compare his velocity magnitude right before impact

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#3

so then how will they do that?

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#4

I can’t help him if he can barely script.

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#5

so do I measure velocity and magnitude then compare them?
I’m sorry I’m terrible at scripting.

#6

you can show him how to do that?

#7

So I’m gonna give you the easiest way since you said you weren’t good at scripting.
Basically make sure the part that you want to break is unanchored, put a script in it and inside of that script copy and paste this code:

local partToBreak = script.Parent

partToBreak.Touched:Connect(function()
     partToBreak:Destroy()
end)
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#8

is there a way to make it break on impact, or is it to complicated?

#9

I just sent you the easiest way of doing it, did you try it out?

#10

yea but it just disappears as soon as you run the game. But its okay, thanks for your help. I will just try to figure it out on my own.

#11

Thats a really easy solution. Set the part to anchored by default and then when you want to drop it set it to unanchored so it falls down.

#12

This is something right on the breaking edge still in the game development world. It’s simply too complex and time consuming to do in real-time, the closest work being done surrounds soft body physics (every object in the world has a certain level of elactisity etc.). What we have instead is solid geometry and textures to represent objects.

To achieve what you’re looking for check out: Solid Modeling | Roblox Creator Documentation

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