How do I prevent mouse.Target on a player?

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#1

Hello, I have been working on a little project laterly and I made a gravity gun, but now the issue is you can pick up other players which is not what I want. I do not want to search for humanoid because I want you to be able to pick up NPC’s. Is there another solution? The one I use now some how bypasses and still lets you pick up the other player. Thanks.

local isPlayer = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(heldObject.Parent)
if not isPlayer then
#2

If you don’t want to pick up any player you could just add something like this:

function IsPlayer(Char) -- Returns True Or False
   local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(Char)

   if player then
      return true
   end


 return false
end

--Usage -- 
if not IsPlayer(char) then
 return
end
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Or you could try something like this though it would have more lag and does the same thing.


function IsPlayer(Char) -- Returns True Or False
   local player = nil

   for i,p in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do 
     if p.Name == Char.Name then
         local PlrChar = p.Character or p.CharacterAdded:Wait()
         if PlrChar == Char then
            player = p
         end
      end
   end

   if player then
      return true
   end

 return false
end

--Usage -- 
if not IsPlayer(char) then
 return
end

Though this does the same thing so I recommend the first way.

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#3

Use Mouse.TargetFilter

#4

This still dosent not work still picks up player

#5

but how would I use this, we still dont know if its a player or not without humanoid?

#6

For example:
add this to ServerScriptService

Players = game.Players

folder = Instance.new("Folder",workspace)
folder.Name = "CharacterFolder"

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
    plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
        wait(2) --Wait for character to load
        char.Parent = folder
    end)
end)

Now, you can do Mouse.TargetFilter = worksapce.CharacterFolder, so players will be ignored.

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#7

Thanks I think it works, although its not working in studio since for some reason the players arent being added to the folder but looks like its going to work. Thanks

#8

I tested it, and it wasn’t working becouse character didn’t load. You must add wait(2) before changing parent

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#9

but how I can I do this faster? Since another player could weld them to some thing while it waits.

never mind I just did a wait(player.Character)

#10

You can also use Player.CharacterAppearanceLoaded instead of CharacterAdded

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#11

So I tried out my other weld gun and it seems not to work lol, then like the gravity gun. I still have mouse.TargetFilter = game.Workspace:WaitForChild(“Players”) but im still able to weld the player to an object.

#12

If it helps im just setting to variables to mouse.Target

#13

Its working for me

Mouse Target Test.rbxl (21.7 KB)
(Use 2 players simulation, Player1 has enabled FilterTarget, Player2 not)

Also mouse.Target always ignores character of local player