How do I print a parts Orientation and Position

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1

Currently trying to make something that tracks a part’s location, can’t really seem to have it to print the position value.

So far I’ve tried doing:
``
local Part = script.Parent
local PartPos = Part.Position

print(PartPos)
``
Not really sure why this simple line doesn’t work. I’m assuming I’m missing something, or the position isn’t recognized as a simple value.

2

Vector3 does not automatically convert to a string, you need tostring(PartPos)

3

The Position of a Part is a Vector3 value, and can’t really come out as a string. If you are simply trying to print it, try this:

local Part = script.Parent
local PartPos = Part.Position

print(PartPos.X,PartPos.Y,PartPos.Z)
4

Anything embedded in a print function is automatically ran through the tostring function. Surprisingly, Vector3s cannot become strings unless done manually.

5

Does it produce an error? This should work.

6

This works normally, but since I’m inserting a part within the StarterCharacter it for some reason doesnt. I’ve tried adding a ‘wait(1)’ to insure that it wasn’t the script running before the player spawns.

7

This should work if the script is parented to the part in starterCharacterScripts.

local part = script.Parent

local partPos = part.Position
local partOrientation = part.Orientation

print("Position:", partPos.X, partPos.Y, partPos.Z)
print("Orientation:", partOrientation.X, partOrientation.Y, partOrientation.Z)
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8

The character is a model, not a part.