How do I stop my LookVector from rotating up/down?

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#1

In this script I am trying to spawn a part on my MousePosition. this part then rotates with the LookVector of my HumanoidRootPart (HRP), which makes the wall rotate away from your character on the place you clicked

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The issue im facing is that the part is rotating on the y axis (Up and down, creates more of a slope then a wall). Im trying to make it flat and not on an angle. My theory is that since my HRP is above the ground, the angle is meant to “compensate” for it. But I have no idea how to fix it.

*This is done in a local script

local tool = script.Parent.Parent
local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local RSF = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local HRP = player.Character.HumanoidRootPart

local function WallSpawn()
	local MousePosition = mouse.hit
	local MousePosY = MousePosition.Y
	local MousePosX = MousePosition.X
	local MousePosZ = MousePosition.Z
	local wall = RSF.Wall:Clone()
	
	wall.Parent = workspace
	wall.CFrame = CFrame.new(MousePosX,MousePosY,MousePosZ)
	local lv =  HRP.CFrame.LookVector
	
	wall.CFrame = MousePosition + lv
	task.wait(10)
	
	for i = 1,10 do
		wall.Transparency += 0.2
		wait(0.33)
		wall:Destroy()
	end
end


tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	WallSpawn()
end)

Thank you for your help

#2

As it is a vector, you can probably just mess around with the X Y and Z orientation things to see which affects the up and down direction.
Then, you can times that particular angle by 0
e.g.

local lv =  HRP.CFrame.LookVector * Vector.new(1, 1, 0) -- Removes the Z component
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#3

Can’t you read the HRP.CFrame.LookVector’s X,Y and Z rotations and only use the Y value for the Orientation of the wall?

Also,

	for i = 1,10 do
		wall.Transparency += 0.2
		wait(0.33)
		wall:Destroy()
	end

Shouldn’t wall.Destroy() be after the end of the loop?

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