How do I use the tool grip to offset a align orientation?

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#1

Sorry about the bad wording in advance, this is really hard to explain.

You can write your topic however you want, but you need to answer these questions:

  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I’m creating a simple VR engine to use anywhere, and I’ve ran into a road block in that when equipping a gear, I don’t know how to align it correctly to the custom VR rig.

  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    I’m using an align orientation and align position for it, and I’m very close to making it work, but the tool is always at a weird grip, specifically the same CFrame as the arm but lower.

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    I’ve tried to offset the Attachment0’s CFrame with the tool’s grip,

attachment.CFrame = tool.Grip

But all that did was only move it a little bit, and not in the right direction from what i could tell. I’ve tried looking on the dev hub but VR is so neiche and this is such a specific problem that I wasn’t able to find anything useful

Thank you so much for the help!

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#2

Please Copy/Paste the code you’re using so we can understand how you’re doing this.
Also type 3 backticks (```) before and after your script so it formats properly.
If you’re using an AlignPosition can’t you just rotate your Attachment to get it to orient properly to the arm?

#3

Sure, but the script is kind of a mess, sorry

character.ChildAdded:Connect(function(tool)
		if tool:IsA("Tool") and tool:FindFirstChild("Handle") then
			task.wait(0.1)
			for i, part:BasePart in pairs(tool:GetDescendants()) do
				if part:IsA("BasePart") and part.Anchored == false then
					part.CanCollide = false
					part.Massless = true
					part.Anchored = false
					
					part:SetNetworkOwner(player)
					
					if part.Name == "Handle" then
						if not part:FindFirstChild("VRItemAttachment") then
							local attachment = Instance.new("Attachment")
							attachment.Name = "VRItemAttachment"
							attachment.CFrame = tool.Grip -- this is the line i think might solve the issue
							attachment.Parent = part
						end
						character["Right Arm"].AlignItemPosition.Attachment0 = part:FindFirstChild("VRItemAttachment")
						character["Right Arm"].AlignItemOrientation.Attachment0 = part:FindFirstChild("VRItemAttachment")
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end)

I don’t know what to rotate the attachment by to orient it correctly.

#4

If it’s spinning around what are the Properties of your AlignItemOrientation? Please post a screenshot of the entire Properties window when you have it selected.
If the forces aren’t correct or your setup isn’t correct those could be reasons it isn’t aligning properly.

#5

you have to adjust one of the attachments. i would suggest still setting the item attachment to the tool’s grip CFrame, but you will have to change how the arm attachment is positioned.

#6

Making the arm’s grip attachment CFrame 0, -0.75, 0 for position and -90, 0, 0 for orientation aligned it correctly. Pretty simple, but ty for the help!

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