How do you make a path between two parts?

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#1

What is the general idea between making a line between two parts, similar to games where a player has to go to a certain location and they have a line leading them to the destination ?

#3

Is this an actual roblox service or are you using an AI to generate your content? If we want AI solutions, weā€™ll ask an AI ourselves.
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#4

Please stop using AI. Make posts with your own knowledge please. As @Vectue already proved, you used information of AI. People are already aware, you canā€™t become famous using AI.

#5

Drawing.new() isnā€™t a service, itā€™s just our own constructor (basically think like itā€™s our own Vector3.new()), but this guy has just copy-paste the information, so you got confused.

#6

Is there any sort of external module that needs to be downloaded?
Oh.

#7

Nope, if you have experience with scripting and ModuleScripts, we can make our own constructors there and use it in normal scripts.

For clarity, letā€™s say we want to find area of a rectangular part, weā€™ll make module like this

local rectangle = {}

function rectangle.Area(length, breadth)
print(length * breath)
end

return rectangle

Now use it in normal scripts like this

local Rectangle = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Module)

Rectangle.Area(20, 30)

It should print 600

As you saw, we made our own constructor Rectangle.Area()

#8

I think the AI he used was taking data from a Synapse X post on the internet, because thatā€™s also the only thing I found after a quick search about paths

Nonetheless people using AI to try and give solutions is a bit of a problem

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#9

Correct, even today I didnā€™t used AI, but people thought I used AI because of nowadays, itā€™s a trend, so people thinks us suspicious.

#10

Ok, so do you mean like an arrow pointing indicating towards a part ?

#11

No i was looking for a line to be drawn between two parts, iā€™ve got a beam for now but Iā€™m trying to get a line that is flat not like a trail

#12

Okay, Iā€™m sorry, Iā€™m really embarrassed.

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#13

If you want an animated line, a beam is the way to go. But I think you want a part so instead you should:
1- get the position of both parts
2- add the two positions then divide them by 2 to get the centre position
3- subtract the 2 points then use their .Magnitude property to determine the length of the part
4- use CFrame.lookAt from the centre point, and look at one of the points, doesnā€™t matter which one

local p1 = workspace.p1 -- first part
local p2 = workspace.p2 -- second part

local part = Instance.new('Part')
part.Anchored = true
part.Parent = workspace

local function updatePart()
    local startPoint, endPoint = p1.Position, p2.Position
    local centre = (startPoint + endPoint) / 2 -- this is basically the "average" position given the 2 points
    
    local length = (startPoint - endPoint).Magnitude
    
    part.Size = Vector3.new(0.1, 0.1, length) -- X is width, Y is height and Z is length
    part.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(centre, startPoint)
end

game:GetService('RunService').Heartbeat:Connect(updatePart)

#14

hey dude, itā€™s fine if you use ChatGPT and the like to help you with code. However, notice my wording. ā€œHelp.ā€ You wonā€™t get better at scripting if you donā€™t try to understand it without some effort. Try using youtube tutorials for a general problem or skill, only use chatGPT if youā€™re really, really stumped. If not, then at least check it; it wonā€™t be optimized and chatGPT might miss some things, so itā€™s worth it to look for potential errors.

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#15

Yes bro, i really need help with the script in my place.

#16

just use that guyā€™s script, i can explain it but if you need it for any specific reason without a pre-labelled part; just change the p1 or p2

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#17

pathfinding service might help you.

#18

or just make a beam and 2 attachments at part 1 and part 2 and give it arrow texture ĀÆ_(惄)_/ĀÆ