How do you make local bricks that get more transparent as you get closer?

SpanishFriedEggs · May 30, 2020, 5:51pm

Hello I want to make a brick only one player can see it and also I want to make a brick that I you get closer, it gets more transparent. Any way to make this work?

Thanks

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wevetments · May 30, 2020, 5:54pm

Take note that scripting support is not the place to ask for code nor expect it to come for free. You must attempt it yourself and come back when you run into issues.

To give you a place to start looking, check out these developer hub pages:

Local Script

Player

Edit:
Since this is relatively simple, I guess I could show you how to accomplish it

|Local Script|
local Players = game:GetService("Players") --this is different from "Player" which I linked
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer --this is the player that I linked

local Part = workspace.Part --or create it locally
local Offset = 10 --so the player doesn't have to be so close to the part just to make it transparent

while true do
    local Distance = Player:DistanceFromCharacter(Part.Position) --we get the distance of the player's character from the part
    if Distance then --we check if distance can be obtained because this can cause errors sometimes (mentioned in the developer hub page)
        Part.Transparency = (-1 + (Distance - Offset) / 10)*-1 --set the transparency of the part relative to the character's distance
        -- i can't really explain the math, but it works :P
    end
    wait()
end

SpanishFriedEggs · May 30, 2020, 5:55pm

Oh ok I’m new in this forum sorry

wevetments · May 30, 2020, 6:24pm

I updated my reply because I realized the code did the complete opposite.

SpanishFriedEggs · May 30, 2020, 6:56pm

thanks i’m gonna try it out. Can’t wait

SpanishFriedEggs · May 30, 2020, 7:00pm

wevetments:

local Players = game:GetService("Players") --this is different from "Player" which I linked
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer --this is the player that I linked

local Part = workspace.Part --or create it locally
local Offset = 10 --so the player doesn't have to be so close to the part just to make it transparent

while true do
    local Distance = Player:DistanceFromCharacter(Part.Position) --we get the distance of the player's character from the part
    if Distance then --we check if distance can be obtained because this can error sometimes (mentioned in the developer hub page)
        Part.Transparency = (-1 + (Distance - Offset) / 10)*-1 --set the transparency of the part relative to the character's distance
        -- i can't really explain the math, but it works :P
    end
    wait()
end

So where to put the script in because i put it in a part

wevetments · May 30, 2020, 7:02pm

This only works in a local script. Local scripts only run when they are placed in:

Backpack
PlayerGui
StarterPlayerScripts → PlayerScripts
StarterCharacterScripts → Player’s Character

I don’t remember the rest, but this is pretty much most if not all of it.

Ideally, you would place this script in StarterPlayerScripts

SpanishFriedEggs · May 30, 2020, 7:34pm

thanks now it works. its amazing