How to check if a player is next to a part?

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Hi there! So I want to make a script That allows the player to drag parts. It works BUT I want to add a range.
Example, if the player is 5 studs away he can drag the part.
is there something I can use?

The script:

while true do
	wait()
	if Mouse.Target ~= nil then
		if Mouse.Target:FindFirstChild("CanDrag") ~= nil then
			print("drag")
		else
			print("No drag")
		end
	end
	if Dragger.Weld.Part1 ~= nil then
		RotY = RotY + Y
		RotX = RotX + X
		CF1 = CFrame.new(Player.Head.CFrame.Position, Vector3.new(Mouse.Hit.X, Mouse.Hit.Y, Mouse.Hit.Z))
		CF2 = CF1 * CFrame.new(0, 0, -4)
		Dragger.BPos.Position = Vector3.new(CF2.X, CF2.Y, CF2.Z)
		Dragger.BGyro.CFrame = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(math.rad(RotY), math.rad(RotX), 0)
	end
end
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2

You can get the magnitude between the part you want to drag and the rootpart of the character and if it’s less than 5 then drag the part.

local Distance = (Part.Position - RootPart.Position).Magnitude
if Distance <= 5 then
    -- drag part
end
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3

You can use Magnitude (aka :DistanceFromCharacter() in this case)

if (playerInstance:DistanceFromCharacter(PART_POS)) < 5 then --returns Magnitude or the length of the distance for the character and part
   --player is less than 5 studs of object so DRAG_PART
else
   --player is greater than 5 studs of object so not DRAG_PART
end

--or if you want the hard way
--i assume you already got the humanoidrootpart

if (HumanoidRootPart.Position - PART_POS).Magnitude < 5 then
   --drag part
end

Info on DistanceFromCharacter:
here

4

This is just a little bit optimised version of @heII_ish 's script

local Part = game.woskpace.Part --change this
local RootPart = game.Players.LocalPlayer.HumanoidRootPart --change this as well, if you prefer
local Distance = (Part.Position - Vector3.new(RootPart.Position.X,Part.Position.Y,RootPart.Position.Z)).Magnitude
if Distance <= 5 then
    -- drag part
end

i made the altitude of the root part to equal to the altitude of the part so you get the Exact distance from the part.

5

I am not trying to do a specific part, I want to drag the parts that have the Value CanDrag in them.

6

It almost works. But, when you are not in the rang and try to pick something up it floats