How to do mouse.Target with console players?

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#1

I am currently trying to add console-compatibility to my game however, to do so i need to find out which item the player’s cursor (on console) is on.

I have this so far for the console compatible controls:

userinputservice.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameprocessedevent)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.ButtonR2 then
		if mouse.Target and mouse.Target.Parent:IsA("Model") and mouse.Target.Parent:FindFirstChild("Grabbable") then
			if not game.Players:FindFirstChild(mouse.Target.Parent.Name) and not mouse.Target.Parent.PrimaryPart:FindFirstChild("IsGrabbed") then
				grabbing = true
				grabbeditem = mouse.Target.Parent.PrimaryPart
				_G.Item = grabbeditem
				game.ReplicatedStorage.ItemGrabbed:FireServer(grabbeditem)
				local bp = Instance.new("BodyPosition", grabbeditem)
				bp.D = 150
				bp.P = 2000
				grabbeditem.Parent.Outline.Transparency = 0
			end
		end
		
	elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.ButtonL2 then
		
		if grabbing == true then
			facing = true
		end
		
	end
end)

userinputservice.InputEnded:Connect(function(input, gameprocessedevent)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.ButtonR2 then
		grabbing = false
		facing = false
		
		if grabbeditem and grabbeditem:FindFirstChild("BodyPosition") then
			game.ReplicatedStorage.ItemReleased:FireServer(grabbeditem, false)
			grabbeditem.Parent.Outline.Transparency = 1
			grabbeditem.BodyPosition:Destroy()
		end
		
		if grabbeditem and grabbeditem:FindFirstChild("BodyGyro") then
			grabbeditem.BodyGyro:Destroy()
		end
		
		_G.Item = nil
		
	elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.ButtonL2 then
		
		facing = false
		grabbing = false
		if grabbeditem and grabbeditem:FindFirstChild("BodyPosition") then
			grabbeditem.Parent.Outline.Transparency = 1
			grabbeditem.BodyPosition:Destroy()
			grabbeditem.Velocity = camera.CFrame.LookVector * 150
			game.ReplicatedStorage.ItemReleased:FireServer(grabbeditem)
		end
		
		if grabbeditem and grabbeditem:FindFirstChild("BodyGyro") then
			grabbeditem.BodyGyro:Destroy()
		end
		
		_G.Item = nil
		
	end
end)

The “Mouse.Target” Is what i’m not sure will work and am trying to change.

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#2

Since InputObjects have a Position property which is a Vector2 of where on the screen the Input happened, you could create your own system to get a Target.

ScreenPointToRay can be given the X and Y of the Position and then you can use FindPartOnRay to find what part the ray’s hitting.

Here’s an example of a function to accomplish this:

local function GetTarget(Input)
    local Position = Input.Position
    local Ray = workspace.CurrentCamera:ScreenPointToRay(Position.X, Position.Y)
    local Part = workspace:FindPartOnRay(Ray)

    return Part
end
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#3

Thank you, and how would i go about doing it if there’s no input, for example the player’s cursor only hovers over the item?

#4

If they were to hover then the InputChanged event would fire, this includes an InputObject.

#5

Thanks again, you’ve been an awesome help!

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#6

Use ViewportPointToRay to be more accurate. ScreenPointToRay accounts for the Gui inset, ViewportPointToRay doesn’t and instead takes into account the whole visible screenspace available.

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