How To Highlight BaseParts/Models through fully opaque bricks?

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#1

Something like this

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and this

BUT

It’s not for Characters I want to Highlight Objectives

How do I achieve that without using Parts in front of the Camera?

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#2

If you’re just using BaseParts is there a reason that you couldn’t use SurfaceGuis and AlwaysOnTop?

#3

I am already using Billboard Guis to pin point the location of the “Objective”

https://gyazo.com/fe08a028960cbe1c389af8655006d44c

and the problem with Surface Guis is that you have to do extra work, I’m asking for a method that I can just insert it to the Part or Model and then it takes it’s shape like SelectionBox.

#4

If the BaseParts that you’re using are pure in shape (no meshes etc), then you should be able to write a module or function for this. Have it create a SurfaceGui for each possible side of the object. Then when you need to highlight a BasePart you could just call the module/function. Would this work?

#5

I could use SurfaceGuis like that if there isn’t an easier way like possibly using a HandleAdornment Class Object.

If not then I would script it no problem but if there is an easier way then why do it the hard way?

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#6

There very well could be an easier way (I’m just unaware of it), but I don’t think this way is necessarily hard.

#7

I think this is done by making a smaller clone of the model and moving it close to the camera.

#8

It is, but I want to achieve something similar to that.

I’m not using trying to Highlight a Character but a Model so the player can see where they need to go to.

#9

Sadly, no. There isn’t an easy way for that.

#10

Wrote this for you real quick - maybe it can save you a bit of time:

local HighlightModule = {}

HighlightModule.BasePart = function(Part)
	local Sides = {
		"Front";
		"Back";
		"Bottom";
		"Left";
		"Right";
		"Top"
	}
	
	for num = 1,6 do
		local SurfaceGui = Instance.new("SurfaceGui")
		SurfaceGui.Parent = Part
		SurfaceGui.Face = Sides[num]
		SurfaceGui.AlwaysOnTop = true
		local TextLabel = Instance.new("TextLabel")
		TextLabel.Parent = SurfaceGui
		TextLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1,0,1,0)
		TextLabel.Text = ""
	end
end

return HighlightModule
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#11

You can only achieve what is done in Super Knife Capsules (whatever the new name is) using parts.

Can you illustrate an example of what exactly your goal is?

#12

What I want exactly is something like using SelectionBox with AlwaysOnTop = true (Sadly that’s not a thing, Feature Request?)

#13

Contrary to what some people in this thread have been saying, no, this is not impossible. You can achieve what you’re wanting using BoxHandleAdornments. This is how I achieved the X-Ray gamepass in I Spy.

Here’s a rough usage example:

local newAdornee = Instance.new("BoxHandleAdornment")
newAdornee.Adornee = part
newAdornee.Size = part.Size
newAdornee.Transparency = 0.6
newAdornee.Parent = plr.PlayerGui
newAdornee.ZIndex = 5
newAdornee.AlwaysOnTop = true
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#14

YAS!

You are the man I have been waiting for!!

Thank you!

Thanks for the code @SummerEquinox :+1:

I appreciate everyone’s reply.

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