How to make a Part face the mouse

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#1

I need help with a script to make a part face the mouse, I alredy have the position of the mouse in a 3d space every step, I Have looked for Way too much time and I am desperate, ive always found the same three anwsers, but also There is one of them that might work, it didnt work before because I couldnt get the mouse position every frame, but im not sure if it will work now either

local debounce = false
local cooldown = 2
script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
	if debounce == false then
		spawn(function()
			debounce = true
			local GB = script.Parent.GasterBlaster:Clone()
			GB.Parent = workspace
			spawn(function()
				GB:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(script.Parent.Parent.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(3, 3, 0))
			end)
			local MousePos = script.Parent:WaitForChild("gg").Value
			GB.PrimaryPart.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(GB.PrimaryPart.Position, MousePos)
			GB:WaitForChild("Destroy").Disabled = false
			GB:WaitForChild("Shoot").Disabled = false
			GB:WaitForChild("Creator").Value = script.Parent.Parent
				wait(cooldown)
			debounce = false
		end)
	end
end)
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#2 
local mouse = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer:GetMouse()
local part = --Your part here
	
while task.wait() do
	part.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(part.Position,mouse.Hit)
end

This makes the part look at the mouse’s hit.

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#3

Doesnt work, and btw it is the primary part of a mesh if you need that information

#4

a meshpart or a mesh in a part?

#5

it is a lot of meshparts and a normal part mixed to make a model, im trying to rotate the primary part

#6

Well it look like you have it right, you’re setting the GB’s primary part.CFrame to CFrame.lookAt so it should work, can you maybe post a screenshot of it?

#7

What do you need me to post a screenshot of?

#8

The model. When you run the script does it error, or just look wrong?

#9

It does not rotate at all, it does not give an error, that part of the script does not change anything at all

#10


This is for one part.

local mouse = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer:GetMouse()
local part = workspace.Part --Your part here

	while task.wait() do
	part.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(part.Position,mouse.Hit)
end


This is for a model.

local mouse = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer:GetMouse()
--local part = workspace.Part --Your part here
local model = workspace.Model

while task.wait() do
	model:PivotTo(CFrame.lookAt(model.PrimaryPart.Position,mouse.Hit.Position))
end
#11

Doesnt work, i think its becuase local player doesnt work with a server script

#12

Yeah, if you want it to be local-to-server, that might take some work.

#13

i do have a localscript that sends the information to a vector3 value, here it is:

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local runService = game:GetService("RunService")

local client = players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = client:GetMouse()

local tool = script.Parent
local value = tool:WaitForChild("gg")

local equipped = false

game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	if equipped then
		value.Value = mouse.Hit.Position
	end
end)

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
	equipped = true
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	equipped = false
end)
#14


local script in tool:

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local runService = game:GetService("RunService")

local client = players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = client:GetMouse()

local tool = script.Parent
local value = tool:WaitForChild("gg")
--local remoteF = tool.RemoteEvent
local remoteF = workspace.Model.RemoteEvent

local equipped = false

game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	if equipped then
		value.Value = mouse.Hit.Position
		remoteF:FireServer(value.Value)
	end
end)

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
	equipped = true
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	equipped = false
end)

server script in model:

script.Parent.RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,value)
	script.Parent:PivotTo(CFrame.lookAt(script.Parent.PrimaryPart.Position,value))
end)

heres the place if you want it
modellook.rbxl (37.2 KB)

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#15

i think theres a misunderstanding here, i need it to look to the mouse when clicked, and not continously, now of course, this is still useful for another idea i had, so thank you for that

#16

oh, no, no, i didnt mean making it face the mouse when you have a tool, the tool makes the part appear and shoot, you need the mouse to aim, thats where we were wrong, but i think this will help me either way

#17

well, after a while of testing, that didnt work, it instead just put GB under me rather than at my side

local debounce = false
local cooldown = 2
script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function(player,value)
	if debounce == false then
		spawn(function()
			debounce = true
			local GB = script.Parent.GasterBlaster:Clone()
			GB.Parent = workspace
			spawn(function()
				GB:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(script.Parent.Parent.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(3, 3, 0))
			end)
			local MousePos = script.Parent:WaitForChild("gg").Value
			GB:PivotTo(CFrame.lookAt(Vector3.new(GB.PrimaryPart.Position),Vector3.new(value)))
			GB:WaitForChild("Destroy").Disabled = false
			GB:WaitForChild("Shoot").Disabled = false
			GB:WaitForChild("Creator").Value = script.Parent.Parent
				wait(cooldown)
			debounce = false
		end)
	end
end)
#18

So you’re trying to make a bullet look at the pos of the mouse and then fly right? And is it a model or just one part?

#19

Think of it this way, when you click, a turret appears that shoots one big blast to the mouse

#20

Is this what you mean? I forgot I made some random gun thing and left it in the game.