How to make a script create lightning bolt

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#1

How to make a script that creates a lightning bolt

#2

Can we get more info? Like what would the lightning bolt do, when should it spawn, where should it spawn from, what do you want it to look like.

#3

When you execute the command using kohls admin :smite plrname

you can see how it looks and it would spawn where its told to

#4

Do you have an admin system set up, or do you just want one command?

#5

i dont have a admin system but i just want a script that creates the actual lightning bolt

#6

Im not gonna spoonfeed you code, but if you know how to create part instances then do that and have them spawn where you want them. If you don’t know how to do that then study up on the following:

- Instances
- Parts
- CFrame
- Chat Events
- Remote Events / Remote Functions
- Lighting and Effects
#7

wdym by lightning and effects also i know using instance makes a part but i just want to know how to make random curves on the lightning bolt

#8

If you are looking for randomizing the angles of stuff, that’s gonna be a bit odd.

I’m no expert on this, so this ‘code’ probably won’t work the best

-- so this is just for your 'random curves' thing

local randomnumber = math.random(1,100)

--change the rotation of the piece by the random number

part.Orientation = part.Orientation + Vector3.new(part.Oreintation.X, Part.Orientation,Y, part.Orientation.Z + randomnumber)

--again don't quote me on this

Does this help in any way?

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#9

It most likely won’t as Orientation is local, CFrame will work better. Also you’ll have to make the ends actually meet to make it look more like a lightning bolt

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#10

Again, i did say I wasn’t an expert. Just showing the general idea.

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#11

Yes, but I commented that to help you and OP understand why CFrame is better, no way was I trying to be condescending. I apologize if I came off that way. Just trying to push everyone in the right direction.

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#12

Yeah I saw another post of someone asking about this but the code is complicated so I could just copy it but I want to at least understand it

#13

ask the OP of the code, or DM them and ask, I’m sure they’ll explain it more, if you post it here I might be able to explain it as well.

#14

wdym op of code? the person who posted it

#15

There are some beam lighting effects of that is what you want. If not then I could give you some logic on how you would go about creating something like this.

  1. Define a start and end position and also how many segments the bolt will have.
  2. Divide the difference between the two points by the number of segments. Alternatively you can lerp which is easier. (If you want 3 segments then lerp 1/3,2/3) Note: there is 1 less point than your segment so you need to be aware of the edge cases.
  3. Use the Random object to offset the points. If your lightning will only be going up and down then you only need to apply it to the X and Z axis. If you want it to be going from anywhere to anywhere then you will need to get a perpendicular Vector you can get one using the Cross product.
  4. Create parts resize them to match the distance between each point and CFrame them. (Gou can use Beams and attachments if you don’t like parts)

Then you should have your very own lightning bolt.

There are some tutorials on yt but I don’t recommend them.

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#16

image

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#17

wood sticks falling from sky >:D

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#18

Lightning bamboo appears to be from this thread:

How to properly generate lightning - Help and Feedback / Scripting Support - DevForum | Roblox

This thread didn’t help?