How to make a turret that can be controlled with WASD?

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#1

im new to roblox studio and i want to make WASD controlled turret but i don’t know where to start

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#2

You can use UserInputService.InputBegan and check if the input was W, A, S or D (Enum.Keycode) then do the corresponding actions and use UserInputService.InputEnded to end them

#3

If you could provide me with a basic script or a tutorial it would be very helpful because I don’t understand what you mean. :slightly_smiling_face:

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#4

my bad, lol

localscript:

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local Actions = {
	ActionW = function() --Function when W is pressed
		print("W was pressed")
	end;
	ActionA = function() --Function when A is pressed
		print("A was pressed")
	end;
	ActionS = function() --Function when S is pressed
		print("S was pressed")
	end;
	ActionD = function() --Function when D is pressed
		print("D was pressed")
	end;
}

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input,gpe)
	local Action = Actions["Action"..input.KeyCode.Name]
	if Action then
		Action()
	end
end)

something like this

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#5

this only works in localscript?

#6

can you explain more how it works
like what if i want to connected with a normal script in workspace?

#7

yeah, if you want to control it on the server, id create a RemoteEvent, and run the functions on a normal script

For these scripts, put a remoteevent called “TurretRemote” in ReplicatedStorage

LocalScript:

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if string.find("W A S D",input.KeyCode.Name) then
		game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent:FireServer(true,input.KeyCode.Name)
	end
end)

UIS.InputEnded:Connect(function(input)
	if string.find("W A S D",input.KeyCode.Name) then
		game.ReplicatedStorage.TurretRemote:FireServer(false,input.KeyCode.Name)
	end
end)

ServerScript (Normal Script):

local StartActions = {
	ActionW = function(player) --Function when W is pressed
		print(player.Name.." pressed W")
	end;
	ActionA = function(player) --Function when A is pressed
		print(player.Name.." pressed A")
	end;
	ActionS = function(player) --Function when S is pressed
		print(player.Name.." pressed S")
	end;
	ActionD = function(player) --Function when D is pressed
		print(player.Name.." pressed D")
	end;
}

local EndActions = {
	ActionW = function(player) --Function when W is no longer pressed
		print(player.Name.." stopped pressing W")
	end;
	ActionA = function(player) --Function when A is no longer pressed
		print(player.Name.." stopped pressing A")
	end;
	ActionS = function(player) --Function when S is no longer pressed
		print(player.Name.." stopped pressing S")
	end;
	ActionD = function(player) --Function when D is no longer pressed
		print(player.Name.." stopped pressing D")
	end;
}

game.ReplicatedStorage.TurretRemote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,began,key)
	if began then
		StartActions["Action"..key](player)
	else
		EndActions["Action"..key](player)
	end
end)
#8

let’s say i want to control a part in workspace like if i press W and im sitting in seat(i need to detect the seatweld?) the part will rotate 360(cframe?)

#9

to detect if a player is sitting, use the statement Humanoid.SeatPart ~= nil (if they arent sitting SeatPart is nil)

and what exactly do you mean by rotate 360?
like smoothly, and stop when W isnt pressed anymore?

#10

it will rotate when the player are pressing W

#11

Better yet- use Humanoid.Seated
Humanoid.Seated:Connect:(function()

#12

That would fire the function when the player just seated, OP wants it to fire on the press of W A S D keys

#13

to rotate the part, put this on top of the Server/Normal Script;
(if you want to, replace the first 1 in TI with your rotate duration)
(and replace Workspace.Part with the Part’s path/name)

local TI = TweenInfo.new(1,Enum.EasingStyle.Linear,Enum.EasingDirection.InOut,-1,false,0)
local RotateTween = game:GetService("TweenService"):Create(workspace.Part,TI,{Rotation = Vector3.new(0,360,0)})

then put these in the said functions:
StartActions.ActionW

RotateTween:Play()

EndActions.ActionW

RotateTween:Pause()

and to make sure all these only fire when our player is seated;
replace

if string.find("W A S D",input.Keycode.Name) then

with

if game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid.SeatPart ~= nil and string.find("W A S D",input.KeyCode.Name) then
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#14

i understand the last part but i dont understand the first part
what TI and TweenInfo mean?

#15

TI is the abbreviation of TweenInfo

TweenInfo is data used for making tweens, it determines speed of the tween, the repeat amounts, etc…

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idk why this keeps happening
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it works fine in EndActions

#17

I accidently left the name as ‘RemoteEvent’ there, can you replace it with ‘TurretRemote’?

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#18

is the IT works only for one RotateTween?
i was trying to make it rotate to the other side

local TI = TweenInfo.new(10,Enum.EasingStyle.Linear,Enum.EasingDirection.InOut,-1,false,0)
local RotateTween  = game:GetService("TweenService"):Create(workspace.Part,TI,{Rotation = Vector3.new(0,360,0)})
local Rotate = game:GetService("TweenService"):Create(workspace.Part,TI,{Rotation = Vector3.new(0,-360,0)})

its giving me error in (local rotate)

#19

tweeninfos can be (and should be) reused, and it seems alright to me…

Can you send the error in the output?

Also you might wanna name it something a bit more distinct from RotateTween

#20

i fixed the error but when i press W it works fine , i press s it works fine
but when i try to press W again it stops rotating