How To Make Item Hover In Front Of You (like in "a dusty trip")

[starstruxdev (Star)]

I want to achieve a system where you can press E in front of an item and it’ll hover in front of you until you press E again, which then It’ll drop onto the ground.

I used to use drag detectors for this which worked fine, but they were ultimately extremely tedious and were a nightmare for mobile users.

Here is a video example:

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[RobloxHasTalentR (LOLLLLLLLLL_1)]

Step 1: Setting Up the Item

First, ensure that the item you want to hover is a Part in your game.

Step 2: Creating a Local Script

Create a LocalScript inside the StarterPlayerScripts to handle the key press and item movement.

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local LocalPlayer = Players.LocalPlayer
local HoverItem = nil
local Hovering = false
local HoverDistance = 5

-- Function to toggle the hovering state
local function toggleHover()
    Hovering = not Hovering
    if not Hovering and HoverItem then
        HoverItem.Anchored = false
        HoverItem = nil
    end
end

-- Function to update the hover position
local function updateHover()
    if Hovering and HoverItem then
        local character = LocalPlayer.Character
        if character then
            local rootPart = character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
            if rootPart then
                local hoverPosition = rootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, 0, -HoverDistance)
                HoverItem.CFrame = hoverPosition
            end
        end
    end
end

-- Key press event handler
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessed)
    if gameProcessed then return end
    if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
        if Hovering then
            toggleHover()
        else
            local character = LocalPlayer.Character
            if character then
                local rootPart = character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
                if rootPart then
                    local hoverPosition = rootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, 0, -HoverDistance)
                    local parts = game.Workspace:FindPartsInRegion3(Region3.new(hoverPosition.Position - Vector3.new(2, 2, 2), hoverPosition.Position + Vector3.new(2, 2, 2)))
                    for _, part in ipairs(parts) do
                        if part.Name == "HoverItem" then
                            HoverItem = part
                            HoverItem.Anchored = true
                            toggleHover()
                            break
                        end
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end
end)

-- Update hover position each frame
game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(updateHover)

[starstruxdev (Star)]

It doesn’t seem to detect any parts, I put a print in the “if part.Name == ‘HoverItem’ then” thing and it didn’t show any print

[RobloxHasTalentR (LOLLLLLLLLL_1)]

for _, part in ipairs(parts) do
                        if part:IsA("BasePart") and part.Name == "HoverItem" then