How to make mouse target pass through part

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#1

Hi everyone:

I’m trying to make the mouse’s target ignore a part, and pass through it, such as in the diagram.

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How do you make the mouse pass through the part to go to the UI?

#2

You should be able to modify the mouse’s TargetFilter. Here’s the documentation:
Mouse.TargetFilter | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub

you should bare in mind that the Mouse object only remains undeprecated because of “its widespread use” (documentation). Things like UserInputService paired with Raycasting may be better.

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#3

Hey, thanks for the reply.

When I tried to change it, it still wouldn’t trigger Frame.MouseHover, even though the TargetFilter of the mouse was set.

#4

So is it a GUI on a part? Why do you want to use another part in front of it? If it’s a GUI element, I don’t think MouseHover exists for it. You could use MouseEnter and MouseLeave, but like I said above, the Mouse object is not the best object to use for this.

#5

So I found the problem, which is that mouse.TargetFilter also ignores all the descendants of the part, however, I don’t what the descendants to be ignored. Any ideas?

#6

Sorry, I mean MouseEnter. It’s a part with a SurfaceGui

#7

I don’t know. Try taking a look at the documentation.

#8

If I were to use mouse raycasts, would it also ignore the descendants?

This is just a test game, which is why I’m using the mouse object for the sake of simplicity.

#9

You’d need to use a RaycastParams object and set the FilterDescendantsInstances. What is the purpose of this?

#10

Im trying to create a build system similar to the one you see in games like Strucid, from Fortnite. I was just using the Mouse object for now, so if I want to make it more advanced later, I could switch to services like UserInputService and ContextActionService.