How To Make Object Stay To Other Object's Left (Object/World Space or something?)

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#1

I have made a script that makes a little squad of dummies walk to wherever I click. I am trying to keep them in information with a table that puts the next dummy 2 studs away from the last but it is putting it 2 studs away on the Z axis all the time, I don’t know how to convert it so whatever angle the last dummy is looking, it will go to it’s left side.

Here is a video of what I mean:


As you can see depending on the axis they are facing, they will either line up behind or next to the last dummy. I want them to always go to the left.

Here is the script, the problem is to do with the LastPosition + Vector3.new(0,0,2). It’s something to do with it not being an object vector or something.

local AlreadyCommanded = {}

game.ReplicatedStorage.Click.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player, Position)
	local Dummies = script.Parent:GetChildren()
	for i,v in pairs(Dummies) do
		if v:IsA("Model") then
			local NumberOfCommandedSoFar = #AlreadyCommanded
			if NumberOfCommandedSoFar > 0 then
				local LastPosition = AlreadyCommanded[NumberOfCommandedSoFar]
				local NewPosition = LastPosition + Vector3.new(0,0,2)
				v.Humanoid:MoveTo(NewPosition)
				table.insert(AlreadyCommanded, NewPosition)
			else
				v.Humanoid:MoveTo(Position)
				table.insert(AlreadyCommanded, Position)
			end
		end
	end
	print(#AlreadyCommanded)
	AlreadyCommanded = {}
end)

Despite reading through the Object and World Space topic, I still don’t fully understand it. Also sorry for the name of the topic, I didn’t know how to describe it.

If what I have explained doesn’t make sense, just reply and I’ll try to explain it better because I really need help with this. Thanks :slight_smile:

#2

You could probably just simply convert it to a cframe

(lastCFrame * CFrame.new(0,0,2)).Position

Note the * not +

Cframe multiplication applies the second cframe relative to the first always

#3

:WalkToPart doesn’t work with CFrames, only Vector3s

#4

I apologize, I edited the code to be converted to a position

#5

Do you mean the code you just sent above my last reply?

#6

Yes, it should use the cframe math applied locally then extract just the position which is now relative to the last dummy

#7

The same problem still seems to be occuring. I thought that would work :thinking:

#8

How are you currently getting the lastCFrame?
It should be the humanoidrootpart CFrame or some other reliable center point like that

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#9

Oh wait, nevermind it is working, just had to change the 2 from the Z to X co-ordinate.

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