Hello! I want to know how to make a part ricochet but not run code the whole time. But just make it run when a touched event is fired. After that I will make the part rotate accordingly and update the body velocity to match. heres my current code thanks so much i know you are reading this right now so please help.
local function Shoot(hrp,mouseCF,spellName)
local rng = Random.new()
local laser = Instance.new("Part")
laser.CFrame = hrp.CFrame
laser.Parent = workspace
local maxDistance = 200
local curDistance = 0
local stepDistance = 4
local stepWait = 0
local currentPos = hrp.Position
local currentNormal = (mouseCF - hrp.Position).lookVector
local function Step(overrideDistance)
-- Cast ray:
local params = RaycastParams.new()
local direction = currentNormal * (overrideDistance or stepDistance)
params.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Blacklist
params.FilterDescendantsInstances = {hrp}
local result = workspace:Raycast(currentPos, direction)
local pos
if result then
pos = result.Position
else
pos = currentPos + direction
end
-- Update laser position:
laser.Size = Vector3.new(0.4, 0.4, (pos - currentPos).Magnitude)
laser.CFrame = CFrame.new(currentPos:Lerp(pos, 0.5), pos)
local oldPos = currentPos
currentPos = pos
if result then
-- r = d - 2(d DOT n)n
-- Reflect:
print(result)
local norm = result.Normal
local reflect = (currentNormal - (2 * currentNormal:Dot(norm) * norm))
currentNormal = reflect
Step(stepDistance - (pos - oldPos).Magnitude)
return
end
curDistance = (curDistance + (pos - oldPos).Magnitude)
-- Apply fade effect to laser as it approaches max distance from < 75 studs:
if curDistance > (maxDistance - 75) then
local d = (curDistance - (maxDistance - 75)) / 75
laser.Transparency = d
end
-- Recurse if max distance not reached:
if curDistance < maxDistance then
wait(stepWait)
Step()
end
end
Step()
-- Done! Destroy laser:
laser:Destroy()
print("DESTROY")
end
You can use CFrame.lookAt() to rotate the part towards a CFrame that you can easily create a few studs into the direction of your reflection normal and you could just set the BodyVelocity to the reflection normal.
I don’t really get what youre going for, you’re using racasting, but then when you hit something you want the part to be moved by physics in order to fall down, I’m guessing? You could just keep using raycasting and lower the CurrentNormal incrementially to simulate it dropping to the ground, assuming you want the falling part to be able to deal damage or hit someone. That would be better for performance than all the physics, especially when you have many of them firing at once
Hello! Thank you for replying, you are really talented with CFrames. What I actually want to do it to make that part ricochet. Which is basically make it bounce like this:
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Now I just need to know how to get the angle at which they hit the object so that I can update the fireball’s CFrame and bodyVelocity to make it bounce accordingly. Please help me just this bit more. Thanks!
Yes. That was what I meant. But I’m a noob at raycasting no matter how much acticles I read I still don’t get it. But what I noticed was that the function Step() in my first script runs the entire time my fireball is in workspace. I want to make it only run when touched, make my fireball rotate, and then stop running until it gets touched again. But I’m not sure how to connect it to a touched event as it runs the whole time. Please help me out. Thanks you so much! I know that you can do it
Thanks but do you know how to make the code only run when it is touched and after the racasting and all that reflects the part, i want to code to stop running because it lags a lot. please help thanks you so much!
