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I am creating a Police Shield, similar to the one used in the game Prison Life.
What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
The issue is that the shield is not connecting to the character properly. Though it does stay in place on the character’s arm, it is facing the wrong direction. My goal is for it to stand with the front facing the opposite side of the character’s torso, while it lies horizontally.
What solutions have you tried so far?
I have tried using this script:
Shield.CFrame = CFrame.new(Player.Character[“Left Arm”].Position, Player.Character.Torso.Position)
But it gave the same result as what I am using now. The forum only gave me results about forcefield shields.
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The shield should also sway with the character’s arms as it moves, and that part works right now with a weld.
local ShieldPickup = script.Parent
local Click = ShieldPickup.ClickDetector
Click.MouseClick:Connect(function(Player)
local Shield = game.ServerStorage.Shield:Clone()
Shield.Parent = workspace
Shield.Anchored = false
Shield.Orientation = Vector3.new(0,90,-90)
if not Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Shield") then
Shield.Parent = Player.Character
local Weld = Instance.new("Weld")
Shield.Position = Player.Character["Left Arm"].Position
Shield.Orientation = Player.Character.Torso.Position
Weld.Parent = Shield
Weld.Part0 = Shield
Weld.Part1 = Player.Character["Left Arm"]
end
end)
If you do, you should check if the part is orientated correctly by checking the faces of a part (front face should point the same way as front face of a shield, you can do that by adding decals and in their properties change the face they are shown)
If you don’t I recommend you to make one, just weld to the shield an invisible part smaller dimensions and then weld the hand to the handle.
You would create a model in witch will be handle and a shield, then weld shield to the handle. Place a handle to where you want your hand to hold the shield. In a script you can weld the handle to the hand.
This works for the most part, but there is one problem. The handle isn’t directly connected to the arm. Though the handle moves with the arm, it is not near it at all.
I’d really appreciate some help, it’s very close to working!
script:
local ShieldPickup = script.Parent
local Click = ShieldPickup.ClickDetector
Click.MouseClick:Connect(function(Player)
if not Player.Character:FindFirstChild("ShieldModel") then
local ShieldModel = game.ServerStorage.ShieldModel:Clone()
local Handle = ShieldModel.Handle
Handle.Parent = Player.Character
ShieldModel.Shield.Parent = Player.Character
Handle.Position = Player.Character["Left Arm"].Position
local Weld = Instance.new("Weld")
Weld.Parent = Handle
Weld.Part0 = Handle
Weld.Part1 = Player.Character["Left Arm"]
end
end)
You should clone the whole model to your character, don’t split it, and the weld0 should be hand and not handle as the hand is the part it’s welded to.
if not Player.Character:FindFirstChild("ShieldModel") then
local ShieldModel = game.ServerStorage.ShieldModel:Clone()
local Handle = ShieldModel.Handle
shieldModel.Parent = character
local Weld = Instance.new("Weld")
Weld.Parent = Player.Character["Left Arm"]
Weld.Part0 = Player.Character["Left Arm"]
Weld.Part1 = Handle
end
Also if you want to play around even more you can replace a weld with a joint (Motor6D). It’s the same as weld but it can be animated (if you want, for example punching or hiding animation). You should try it out.
if not Player.Character:FindFirstChild("ShieldModel") then
local ShieldModel = game.ServerStorage.ShieldModel:Clone()
local Handle = ShieldModel.Handle
shieldModel.Parent = character
local joint = Instance.new("Motor6D")
joint.Parent = Player.Character["Left Arm"]
joint.Part0 = Player.Character["Left Arm"]
joint.Part1 = Handle
end
