How to teleport an object in front of a player

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#1

Hey everyone! I’m trying to make an object clone from ReplicatedStorage to in front of the player, but the script I’m using doesn’t work correctly, and I’m not sure why:

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Object always teleport to this same position

Here’s the script I’m using (inside StartPlayerScript)

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.CharacterAdded:Wait() or  player.Character
local InputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local head = character:WaitForChild("Head").CFrame
local pPos = head.LookVector
local pDistance = 3
local PortalPos: Vector3 = head.Position + (pPos * pDistance)

local debounce = false

InputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(InputKey, Processed)
	if InputKey.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
		game.ReplicatedStorage.TimePortal.Position = PortalPos
		game.ReplicatedStorage.TimePortal:Clone().Parent = game.Workspace
		print("cloned")
	end
end)
#2

try this code

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.CharacterAdded:Wait() or  player.Character
local InputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local head = character:WaitForChild("Head").CFrame
local pPos = head.LookVector
local pDistance = 3
local PortalPos = head.Position + Vector3.new(pPos * pDistance)

local debounce = false

InputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(InputKey, Processed)
	if InputKey.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
		game.ReplicatedStorage.TimePortal:Clone(game.Workspace).Position = PortalPos
		print("cloned")
	end
end)
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#3

What you need is CFrame instead of Position.

local TimePortal : Instance = ...
local NewTimePortal = TimePortal:Clone()

NewTimePortal.CFrame = Character:GetPivot() + CFrame.new(0, 0, 3)
-- or if the portal is a model which requires a PrimaryPart
NewTimePortal:PivotTo(Character:GetPivot() + CFrame.new(0, 0, 3))
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#4

You are changing the position of the portal in ReplicatedStorage instead of doing so after cloning it. Try with:

InputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(InputKey, Processed)
	if InputKey.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
        local Portal = game.ReplicatedStorage.TimePortal:Clone(game:GetService("Workspace"))
        Portal.Position = PortalPos
        print("Cloned")
	end
end)
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#5

Doesn’t work. The portal isn’t even cloned, but “cloned” is printed

#6

This is the only method that worked, but there’s one problem, like, the portal doesn’t face the player’s front, it’s always at the same orientation

#7

Similar to this but a little different:

local NewPosition = Character:GetPivot():PointToWorldSpace(Vector3.new(0, 0, 3))

NewTimePortal.CFrame = CFrame.new(NewPosition, Character:GetPivot().Position)

Edit: This would face at the player not the front.

local PlayerCFrame = Character:GetPivot()
local NewPosition = PlayerCFrame:PointToWorldSpace(Vector3.new(0, 0, 3))
local FrontPosition = PlayerCFrame:PointToWorldSpace(Vector3.new(0, 0, 4))

NewTimePortal.CFrame = CFrame.new(NewPosition, FrontPosition)
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#8

Yeah, It’s facing my back, but just change CFrame.new(0, 0, 3) to CFrame.new(0, 0, -3)
Thank you very much for your help!

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