How to Teleport something In a circular form

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#1

The title says it, as how i would teleport to behind or front or right or left of the Player?

image

Black = example of random positions of where to teleport in a circular form
Blue = the player

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#2

Just to confirm; You want an imaginary circle to form around the player, and on a random point of that circle, something is teleported?

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#3

Yeah i guess, it is Imaginary, And yeah that is what i want , the “something” Can be a NPC

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#4

I have to run so I will not be able to type a draft script for you, but I can share my idea real quick. Let’s say the distance you want the NPC to be from the player is 15 studs. You will make an imaginary line (possibly a Ray) starting from the character and going out 15 studs. It will then face a random LookVector. Then, you teleport the NPC to the end of the imaginary line.

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#5 
position = target_humanoidrootpart.Position + Vector3.new(
math.cos(angle * math.pi * 2),
0,
math.sin(angle * math.pi * 2)
) * radius

angle is 0 to 1 radius can be any distance u want

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#6

What exactly is the angle and radius?

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#7

angle = 0 - 1 is like 0 - 360 degrees
radius = from your drawing the radius is how far the blue block is form the red circle

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#8

So in your case, you would set angle to a random number between 0 and 1

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#9

Why when i change * 2 to 5 or any other number his position changes?

position = target_humanoidrootpart.Position + Vector3.new(
math.cos(angle * math.pi * 2),
0,
math.sin(angle * math.pi * 2)
) * radius

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#10

You don’t need to change that stuff, just need to make variables for angle and radius

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#11

I did this and didnt work

local angle = math.random(0,1)
local radius = 15

position = workspace.Dummy.HumanoidRootPart.Position + Vector3.new(
	math.cos(angle * math.pi * 2),
	0,
	math.sin(angle * math.pi * 2)
) * radius
workspace.Part.Position = position
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#12

That script should make a part go somewhere random around the NPC. That does not move the NPC. That is what you intended?

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#13

Hey, like I said I have to run. But I’m sure @v_kyuu can assist you. Good luck

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#14 
local debris = game:GetService("Debris")

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local hrp = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

local vectors = {"rightVector", "lookVector"}
local scalars = {-5, 5}

while true do
	local part = Instance.new("Part")
	print(part)
	part:PivotTo(character:GetPivot() * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(math.random(0, 360)), 0) + hrp.CFrame[vectors[math.random(#vectors)]] * scalars[math.random(#scalars)])
	part.Parent = workspace
	task.wait(1)
	part:Destroy()
end

This is an example script similar to what you’re trying to achieve. It’s a local script placed inside the “StarterCharacterScripts” folder.

Randomly oriented BasePart instances are spawned in the four requested directions of the player’s character model.

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#15

That’s close, but rather than 4 points at 90 degrees each, he wants any random point. The picture was just an example.

#16

behind or front or right or left of the Player?

I took his quote literally (the provided diagram seems to infer the same as well).

#17 
function idkhowtocallthisfunction(distance)
	local degree = math.random(0,90)
	
	local x = math.cos(math.rad(degree)) * distance
	local z = (math.sqrt(1-((x/distance)*(x/distance))))*distance
	local negativex = math.random(0,1)
	local negativez = math.random(0,1)
	if negativex == 1 then
		x = -x
	end
	if negativez == 1 then
		z = -z
	end
	return Vector3.new(x,0,z)
end

Now all you need to do is to add that Vector3 value to the player’s CFrame

#18

It really doesnt matters that much if its random, but The scalars are the distance between the part and The character right?

#19

Yes, -5 studs (behind/left) or 5 studs (front/right), that can be changed at your discretion.

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