How would I check if there is a character 15 studs in front of the direction the player is looking?

[Fvrenight (Fire)]

Hi DevForum,

The title is self explanatory, but I want to know how I can detect if there is any character 15 studs in front of the player’s HumanoidRootPart facing direction.

I tried using RayCasting for this, but I’m new to that and it didn’t go as planned. Here is my script:

local function raycastTarget()
	-- 4 studs



	local rayMagnitude = Vector3.new(0,0,-4) -- Distance in Studs

	local rayOrigin = HRP.Position
	local rayDirection = rayOrigin + HRP.CFrame.LookVector * rayMagnitude

	local raycastParams = RaycastParams.new()
	raycastParams.FilterDescendantsInstances = {Character}
	raycastParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Blacklist


	local raycastResult = workspace:Raycast(rayOrigin, rayDirection)

	if raycastResult then

		if raycastResult.Instance.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and raycastResult.Instance.Parent ~= Character then
			print("Found a humanoid!")

			warn(raycastResult.Instance)
			warn(raycastResult.Instance.Parent)
		end

	end
end

[SOTR654]

When calculating the raycast, automatically add the origin with the direction, change this

@Fvrenight

	local rayDirection = rayOrigin + HRP.CFrame.LookVector * rayMagnitude

to this, and change rayMagnitude to number

local rayMagnitude = 4 -- Distance in Studs
local rayDirection = HRP.CFrame.LookVector * rayMagnitude

[0786ideal (ideal)]

If you really don’t wan’t to use raycasting, you can make part in front of player, that when touched by non owner character, detects hit

[Fvrenight (Fire)]

Thanks for the solution, also @0786ideal , thank you, but it wasn’t really how I didn’t want to use raycasting, it was more of trying to experiment with it.

[0786ideal (ideal)]

If you really wan’t i can write you ray beetween part and 15 studs in front of this part