How would I go about getting the exact 3D CFrame of the mouse cursor?

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#1

I have come up with this function, but sadly it seems to always be off by quite a bit, which makes it unusable for my cause.

function GetMouseCFrame()
	local MousePos =  UIS:GetMouseLocation()
	local Magnitude1Ray = cam:ScreenPointToRay(MousePos.X,MousePos.Y)--original ray can only be 1 stud long
	local NewRay = Ray.new(Magnitude1Ray.Origin,Magnitude1Ray.Direction* 1000)--replicated ray to get greater length
	local Target, Position = workspace:FindPartOnRay(NewRay, plr.Character)
	return Target
end
print(GetMouseCFrame().Name)

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#2

The mouse is based on the client and has a position on the screen in 2d. This means that you can’t have a CFrame value with the mouse. The mouse’s 3D position can get raycasted using a bunch of math. But that only gives you where the mouse is pointing at. Please give us more information on what you are trying to achieve.

#3

use the localPlayer Mouse and do Hit (this would be the exact 3D CFrame).

local mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse()

function GetMouseCFrame()
	return mouse.Hit
end

print(GetMouseCFrame())

But it seems like you are trying to get the mouse target, so it would be this


local mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse()

function GetMouseTarget()
	return mouse.Target
end

print(GetMouseTarget().Name)
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#4

I want the 3D CFrame of the position that the mouse is pointing at.

#5

Thank you, but I am purposefully trying to solve this not using the legacy mouse but the UserInputService since my entire game uses it