How would i make a model a specific angle?

[targetframed (target)]

so i have a blow gun that shoots a dart towards a target but when i spawn the dart, it’s orientation isnt completely straight; which is how i want it to be.

i want the dart to be 90 degrees; parallel to the baseplate if you will. how would you do that? i appreciate any help

this is what i mean:

local function makeDart90Degrees()

end

local function sendDartToBlowgun()
	local handleCFrame = blowgun:GetPivot()
	local endPart = blowgun.endpart
	local offsetZ = (blowgun.Handle.Size.Z / 2) + (endPart.Size.Z) + (blowgun.Handle.Size.Z / 4.5)
	local blowgunEndCFrame = handleCFrame * CFrame.new(0,0,-offsetZ)
	local mouseScreenPosition = game:GetService("UserInputService"):GetMouseLocation()
	local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
	local rotation = CFrame.Angles(math.rad(90), 0, 0)
	local mouseRay = camera:ViewportPointToRay(mouseScreenPosition.X, mouseScreenPosition.Y, 0)

	local rayEndPoint = mouseRay.Origin + mouseRay.Direction * RAY_DISTANCE

	local lookat = CFrame.lookAt(blowgunEndCFrame.Position, rayEndPoint)
	local finalCFrame = lookat * CFrame.new(0,0,0) * rotation
	return finalCFrame, rayEndPoint, blowgunEndCFrame

end

[dthecoolest]

@targetframed

	local lookat = CFrame.lookAt(blowgunEndCFrame.Position, rayEndPoint)

You can lock the Y axis of CFrame.lookAt so the two points are on XZ plane parallel to the baseplate, use the same rayEndPoint XZ coordinates but make the Y coordinate the same as the origin blowgunEndCFrame.Position.Y .

Below uses CFrame.new() which does the same thing as CFrame.lookAt unless you were the include the third parameter of CFrame.lookAt which is not necessary for this scenario.

Pointing the character at the mouse

you would want to lock the y axis of the targetPo example: root.CFrame = CFrame.new(root.Position,Vector3.new(targetPo.X, root.Position.Y, targetPo.Z))

[targetframed (target)]

thanks a million for your help man; i was about to do 200 calculations in order to get this to work. you’re a living legend.

(just gonna keep this here just in case i need it in the future)

local function sendDartToBlowgun()
	local handleCFrame = blowgun:GetPivot()
	local endPart = blowgun.endpart
	local offsetZ = (blowgun.Handle.Size.Z / 2) + (endPart.Size.Z) + (blowgun.Handle.Size.Z / 4.5)
	local blowgunEndCFrame = handleCFrame * CFrame.new(0,0,-offsetZ)
	local mouseScreenPosition = game:GetService("UserInputService"):GetMouseLocation()
	local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
	local rotation = CFrame.Angles(math.rad(90), 0, 0)
	local mouseRay = camera:ViewportPointToRay(mouseScreenPosition.X, mouseScreenPosition.Y, 0)

	local rayEndPoint = mouseRay.Origin + mouseRay.Direction * RAY_DISTANCE
	local rayEndPointXZ = Vector3.new(rayEndPoint.X, blowgunEndCFrame.Position.Y, rayEndPoint.Z)

	local lookat = CFrame.lookAt(blowgunEndCFrame.Position, rayEndPointXZ)
	local finalCFrame = lookat * CFrame.new(0,0,0) * rotation
	return finalCFrame, rayEndPointXZ, blowgunEndCFrame
end