How would I make a ray go through accessories?

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#1

Hello,

I have been trying to get a ray to ignore player’s / NPC’s accessory(s), but to no avail. I have looked at other people’s issues with the same thing, but none of those solutions have worked. Can someone please help me with this?

tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	local rO = mouse.Origin.Position
	local rDe = mouse.Target.Position
	local rDi = rDe - rO
	local rP = RaycastParams.new()
	
	if ammo > 0 then
		ammo = ammo - 1
		tool.ToolTip = ammo
		print(ammo)
		local ShootSound = tool.Handle.Shoot
		local fire = tool.fire
		local animplayerfire = plr.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid"):LoadAnimation(fire)
		
		animplayerfire:Play()
		ShootSound:Play()
		
		local iP = {}
		
		rP.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
		rP.FilterDescendantsInstances = iP
	
		local rR = workspace:Raycast(rO, rDi, rP)
		
		if rR.Instance.Name == "Handle" then
			table.insert(iP, rR.Instance)
		end
		
		if rR.Instance.Parent:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid") then
			print(rR)
			if rR.Instance.Name == "Head" then
				local hum = rR.Instance.Parent:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")
				hum.Health = hum.Health - 20
			else
				local hum = rR.Instance.Parent:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")
				hum.Health = hum.Health - 10
			end
		end
		rE:FireServer(rO, rDi)
	end
end)
#2

Why not do this?

rP.FilterDescendantsInstances = {plr.Character}

I don’t think i need to explain why this works

#3

Sorry, I meant that the ray would ignore all accessories from all players / NPC’s.

#4 
local iP = {}
for _,p in game.Players:GetPlayers() do
    if not table.find(iP, p.Character) then
        table.insert(iP, p.Character)
    end
   
end
rP.FilterDescendantsInstances = iP
#5

Still does the same thing, hits the Handle.

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#6

The primary and most efficient method to address this issue would be to iterate through each player in the game and subsequently iterate through the child elements of each player’s character. Create an array containing the character of the player from whom the ray originates, in addition to the accessories belonging to each player. Subsequently, set the FilterDescendantsInstances property to this newly created array.

#7

CanQuery makes it so the part ignores every ray and lets it pass through

workspace.DescendantAdded:Connect(function(Descendant) -- new descendant appears
	if Descendant:IsA("Accessory") then
		wait() -- I put a wait here bc sometimes it takes time to completely load in
		for i, Part in pairs(Descendant:GetChildren()) do
			if Part:IsA("BasePart") then
				Part.CanQuery = false
			end
		end
	end
end)

You can simply disable the CanQuery property on every accessory part that appears, or if you want you can add every accessory to the FilterDescendantsInstances every time you fire the gun like my friend said above

#8

make a script that disables CanQuery on all accessories, this will prevent them from being detected by both rays and region3’s

#9

I tried putting that in my script, but it did not work. Where would I put this?

#10

ServerScriptService, so it works when the game starts

#11

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