Is there a way to make my trail smoother?

I would like the trail on my sword to look less square when the angle changes.

https://gyazo.com/70c4b18ef1ccd8f606a631b28ffa0715

If you look at the video it looks very square and not very smooth.

I’ve tried finding out if there is a way to make it smoother but I’ve found nothing.

i dont know how to fix the jagged edges on the trail but one idea i have is maybe try duplicating the trail and mess with the properties a bit

I’d rather not have two trails because they would overlap each other (lighting, transparency , maybe colour) and look weird.

well maybe you could lower the transparency on both of them

altough people can still notice that it kinda overlaps

I’m kind of thinking it might be my animation.

hmm i dont think you can fix the jagged egdes

i wouldent see why its that much of a problem to deal with unless you really want to put detail into the trail

maybe try making the trail smaller so that people cant notice it that well

I think its because my animations are choppy, I just tried it on a smoother animation and the edges were fine. It’s probably not noticeable anyways to make much of a difference so I’ll just leave it. Thank you for your help!

also it this sopposed to be in a game?

The sword is for an RPG game I’m making.

oh cool i like rpg games well i cant assist you anymore sadly.

That’s alright. Thank you though!

i atleast reccomend going through what i said

This seems like an optimization thing that roblox does.
Try setting your graphics higher and you’ll see the change :man_shrugging:

Though if for some reason, its still jagged and your graphics are at max, it might be because of the animation moving very fast. (which can cause a large gap that it has to fill in or sharp edges)

Are you using the actual trail class? It looks more blocky

Idk if this will help but try turning on facecamera (I think thats what the property is called)

It’s a couple issues. The first issue is the animation, which in itself is really janky.

The bigger issue, though, is the fact you are using the default texture. Use something that isn’t 100% as wide as the trail itself. Doing a proper texture will break the illusion.

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Texture possibly? Ive messed around with roblox particle textures and sometimes adding an unique texture will help