Is there a way to simulate the forcefield highlight effect?

[Hetrogames11]

So for the game i am making the main mechanic relies on that forcefields highlights the objects that they intersect with

But my issue is that if the player happens to not have their graphics all the way up then this does not work

I was wondering if there was a way to simulate this effect or force this effect to happen even when the graphics are set to low? Thanks

[dthecoolest]

Sorry but are there any further details on the main mechanic and why the highlighting is important?

This is because there might be other ways to highlight objects like in this post

How To Highlight BaseParts/Models through fully opaque bricks?

Contrary to what some people in this thread have been saying, no, this is not impossible. You can achieve what you’re wanting using BoxHandleAdornments. This is how I achieved the X-Ray gamepass in I Spy. Here’s a rough usage example: local newAdornee = Instance.new("BoxHandleAdornment") newAdornee.Adornee = part newAdornee.Size = part.Size newAdornee.Transparency = 0.6 newAdornee.Parent = plr.PlayerGui newAdornee.ZIndex = 5 newAdornee.AlwaysOnTop = true

Or this selection box.

Otherwise, yeah It’s going to be really tough as you would noted you would need to find the 3d intersection line somehow probably through math which is why yeah high graphics are needed.

Edit 2: perhaps you can squish the problem down in to 2d and use this resource to highlight the intersection shape?

PolyBool Lua Library

Hi all! I recently wrote a port of a js library that provides functionality for 2D boolean opperations on polygons. I’ve found it’s super useful for just about anything you can squash down into 2D so I figured I’d share it with all of you as well. Here’s a Roblox model if you prefer: And here are some screenshots of what it can do! I’d have prefered a better demo, but filling concave polygons is a pain. Check out the demo on the js library to get a better feel. [None] [Union] [Inter…

[Hetrogames11]

Its meant to be a sort of Echolocation mechanic.
Where everything is black and dark and what i was planning is that when a certain button is pressed a sphere with the forcefield material is spawned on the player and expands and the highlighted edges would let the player see where walls and players are and figure out where to go

[dthecoolest]

Great idea, then I believe the only alternate solution would be to do a density ray cast from the camera.

1. You ray cast in the direction normal throughout the screen

2. You take note if it hits the object or the sphere, Then if it does trace back to 2d to get the green and red crosses in the image above.

3. Find a way to get the shape for when the point transition is between the sphere and the echolocation bubble

IDK, this is all I could think up of.

[Hetrogames11]

Thanks for your help I will definitely try this.