Hi! I’m trying to make a cobweb similar to Minecraft for a Halloween event in my game, I’m trying to limit the player’s velocity so they get slowed down in all directions when touching a union.
Whenever the user enters the cobweb, the script only seems to partially work. The player’s velocity is only partially limited, for example, jumping into the union from below, the script doesn’t limit it as much as I want to, and lowering the limitValue doesn’t seem to have an effect. Moving in all three directions makes the effect even more unreliable. I want it to work in all circumstances since my game is a world builder that allows players to place these anywhere they want.
I’ve tried this on the server and the client, and it seems to work more reliably on the server, but the limit value appears to be basically ignored unless it’s a higher number.
The union is anchored and has CanCollide off, and CanQuery and CanTouch on
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
function LimitVelocity(Velocity)
local x = Velocity.z
local y = Velocity.y
local z = Velocity.z
local limit = .25
if y < limit then
y = limit
elseif y > -limit then
y = -limit
end
if x < limit then
x = limit
elseif x > -limit then
x = -limit
end
if z < limit then
z = limit
elseif z > -limit then
z = -limit
end
return Vector3.new(x, y, z)
end
RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
local parts = workspace:GetPartsInPart(script.Parent)
for i, value in ipairs(parts) do
if value.Parent:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid") and value.Parent.PrimaryPart.Name == "HumanoidRootPart" then
value.Parent.PrimaryPart.AssemblyLinearVelocity = LimitVelocity(value.Parent.PrimaryPart.AssemblyLinearVelocity)
print(value.Parent.PrimaryPart.AssemblyLinearVelocity)
end
end
end)
Here is also the union (model) I’m using, I tested it on a normal box, and it seems to do the same thing.
When the player first enters the cobweb, you can simply grab their mass and slow them down using a couple tricks:
Firstly, you can slow down their walk speed, which will control horizontal speed.
For vertical speed, you can apply an upward force to their character as they are falling (similar to cobwebs in Minecraft). The best approach from what I have seen is to use a VectorForce. In this case, it should go on the HumanoidRootPart.
The VectorForce will apply a continuous force of specified scale to a given physics body. You can simply adjust the effect to get the desired speed you want the player to fall or slow down at when walking in the cobwebs:
local Zone = require(game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Zone"))
local Cobweb = Zone.new(workspace.Cobweb)
local playersInCobweb = {}
local COBWEB_GRAVITY = 0.35
local function getCharacterMass(character: Model): any
if character then
local mass
for _, part in pairs(character) do
if part:IsA("BasePart") then
mass += part:GetMass()
end
end
return mass
end
end
local function SlowdownPlayer(player: Player)
if player then
local character = player.Character
if character then
local HRP = character.HumanoidRootPart
if HRP then
local characterMass = getCharacterMass(character)
local vf = Instance.new("VectorForce")
vf.Parent = HRP
vf.Attachment0 = HRP.RootAttachment
vf.RelativeTo = Enum.ActuatorRelativeTo.World
vf.Force = Vector3.new(
0,
(characterMass * workspace.Gravity) * COBWEB_GRAVITY,
0
)
return vf
end
end
end
end
Cobweb.playerEntered:Connect(function(player)
if player then
local character = player.Character
if character then
local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if humanoid then
humanoid.WalkSpeed = 10
playersInCobweb[player] = SlowdownPlayer(player)
end
end
end
end)
Cobweb.playerExited:Connect(function(player)
if player and playersInCobweb[player] then
local character = player.Character
if character then
local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if humanoid then
humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16 -- Change to other, if desired
end
end
playersInCobweb[player]:Destroy()
end
end)
Correct me if I’m wrong, but is it not easier to set the walkspeed and jumpheight values of the humanoid whenever the cobweb touches the part of a player?
Edit: Nevermind, this only takes effect on the X and Z axis, not Y.
I tried to use the script, and even after some changes (the original script didn’t work due to errors, but I tried my best to fix it), it seems that when entering and leaving a part, Zone doesn’t register fast enough, and the results are delayed, so I’m getting very unexpected results when jumping into it from under like this.
Other things I’ve experienced is when falling into the cobweb from above if going fast enough, then the cobweb doesn’t have any effect, and also when walking into the cobweb, it takes about a second or two to start the script
Here is the edited code I used:
local Zone = require(game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Zone"))
local Cobweb = Zone.new(script.Parent)
local playersInCobweb = {}
local COBWEB_GRAVITY = 16.5
local function getCharacterMass(character: Model): any
if character then
local mass
for _, part in pairs(character:GetChildren()) do
if part:IsA("BasePart") then
mass = part:GetMass()
end
end
return mass
end
end
local function SlowdownPlayer(player: Player)
if player then
local character = player.Character
if character then
local HRP = character.HumanoidRootPart
if HRP then
local characterMass = getCharacterMass(character)
local vf = Instance.new("VectorForce")
vf.Parent = HRP
vf.Attachment0 = HRP.RootAttachment
vf.RelativeTo = Enum.ActuatorRelativeTo.World
vf.Force = Vector3.new(
0,
((characterMass * workspace.Gravity) * COBWEB_GRAVITY),
0
)
print(vf.Force)
return vf
end
end
end
end
Cobweb.playerEntered:Connect(function(player)
if player then
local character = player.Character
if character then
local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if humanoid then
humanoid.WalkSpeed = 4
playersInCobweb[player] = SlowdownPlayer(player)
end
end
end
end)
Cobweb.playerExited:Connect(function(player)
if player and playersInCobweb[player] then
local character = player.Character
if character then
local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if humanoid then
humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16 -- Change to other, if desired
end
end
playersInCobweb[player]:Destroy()
end
end)
I also used the latest version of Zone from GitHub.
