Lock on system question

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#1

Hey, so I have a lock on system, it’s a system that basically focuses your camera on the enemy, now, I need to ask, how do I make it so that the players character (avatar) turns to the enemy’s avatar?
Here is my current script:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera

local Remotes = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Remotes")
local SetLockedRemote = Remotes.SetLockedOn
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer

local Character = Player.Character
local Mouse = Player:GetMouse()

local Target = nil

local Range = 250

local function onInputBegan(input, gameProcessed)
	if gameProcessed then return end
	
	if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton3 or input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.L then
		if not Target then
			local MouseHit = Mouse.Hit
			
			local rayOrigin = Character.Head.Position
			local rayDirection = ((MouseHit.p - rayOrigin).Unit) * Range


			local raycastParams = RaycastParams.new()
			raycastParams.FilterDescendantsInstances = {Character}
			raycastParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Blacklist
			local raycastResult = workspace:Raycast(rayOrigin, rayDirection, raycastParams)
			
			local function setTarget(newTarget)
				Camera.CameraType = "Scriptable"
				Target = newTarget
				SetLockedRemote:FireServer(newTarget.Name)
				wait()
				spawn(function()
					while Target and Target:IsA("Model") do
						local X = 12

						local PartPosition = Target.HumanoidRootPart.Position
						local SelfPosition = Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position

						local Offset = Vector3.new(5,2,0)

						local V = PartPosition + ((SelfPosition + Offset) - PartPosition).Unit * ((SelfPosition - PartPosition).Magnitude + X)
						Camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(V, PartPosition)
						RunService.RenderStepped:Wait()
					end
				end)	
			end
			
			if raycastResult then
				local hitPart = raycastResult.Instance

				if hitPart.Parent.Parent == workspace.Dummies and hitPart.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
					setTarget(hitPart.Parent)
				elseif hitPart.Parent.Parent == workspace and hitPart.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
					setTarget(hitPart.Parent)
				end
			end
					
		elseif Target then
			Target = nil
			Camera.CameraType = "Custom"
			SetLockedRemote:FireServer(false)
		end
	end
end

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(onInputBegan)
#2

you can use the roblox body movers such as bodygyro to make the character look in the camera direction which will face the enemy

#3

Have you tried using the CFrame.new constructor which will point a part to another part. If I am understanding the question correctly you would just need to do CFrame.new(Vector3 pos, Vector3 lookAt). Using this you can set the characters PrimaryPart(HumanoidRootPart) to lookAt the enemies PrimaryPart.

Here is a useful link on CFrames and all the constructors!
CFrames

Forgot to mention that they actually did make a whole function that replaces the old CFrame.new(Vector3, Vector3) one. You can also choose to do CFrame.lookAt(Vector3 at, Vector3 lookAt, Vector3 up). :slight_smile: , hope this answers your question.

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