Trying to do something like this:
with this:
You could probably start with finding a bounding box of the folder, then you’d just make a part that spans this bounding box and add a text label to the top via surfacegui. Really you’d just compare each corner of each part in that folder, then compare it to your current lower and upper bounds, if it’s further than each of these boundaries, you’d take that vector and use it as your new lower/upper boundary.
Unless your map is 2d then you’d just use a text label without the surface gui (but judging by the shadows I’m guessing it’s 3d).
But anyway, here’s some pseudocode about how you might go about finding an axis-parallel bounding box of the country:
local inf = math.huge
local lowerX, upperX, lowerY, upperY = 0,0,0,0
for each part in the folder do
get each corner of this part
for each corner do
if corner.X < lowerX then lowerX = corner.X
if corner.Y < lowerY then lowerY = corner.Y
if corner.X > upperX then upperX = corner.X
if corner.Y > upperY then upperY = corner.Y
If you don’t want to write your own bounding box algorithm you could also just use model:GetBoundingBox but as you said, you’re working with folders so this might not be possible.
ill try this, sorry for the late response, i’m working on my notification system (same game)
Also, what do you mean by corner?
Just confused on implementation, I don’t know how to get the corners
local NationsFolder = workspace.Nations
local x = 0
local xmin = 0
local z = 0
local zmin = 0
local lastz = 0
local lastx = 0
local y = 5
–box algorithm
for i, nation in pairs(NationsFolder:GetChildren()) do
for i, child in pairs(nation:GetChildren())do
if child:IsA(“Part”) or child:IsA(“UnionOperation”) then
local xpos = child.Position.X
local zpos = child.Position.Z
lastx = xpos
lastz = zpos
if xpos > x then
x = xpos
elseif xpos < xmin then
if i > 0 then
if xpos < lastx then
xmin = xpos
end
end
xmin = xpos
end
if xpos > z then
z = xpos
elseif zpos < zmin then
if i > 0 then
if zpos < lastz then
zmin = zpos
end
local minpart = Instance.new("Part")
minpart.Anchored = true
minpart.Position = Vector3.new(xmin,y,zmin)
minpart.Parent = workspace
local maxpart = Instance.new("Part")
maxpart.Anchored = true
maxpart.Parent = workspace
maxpart.Position = Vector3.new(x,y,z)
print(xmin,y,zmin)
print(x,y,z)
end
end
end
end
end
result: totally botched, spawns in parts at like 300,5,50 position, send help
Finally. My sanity is gone; my work is complete.
local y = 10
function destroyWall()
for i, thing in pairs(NationsFolder:GetDescendants()) do
print(thing.Name)
if thing.Name == "Wall" then
thing:Destroy()
end
end
end
for i, nation in pairs(NationsFolder:GetChildren()) do
local firstPart = true
local x, xmin, z, zmin
local NationsFolder = workspace.Nations
local y = 10
for i, nation in pairs(NationsFolder:GetChildren()) do
local firstPart = true
local x, xmin, z, zmin
for i, child in pairs(nation:GetChildren()) do
wait(.00001)
if child:IsA("Part") or child:IsA("UnionOperation") then
if firstPart then
firstPart = false
x = child.Position.X
xmin = child.Position.X
z = child.Position.Z
zmin = child.Position.Z
else
local xpos = child.Position.X
local zpos = child.Position.Z
if xpos > x then
x = xpos
elseif xpos < xmin then
xmin = xpos
end
if zpos > z then
z = zpos
elseif zpos < zmin then
zmin = zpos
end
end
end
end
local wall = Instance.new("Part")
wall.Name = "Wall"
wall.CanCollide = false
wall.CanQuery = false
wall.CanTouch = false
wall.Anchored = true
if x and xmin == nil then
x = 1
xmin = 1
wall.Parent = game.ReplicatedStorage
else
wall.Size = Vector3.new(x - xmin, 0.5, z - zmin)
end
wall.Size = Vector3.new(x - xmin, 0.5, z - zmin)
wall.Position = Vector3.new((x + xmin)/2, y, (z + zmin)/2)
wall.Parent = nation
wall.Transparency = 1
wall.Rotation = Vector3.new()
local surfaceGui = Instance.new("SurfaceGui")
surfaceGui.Parent = wall
surfaceGui.Face = "Top"
local textLabel = Instance.new("TextLabel")
textLabel.Rotation = -90
textLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
textLabel.Parent = surfaceGui
textLabel.Text = nation.Name
textLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1,0,1,0)
textLabel.Font = "SourceSans"
textLabel.TextScaled = true
nation.ChildAdded:Connect(function()
local firstPart = true
local x, xmin, z, zmin
for i, child in pairs(nation:GetChildren()) do
if child:IsA("Part") or child:IsA("UnionOperation") then
if firstPart then
firstPart = false
x = child.Position.X
xmin = child.Position.X
z = child.Position.Z
zmin = child.Position.Z
else
local xpos = child.Position.X
local zpos = child.Position.Z
if xpos > x then
x = xpos
elseif xpos < xmin then
xmin = xpos
end
if zpos > z then
z = zpos
elseif zpos < zmin then
zmin = zpos
end
end
end
end
wall.Size = Vector3.new(x - xmin, 0.5, z - zmin)
wall.Position = Vector3.new((x + xmin)/2, y, (z + zmin)/2)
end)
nation.ChildRemoved:Connect(function()
local firstPart = true
local x, xmin, z, zmin
for i, child in pairs(nation:GetChildren()) do
wait(.00001)
if child:IsA("Part") or child:IsA("UnionOperation") then
if firstPart then
firstPart = false
x = child.Position.X
xmin = child.Position.X
z = child.Position.Z
zmin = child.Position.Z
else
local xpos = child.Position.X
local zpos = child.Position.Z
if xpos > x then
x = xpos
elseif xpos < xmin then
xmin = xpos
end
if zpos > z then
z = zpos
elseif zpos < zmin then
zmin = zpos
end
end
end
end
if x and xmin == nil then
x = 1
xmin = 1
wall:Destroy()
else
x = 1
xmin = 1
wall.Size = Vector3.new(x - xmin, 0.5, z - zmin)
end
wall.Position = Vector3.new((x + xmin)/2, y, (z + zmin)/2)
end)
if wall.Parent.Name ~= textLabel.Text then
wall:Destroy()
end
end
end
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