Making the character face the opposite direction of the player's camera

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#1

So here I have a flying system thing and its follow’s the player’s mouse. But I don’t want the character looking towards the camera

local uis = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local rs = game:GetService("RunService")
local myPlayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local myChar = myPlayer.Character or myPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local myHRP = myChar:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local mouse = myPlayer:GetMouse()
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local flying = false
local speed = 0.5

game.ReplicatedStorage.FlameEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	local bp = Instance.new("BodyPosition", myHRP)
	bp.MaxForce = Vector3.new()
	bp.D = 10
	bp.P = 10000

	local bg = Instance.new("BodyGyro", myHRP)
	bg.MaxTorque = Vector3.new()
	bg.D = 10

	local function fly()
		flying = true
		bp.MaxForce = Vector3.new(400000, 400000, 400000)
		bg.MaxTorque = Vector3.new(400000, 400000, 400000)

        task.spawn(function()
            while flying do
                rs.RenderStepped:Wait()
                bp.Position = myHRP.Position + ((myHRP.Position - mouse.Hit.p).unit * speed)
                bg.CFrame = CFrame.new(mouse.Hit.p, myHRP.Position)
            end
        end)
	end

	local function endFlying()
		bp.MaxForce = Vector3.new()
		bg.MaxTorque = Vector3.new()
		flying = false
	end

    uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(input,processed)
        if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
            fly()
        end
    end)

    uis.InputEnded:Connect(function(input,processed)
        if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
            endFlying()
        end
    end)
end)
#2

Just rotate the CFrame so it faces the opposite direction.

You can use .FromEulerAnglesXYZ or .Angles for this.

#3

How would I get the opposite direction?

#4

Inverse the lookvector then cframe.lookat

#5

can you give me a snippet? I don’t know how I would do this

#6

If you want the character to face the same direction as the camera, change this line:

bg.CFrame = CFrame.new(mouse.Hit.p, myHRP.Position)

to this:

bg.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(Vector3.zero, workspace.CurrentCamera.CFrame.LookVector)

FYI CFrame.lookAt works the exact same way that CFrame.new does, it’s just an update for clarity:

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#7

I don’t want the character looking towards the camera. I want the character looking the other way

#8

Put a negative sign before workspace.CurrentCamera.CFrame.LookVector then

#9

I tried to use as much of your script as possible. Think I only removed a camera reference.
This is linked to button W. As in, that must be down to be able to toggle E to start flying.
When you let off W everything resets. Also need to look up to get off the ground.

The flight follows the mouse. If aimed right, it will float right-ish.
The player follows the player direction. If turned right, it will turn right.
Turn holding down right mouse as normally while moving.

All in all I think this is workable compromise …

local uis = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local rs = game:GetService("RunService")
local myPlayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local myChar = myPlayer.Character or myPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local myHRP = myChar:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local myHP = myChar:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local mouse = myPlayer:GetMouse()
local flying = false
local speed = 0.5

game.ReplicatedStorage.FlameEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()

	local newCFrame = CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(180), 0)
	local bp = Instance.new("BodyPosition", myHRP)

	bp.MaxForce = Vector3.new()
	bp.D = 10
	bp.P = 10000

	local bg = Instance.new("BodyGyro", myHRP)
	bg.MaxTorque = Vector3.new()
	bg.D = 10

	local function fly()
		flying = true
		bp.MaxForce = Vector3.new(400000, 400000, 400000)
		bg.MaxTorque = Vector3.new(400000, 400000, 400000)

		task.spawn(function()
			while flying do	rs.RenderStepped:Wait()
				myHP.Jump = true

				bp.Position = myHRP.Position  -((myHRP.Position - mouse.Hit.p).unit * speed)
				bg.CFrame = CFrame.new(mouse.Hit.p, myHRP.Position)

				local newCFrame	= CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(myHRP.Orientation.Y), 0)
				bg.CFrame = newCFrame
			end
		end)
	end

	local function endFlying()
		bp.MaxForce = Vector3.new()
		bg.MaxTorque = Vector3.new()
		flying = false
	end

	uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, processed)
		if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then			
			if uis:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.W) then
				fly()
			end
		end
	end)

	uis.InputEnded:Connect(function(input, processed)
		if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
			endFlying()
		end
	end)
end)

For others that may want to try this you will need to create an event named FlameEvent in ReplicatedStorage then trigger it with a short script (workspace be fine) for testing.

task.wait(3)
local rs = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
rs.FlameEvent:FireAllClients()