Modifying CFrame.Lookvector to go slightly to the right

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#1

Hello, so Im using conveyors, and the way I have it go is to set the part velocity to the lookvector. However, for certain parts of it, I need it to go at a slight angle.

How would I make it so that it would always go slightly to the right, no matter the orientation.

Current code:

while true do
	script.Parent.Velocity = script.Parent.CFrame.LookVector * 120
	wait()
end
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#2
  1. You can do this by rotating the CFrame first by a certain amount, and then grabbing the LookVector.
  2. If the conveyor is anchored, you don’t need to continuously set the velocity. Just set it once; no loop required!
local speed = 120
local rotation = math.rad(20) -- Rotate by 20 degrees

-- Get rotated cframe of the parent:
local cf = script.Parent.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0, rotation, 0)

-- Calculate and set velocity:
script.Parent.Velocity = cf.LookVector * speed
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#3

Will rotating the CFrame of it change the conveyor position? or rotation within the world?

#4

Nope, it’s not rotating the actual part. To get technical, variable cf is a copy of the part’s CFrame value, rotated by 20 degrees. It won’t actually affect the part, unless you reassigned the part’s CFrame to cf (e.g. script.Parent.CFrame = cf).

So we’re just using cf as a temporary CFrame value in memory to then grab its calculated LookVector.

#5

Ah, i misread the code you provided earlier.
Thank you!

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