Mouse.Hit.Position being weird

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#1

So i’m trying to make a building game, but when I use Mouse.Hit.Position something very weird happens. take a look.

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here’s the 2 scripts i have

the one that places the block when I click (not shown in the vid):

wait()
script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function(Touch)
	local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
	local Mouse = Player:GetMouse()
	
	local NewPart = Instance.new("Part")

	NewPart.Parent = workspace

	NewPart.Anchored = true
		
	NewPart.Position = Mouse.Hit.Position
		
end)

thing that makes the part that shows where the part will be placed:

script.Parent.Equipped:Connect(function()
	local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
	local Mouse = Player:GetMouse()	
	local NewPart = Instance.new("Part")
	
	NewPart.Material = Enum.Material.ForceField	
	NewPart.CanCollide = false
	NewPart.Parent = workspace		NewPart.Anchored = true		
	while true do
		NewPart.Position = Mouse.Hit.Position
		wait()
	end
end)

I’m probably being very stupid with my code because I’m new to it.

#2

The problem is Mouse.Hit is hitting your preview part. Simple solution is to add the part as Mouse.TargetFilter:

local Mouse = Player:GetMouse()
local NewPart = Instance.new("Part")
Mouse.TargetFilter = NewPart   -- With this, Mouse.Hit ignores your new part

Mouse.TargetFilter is limited to a single instance though. Consider using rays if you need add an entire ignore list of instances.

As for some off-topic tips, consider that your while true do loop will run forever even if the tool is unequipped. I would recommend you use a variable instead. For example:

local isEquipped = false

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
  isEquipped = true
  while isEquipped do
    ...
  end
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
  isEquipped = false
end)
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#3

Oh! I never thought of my part colliding with my mouse. Thanks!