non-Melee Hitbox Issue

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#1

Alright, so I am working on implementing a punch function on my game, however, I am having some problems with the size of the Hitbox:

image
I’d want it to only cover the front of the player, however it automatically centers it. Even if I add a lookvector to the CFrame of the hitbox, it will still concentrate on the centre of the player (exact CFrame as HumanoidRootPart)

Here is the source that I have got for spawning the Hitbox in:

local Services = 
	{
		Players = game:GetService('Players')
	}

Services.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr) plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		
		local NewHitbox = Instance.new("Part")
		NewHitbox.Parent = char
		NewHitbox.Size = Vector3.new(5, 3.5, 2)
		NewHitbox.CanCollide = false
		NewHitbox.CastShadow = false
		NewHitbox.CanQuery = false
		NewHitbox.CanTouch = true
		NewHitbox.Transparency = 1
		NewHitbox.Name = 'HitBox'
		local Weld = Instance.new('Weld')
		local HRP : Part = char:FindFirstChild('HumanoidRootPart')
		Weld.Parent = NewHitbox
		Weld.Part0 = NewHitbox; Weld.Part1 = HRP
		NewHitbox.CFrame = HRP.CFrame + HRP.CFrame.LookVector 
		
	end)
end)

Other than by welding the Hitbox to HumanoidRootPart, what are better ways of doing this without updating the CFrame via a loop?

#2

Here’s an extra screenshot to better show how central the hitbox is:
image

#3

Try increasing the size of the lookvector

HRP.CFrame.LookVector*hitbox.Size.Z/2

It’s only one stud length by default

#4

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/property/JointInstance/C0

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#5

Yes, I know the default is 1 stud and it is intentional, since that would already shift it forwards enough.

The issue may possibly be with the welding, but I am not aware of any other alternatives that don’t include using loops to correct the CFrame.

#6

Oh wait just saw the weld, yeah that’s what is causing it to be centered.

I made a tutorial on how to visualize welds, tbh it’s the same as the new RigidConstraints so that’s another option

So yeah you can also edit the C0 or C1 as @3Ogre suggested.

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#7

Fixed it by adding one line:

Weld.C0 = CFrame.new(NewHitbox.CFrame.LookVector*Vector3.new(-1,-1,-1))

Now it’s working as intended:
image

Thanks to everyone that helped!

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#8

Also additional question that is a bit related, but I don’t want to make another topic for it:

How to parent character to a folder when it joins or respawned?

This is my current source:

local Services = 
	{
		Players = game:GetService('Players')
	}

Services.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	if plr.Character then
		plr.Character.Parent = workspace.Chars._inLobby
	end
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		char.Parent = workspace.Chars._inLobby
	end)
end)
#9

When the character is created try waiting until it is added to the workspace then parent it to the folder

	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
      if not char:IsDescendantOf(workspace) then
         repeat
           task.wait()
         until char:IsDescendantOf(workspace)
      end
		char.Parent = workspace.Chars._inLobby
	end)
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