Pet floats next to player when player walks on a ramp

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#1

I’m making a pet follow script where the pet follows the player next to them on the ground. I’ve done this with an AlignPosition. Everything works fine until the player goes on a ramp of the pet and the player aren’t at the same height.

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Here the pet should be on the ground, not floating next to the player. How can I achieve this?

Here is the code:

local alignPosition = Instance.new("AlignPosition")
alignPosition.Responsiveness = 100
alignPosition.Parent = pet.PrimaryPart

local attachment1 = Instance.new("Attachment")
local attachment2 = Instance.new("Attachment")

attachment1.Parent = pet.PrimaryPart

attachment2.Parent = player.Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
attachment2.CFrame = petCFrameOffset - Vector3.new(0, pet.PrimaryPart.Size.Y / 2, 0)

alignPosition.Attachment0 = attachment1
alignPosition.Attachment1 = attachment2

local alignOrientation = Instance.new("AlignOrientation")
alignOrientation.Responsiveness = 100
alignOrientation.RigidityEnabled = true
alignOrientation.Parent = pet.PrimaryPart
alignOrientation.Attachment0 = attachment1
alignOrientation.Attachment1 = attachment2

pet.PrimaryPart.CollisionGroup = "Pets"

pet.Parent = game.Workspace
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#2

cast a ray beneath the pet and then move the pet to the ray

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#3

or something like this:

local at2cf = petCFrameOffset - Vector3.new(0, pet.PrimaryPart.Size.Y / 2, 0)
local ray = Ray.new(at2cf.Position,Vector3.new(0,-math.huge,0)
local _,position,_ = workspace:FindPartOnRay(ray,pet)
attachment2.CFrame = at2cf-Vector3.new(0,at2cf.Position.Y-position.Y,0)
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#4

I tried this but it just sets attachment2’s Y position to -inf

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#5

wait what please give me video of it and if you actually are standing on a surface. (or just replace local _,position,_ = workspace:FindPartOnRay(ray,pet) with local _,position,_ = workspace:FindPartOnRay(ray)

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#6

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This is what it looks like. The Bird Model gets destroyed because it gets moved to the void

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#7

remove the pet argument as i said above.

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#8

I tried that but nothing changed

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#9

well wow that is quite weird. maybe try limiting the ray? replace math.huge with some smaller number like 10 or 100 and are you sure that the position i thought is the position of the pet correct?

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#10

Maybe add a restraint on the pets Y value.

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#11

How do I put a restraint on the pets y axis?

#12

One added line should do it …
if Y >= 100 then Y = 100 end

“100” being the highest you wish the pet to move upwards

You may want to take a look at how this is done: Not sure if that is the right one.
mathclamp-explanation

Just so I’m not sending you down a rabbit hole …

local part = script.Parent
local maximumValue = 10 --> The highest it is allowed to move.

-- Connect the function to the part's "Changed" event
part.Changed:Connect(function(property)
    if property == "Position" then
        local currentPosition = part.Position
       
        if currentPosition.Y > maximumValue then
            currentPosition = Vector3.new(currentPosition.X, maximumValue, currentPosition.Z)
        end

        part.Position = currentPosition
    end
end)
#13

The first solution that @Qinrir said is correct. but the example is not.

Instead of checking what part the ray touched, you should check what Y level the ray is at upon touch.

local raycastparams = RaycastParams.new()
raycastparams.FilterDescendantsInstances = {character, pet}
raycastparams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude

local origin = pet.Position
local ray = workspace:Raycast(origin, Vector3.new(0, -10000, 0), raycastparams)

local YLevel = ray.Position.Y

YLevel, hence the name, is the Y level that the ray touched at. You should also include the pet’s origin height to the ground before changing the y level to the ray’s y level.

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#14

This looks really clean and would stop the height before it was even a problem. Well done, :heart:’ed
Both attempts are limiting the Y height and that would be a way to fix this …

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#15

I tried this but the ray is always nil. How do I fix this?

#16

That just means the ray points to the void.

#17

But even when I’m walking on an elevated part, the ray is still nil

#18

Okay, I found it. math.huge is too big so the ray kind of glitches out. Change it to something like -10000 and see if it works.

#19

This works but I don’t know how to get this to work with AlignPosition

#20

Nevermind, I got that to work. Thanks for all the help!