when i point my camera upwards my vpf_arrow in the viewport frame points downwards, i want the arrow to point upwards as well in the viewport; the arrow above my head is doing that correctly but not in the viewport. im super confused about rotation and stuff so id really love some help ty!!!
local p = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local c = p.Character or p.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local playergui = p.PlayerGui
local arrowui = playergui:WaitForChild("arrowUI")
local vpf = arrowui:WaitForChild("arrow_vpf")
local hrp = c.PrimaryPart
local h = c:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local rs = game:GetService("RunService")
local cam = workspace.Camera
local cam_atarrow = false
local arrow = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("arrow")
local connection = nil
local newarrow = arrow:Clone()
newarrow.Parent = workspace
newarrow.CanCollide = false
local clickdetector = newarrow:WaitForChild("ClickDetector")
local vpf_arrow = newarrow:Clone()
local vpf_cam = Instance.new("Camera")
vpf_arrow.ClickDetector:Destroy()
vpf_arrow.CFrame = CFrame.new(0,0,0)
vpf_cam.CFrame = CFrame.new(0,0,10)
vpf_arrow.Parent = vpf
vpf.CurrentCamera = vpf_cam
vpf.Visible = true
connection = rs.RenderStepped:Connect(function(deltatime)
--one way to color these guys:
local x,y,z = math.abs(cam.CFrame.LookVector.X), math.abs(cam.CFrame.LookVector.Y), math.abs(cam.CFrame.LookVector.Z)
local red = Color3.new(1, 0.172549, 0.172549)
local green = Color3.new(0.435294, 1, 0.396078)
local blue = Color3.new(0.282353, 0.258824, 1)
local total = x + y + z
local xweight = x / total
local yweight = y / total
local zweight = z / total
local interpolatedcolor = Color3.new(
(red.R * xweight) + (green.R * yweight) + (blue.R * zweight),
(red.G * xweight) + (green.G * yweight) + (blue.G * zweight),
(red.B * xweight) + (green.B * yweight) + (blue.B * zweight)
)
newarrow.Color = interpolatedcolor
local arrow_pos = c:WaitForChild("Head").Position + Vector3.new(0, 3, 0)
newarrow.CFrame = CFrame.new(arrow_pos, arrow_pos + cam.CFrame.LookVector) * CFrame.Angles(math.rad(-90),0,math.rad(0))
vpf_arrow.Color = newarrow.Color
vpf_arrow.CFrame = CFrame.new(vpf_arrow.Position, vpf_arrow.Position + cam.CFrame.LookVector) * CFrame.Angles(math.rad(90),0,math.rad(0))
end)
we can make it cleaner by setting them in separate functions also the viewport arrow rotation rn is corrected we can just inverting the y compnent of the lock vector
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Data = {
Player = {
Instance = game.Players.LocalPlayer,
Character = nil,
GUI = nil
},
Arrow = {
Model = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("arrow"),
World = nil,
Viewport = nil
},
UI = {
ArrowUI = nil,
Viewport = nil
},
Camera = workspace.Camera
}
local function setupCharacter()
Data.Player.Character = Data.Player.Instance.Character or Data.Player.Instance.CharacterAdded:Wait()
Data.Player.GUI = Data.Player.Instance.PlayerGui
Data.UI.ArrowUI = Data.Player.GUI:WaitForChild("arrowUI")
Data.UI.Viewport = Data.UI.ArrowUI:WaitForChild("arrow_vpf")
end
local function setupArrows()
Data.Arrow.World = Data.Arrow.Model:Clone()
Data.Arrow.World.Parent = workspace
Data.Arrow.World.CanCollide = false
Data.Arrow.Viewport = Data.Arrow.World:Clone()
Data.Arrow.Viewport.ClickDetector:Destroy()
Data.Arrow.Viewport.CFrame = CFrame.new()
Data.Arrow.Viewport.Parent = Data.UI.Viewport
end
local function setupViewport()
local vpfCamera = Instance.new("Camera")
vpfCamera.CFrame = CFrame.new(0, 0, 10)
Data.UI.Viewport.CurrentCamera = vpfCamera
Data.UI.Viewport.Visible = true
end
local function interpolateColor(lookVector)
local absVector = lookVector:Abs()
local colors = {
Color3.new(1, 0.172549, 0.172549),
Color3.new(0.435294, 1, 0.396078),
Color3.new(0.282353, 0.258824, 1)
}
local total = absVector.X + absVector.Y + absVector.Z
local weights = absVector / total
return Color3.new(
colors[1].R * weights.X + colors[2].R * weights.Y + colors[3].R * weights.Z,
colors[1].G * weights.X + colors[2].G * weights.Y + colors[3].G * weights.Z,
colors[1].B * weights.X + colors[2].B * weights.Y + colors[3].B * weights.Z
)
end
local function updateArrows()
local lookVector = Data.Camera.CFrame.LookVector
local arrowColor = interpolateColor(lookVector)
local headPosition = Data.Player.Character.Head.Position
local arrowPosition = headPosition + Vector3.new(0, 3, 0)
Data.Arrow.World.Color = arrowColor
Data.Arrow.World.CFrame = CFrame.new(arrowPosition, arrowPosition + lookVector) * CFrame.Angles(math.rad(-90), 0, 0)
Data.Arrow.Viewport.Color = arrowColor
local vpfLookVector = Vector3.new(lookVector.X, -lookVector.Y, lookVector.Z)
Data.Arrow.Viewport.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(Vector3.new(), vpfLookVector) * CFrame.Angles(math.rad(90), 0, 0)
end
setupCharacter()
setupArrows()
setupViewport()
RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(updateArrows)
you absolute legend. i wouldnt have figured it out in a thousand years man. thanks a million for re-organising my script and for solving my problem. have a great day bro!!!
