Out of boredom I decided to improve my old not-working plugin that lets you view the range of different instances. The new one works much better, having the same view as any Light source (adding the centered “+”):
If you have any other idea for an instance let me know!
By default, the “sphere” gets colored using the Studio class icons, which changes by a bit if you have dark mode or light mode enabled. It can be set to white, although I have yet to make a settings panel. Note:
a light’s visualizer (made by the Studio) automatically changes color once the light’s Color has changed.
As of January 2025, plugins cannot access the studio setting for “Show Light Guides”, so if you want to disable the handles from showing up you’d have to disable the plugin manually.
I find it useful for proximity prompts as I have to constantly deal with user inputs in workspace, and sometimes the prop objects might be too big and the prompt range is not enough to reach the player
Adding to what @Artzified said, I can say that it acts just as an extender to the Studio’s default visualizer. It helps you find the accurate range of stuff. I often set the RollOfMaxDistance of Sounds too big.
I guess you could say it’s for people that benefit from seeing things visually. Or just want an easier time or want to reduce the amount of time they spend on this stuff.
I decided I wanted to add some other instances to this module which wouldn’t be able to be supported on the last version before this reply, so I re-made the module again, with more OOP and flexibility.
What’s new:
Instead of a clutter button on the Toolbar, two actions have been added to the “Shortcuts” menu which let you, as the description for each of them states, toggle some properties on the helper handles:
Toggle single color does what I wanted the plugin to do for a while now, which is to use either a full white or the icon color of selected “ranged” Instance.
Toggle always on top does what it says, pretty much renders the handles over all BaseParts.
I’m also going to try to add support for Cameras and what not, so keep an eye out on updates.
If you find any bugs or have ideas for other instances please let me know!
Depends on the RollOffMode, but yes the helper handles show you a visual of the “RollOffMaxDistance” property, so I think not. Adding this to AudioEmitters would be pretty weird to implement though, as that’s not a simple number.
