Rope player tool

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#1

So I made a tool that if you click the player it makes a rope attachment to the other player the person clicked on. But when you make the attachment. It makes the rope real close to you. How can I stretch it so it makes a good distance? Here is the server script inside the tool:

local tool = script.Parent

local backpack = tool.Parent
local player = backpack.Parent

local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local root = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

local sendMouseTarget = tool:WaitForChild("SendMouseTarget")
local canUseMouseTargetReceived = true

local function makeAttachment(part, pos)
	local attachment = Instance.new("Attachment") 
	local pos = pos or Vector3.new()
	
	attachment.Position = pos
	attachment.Parent = part
	
	return attachment
end

local function connectWithRopeConstraint(part0, part1)
	local newRope = Instance.new("RopeConstraint")
	local dist = (part0.Position - part1.Position).Magnitude
	
	local attachment0 = makeAttachment(part0)
	local attachment1 = makeAttachment(part1)
	
	newRope.Attachment0 = attachment0
	newRope.Attachment1 = attachment1
	
	newRope.Visible = true
	newRope.Length = dist
	
	newRope.Parent = part0
end


local function receiveMouseTarget(player, target)
	if canUseMouseTargetReceived then
		canUseMouseTargetReceived = false
		
		if type(target) == "userdata" and target then
			if target:IsA("BasePart") then
				connectWithRopeConstraint(root, target)
			end	
		end
		
		wait(1)
		canUseMouseTargetReceived = true
	end
end

sendMouseTarget.OnServerEvent:Connect(receiveMouseTarget)

and this is the client script inside the tool:

local players = game:GetService("Players")

    local client = players.LocalPlayer

    local mouse = client:GetMouse()

    local character = client.Character or client.CharacterAdded:Wait()

    local tool = script.Parent

    local sendMouseTargetEvent = tool:WaitForChild("SendMouseTarget")

    local function sendMouseTargetToServer()

    sendMouseTargetEvent:FireServer(mouse.Target)

    end

    tool.Activated:Connect(sendMouseTargetToServer)
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#2

It should already create the rope at the exact distance between the two objects
Do you want it to be even longer so they can move around a bit?
If you do then you can just add a small constant to the length, such as newRope.Length = dist + 2

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