Hello!
My idea is to create a system like this: change the direction of the parts depending on where they are clicked, as shown in the picture:
what I want to achieve:
Note: sticks indicate the direction of the parts after clicking
The problem is that I don’t know how to do it exactly as I showed.
All I could do was rotate them to where the click was made.
my poor attempt at creating this system looks like this.
main part of this system that I got:
for i, part in pairs(parts) do
local Direction = Vector3.new(MousePos.X, 0, MousePos.Z)
part.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(part.Position, Direction)
end
Note: There are some more functions there, that’s why I use lookAt()
To do what you want (the first image), you only need to change the CFrame of one brick! Because you orient each brick individually, you are basically asking each brick to make its own calculations for how it should turn.
Choose one of the bricks that you want to be the ‘primary’ part, and calculate based on that brick only. Once you calculate it for this brick, you can ‘copy’ that CFrame into the other bricks, and they will all face the same direction.
local PrimaryBrick = [INSERT YOUR PRIMARY BRICK HERE!]
local Direction = Vector3.new(MousePos.X, 0, MousePos.Z)
PrimaryBrick.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(PrimaryBrick.Position, Direction)
for i, part in pairs(parts) do
if not part = PrimaryBrick then
part.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(part.Position, PrimaryBrick.CFrame.LookVector)
end
end
A bit rusty with CFrames but this should at least get you close. You might have to play around with the ‘direction’ part of the CFrame.lookAt() method in the loop.
I used XZ to make the effect on a 2d plane and then rotated the part using CFrame. If I understood your issue, this should fix the problem. The code is self explanatory
local function updatePartOrientation(part, clickPosition)
local PartPos = part.Position
local Direction = Vector3.new(clickPosition.X - PartPos.X, 0, clickPosition.Z - PartPos.Z).Unit
local Angle = math.atan2(Direction.X, Direction.Z)
local NewCFrame = CFrame.new(PartPos) * CFrame.fromEulerAnglesYXZ(0, Angle, 0)
part.CFrame = NewCFrame
end
Full Code I used for testing:
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer
local Mouse = Player:GetMouse()
local function updatePartOrientation(part, clickPosition)
local PartPos = part.Position
local Direction = Vector3.new(clickPosition.X - PartPos.X, 0, clickPosition.Z - PartPos.Z).Unit
local Angle = math.atan2(Direction.X, Direction.Z)
local NewCFrame = CFrame.new(PartPos) * CFrame.fromEulerAnglesYXZ(0, Angle, 0)
part.CFrame = NewCFrame
end
local function onMouseClick()
local clickPosition = Mouse.Hit.Position
for _, part in ipairs(Workspace:GetChildren()) do
if part.Name == "Part" then
updatePartOrientation(part, clickPosition)
end
end
end
Mouse.Button1Down:Connect(onMouseClick)
I didnt understand which image u needed help with sorryz
thanks for the answer
Well I should have explained a little better what goal I want to achieve
the result is like in this screenshot this is what I want:
As I understand it, your code does what I showed in screenshot 2, however, it was something that I already had(
From what I see in your pictures, the closest brick is the determining factor.
Looks like you need to get the closest Part to the click, face it toward the click, and copy that CFrame to all the other Parts.
Yes, this solution has already been offered by notsfeelings. Now I’m trying to slightly adjust the existing script and implement the system he proposed, after which I hope the problem will be solved
Yes, but the description didn’t mention which brick to choose.
Check all the Magnitudes from the click to each Part you want rotated, choose the lowest Magnitude, then perform @notsfeelings code.
