Tool not working

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#1

I want to make a tool that flings people when they are clicked on.
The issue is that my code doesnt work, but it also doesnt throw any errors.
I have tried searching google, developer hub, and here.

I have code in a localscript and a serverscript, and i have tried dubbuging it, and nothing worked.
Im trying to get it to fling people in the direction the player is and very fast like. I also have that if the player is 4.5 studs or more away, it wont work.

LocalScript:

local mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse()

script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
	if mouse.Target then
		local model = mouse.Target:FindFirstAncestorOfClass("Model")
		if model then
			if model:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
				script.Parent.RemoteEvent:FireServer(model)
			end
		end
	end
end)

And in my serverscript i have:

script.Parent.RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,victim)
	if (victim.HumanoidRootPart.Position - player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position).magnitude <= 4.5 and not (player.Character:FindFirstChild("PushForce")) and not (victim:FindFirstChild("PushForce")) then
		local PushForce = Instance.new("BodyVelocity")
		PushForce.Name = "PushForce"
		PushForce.MaxForce = Vector3.new(9999999999,999999999,999999999)
		PushForce.Velocity = (-victim.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.lookVector) * 100
		PushForce.Parent = victim.HumanoidRootPart

		wait(0.4)
		PushForce:Destroy()
	end
end)

Any help is greatly appreciated!

#3

Try this out.

script.Parent.RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, victim)
    local difVector = player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position - victim.HumanoidRootPart.Position
    if difVector.Magnitude <= 4.5 then
        local PushForce = Instance.new("BodyVelocity")
        PushForce.Name = "PushForce"
        PushForce.MaxForce = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
        PushForce.Velocity = difVector.Unit * 100
        PushForce.Parent = victim.HumanoidRootPart
        wait(.4)
        PushForce:Destroy()
    end
end)

If the force goes the opposite direction you want it to, use

PushForce.Velocity = -difVector.Unit * 100
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#4

Tick the tool.RequiresHandle property off and it should work.

#5

The tool.RequiresHandle property is off though.

#6

It works for me, are you sure you’re equipping the tool then walking really close to the target player and then clicking them?

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#7

I just tried it, (with R6 and R15) and it still did not work. It just did the same thing, nothing.

#8

Could you put a print statement in the serverside code and see if it prints when the player clicks?

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#9

Here’s a place file that you can try out yourself. Run the game with 2 players and click on the other player with the tool equipped.
Fling Tool.rbxl (22.6 KB)

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#10

I just added that, and it appears not to print anything for some reason (at all).

#11

Alright, that gives me good info. Hold on and I’ll see if I can rewrite the local script.

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#12

My roblox studio is being mad, and it just gives me an error while opening the place file, but yet i cant post bug reports yet. :frowning:

#13

Can you put a print in the local script and see if it’s firing the event at all?

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#14

The only reason I can think of why it’s not working is because your tool’s .RequiresHandle property is enabled so it won’t register mouse input without a handle and won’t activate the .Activated event. I’m not sure why it’s not working for you since you said you ticked the .RequiresHandle property off

#15

Im sure that it says its off, im positive.

#16

Okay so i just did that and… its not firing at all.

#17

Is the Activated event being triggered?

#18

No, the Activated event isnt being triggered.

#19

Can you put a print on the first line of the localscript to see if the script is even running?

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#20

Yep, the script sure is running.

#21

Hm, not sure what could be going on here. You could upload a model file of the tool so I can inspect it closer.

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