Trouble with detecting when someone clicks their character

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So, I want to detect when someone clicks their character with their mouse. The trouble is, Mouse.Target apparently ignores your character, since when I click my character, Mouse.Target equals the thing behind me, like I’m clicking through myself.

I’ve tried using a click detector, but apparently that also doesn’t function if it’s in your character.

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Your Character is ignored from the Mouse.Target and ClickDetectors, the only time you can click on your body I believe is when you are sitting in a VehicleSeat.

3

So there is no way around that?

4

You could try welding an Invisible part to the character that is not parented to the Character model.

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Does setting mouse.TargetFilter to nil help? If not, and even if it does, I personally just recommend using a custom solution. The mouse is legacy anyway.

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")

local camera = Workspace.CurrentCamera

local function get_target(params: RaycastParams?): Instance?
	local mouse_location = UserInputService:GetMouseLocation()
	local ray = camera:ViewportPointToRay(mouse_location.X, mouse_location.Y)
	local result = Workspace:Raycast(ray.Origin, ray.Direction*1000, params)
	
	return result and result.Instance
end
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