Trouble with region3

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#1

Hi developers! Currently working on my first region3, which is kinda embarrassing because I’ve been scripting for around 2 years :sweat_smile: , But im trying to use FindAllPartsInReigon3() and it’s constantly saying that the test block is in the region, anyway here is the current code:

 local min = PreviewPart.Position - (0.5 * PreviewPart.Size)
local max = PreviewPart.Position + (0.5 * PreviewPart.Size)
local region = Region3.new(min, max)
			local PartsInReigon = workspace:FindPartsInRegion3(region, workspace.Baseplate, math.huge)
			for i,v in pairs(PartsInReigon) do
				print(v.Name)
			end

this is whats going wrong:


Any help is appreciated!

#2

Just noticed I don’t set a position to it, do I have to? if so how do I do it?

#3

The problem is, you’re running the code only once. Try connecting a function to the RunService.RenderStepped event and run the code in the function.

#4

Hi syntqs, I did not post the full script because it has a lot of unnecessary parts but the script does get run constantly

#5

Apologies, I haven’t paid attention to the video you’ve sent.

Try replacing that part of your code with this:

local min = PreviewPart.Position - Vector3.new(PreviewPart.Size.X/2,PreviewPart.Size.Y/2,PreviewPart.Size.Z/2)
local max = PreviewPart.Position + Vector3.new(PreviewPart.Size.X/2,PreviewPart.Size.Y/2,PreviewPart.Size.Z/2)
#6

And I believe Region3 functions are deprecated. You should use the new spatial query feature.

#7

The reason is that the PreviewPart is in the workspace, and the region is calculated by the PreviewPart's position, so the PreviewPart counts as “inside of the region”.

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Consider blacklisting the PreviewPart so it does not get detected inside the region. I would recommend using FindAllPartsInRegion3WithIgnoreList to ignore the Baseplate and the PreviewPart in one line.

Change this:

local PartsInReigon = workspace:FindPartsInRegion3(region, workspace.Baseplate, math.huge)

To this:

local PartsInReigon = workspace:FindPartsInRegion3WithIgnoreList(region, {workspace.Baseplate, PreviewPart}, math.huge)

Make sure that the second parameter of FindPartsInRegion3WithIgnoreList is an array with instances to blacklist. Hope you find this helpful! :+1:

#8

Workspace:FindPartsInRegion3 is deprecated. Use Overlap Params instead: Introducing OverlapParams - New Spatial Query API