Trying to Make a Bow with FastCast

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#1

I am making a game called EverRealm. It’s a fantasy RPG set in the medieval era. I’ve been creating & scripting weapons for this game such as swords, spears, and a bow and arrow. I got the swords and spears scripted okay, but I’m having a little trouble with the bow. I found a module called FastCast, which makes Raycasting much easier. I read the API docs for this and got to work. This is my script:

-- client
local tool = script.Parent
local player: Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character: Model = player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

repeat wait() until character:IsDescendantOf(workspace);

local human: Humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
local animator: Animator = human:FindFirstChild("Animator")

local equip: AnimationTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(tool:FindFirstChild("Equip"))
local unequip: AnimationTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(tool:FindFirstChild("Unequip"))
local shoot: AnimationTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(tool:FindFirstChild("Shoot"))

--local mouse = player:GetMouse();

local remotes = game.ReplicatedStorage.Remotes
local fire = remotes.BowFire

equip.Priority = Enum.AnimationPriority.Action4
unequip.Priority = Enum.AnimationPriority.Action4
shoot.Priority = Enum.AnimationPriority.Action4

equip.Looped = true

local Mouse = nil;

tool.Equipped:Connect(function(mouse)
	equip:Play()
	equip:AdjustSpeed(.1)
	
	Mouse = mouse
end)

tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	shoot:Play()
	shoot:AdjustSpeed(.7);
	
	task.wait(1.5);
	
	--local mouse = player:GetMouse()	
	
	fire:FireServer(Mouse.Hit.Position)
	
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	shoot:Stop()
	equip:Stop()
	unequip:Play()
	unequip:AdjustSpeed(.1)
end)

-- server
cremotes.BowFire.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, direction)
	local caster = casters[player.UserId]
	local character: Model = player.Character;
	
	--caster.VisualizeCasts = true
	
	local tool = character:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Tool")
	if not tool then return end;
	local typ: StringValue | nil = tool:FindFirstChild("ToolType");
	if typ then
		if typ.Value:lower() ~= "bow" then
			return
		end
	end
	
	local behavior = FastCast.newBehavior()
	behavior.RaycastParams = RaycastParams.new()
	behavior.RaycastParams.IgnoreWater = true
	behavior.MaxDistance = 4500
	behavior.RaycastParams.FilterDescendantsInstances = { character, tool }
	
	local direction = CFrame.new(direction).LookVector
	
	--local head: Part = character.Head
	
	local firePoint: Attachment = tool.Handle:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Attachment");
	
	local speed = (direction * 30)
	
	local cast = caster:Fire(firePoint.WorldPosition, direction, speed, behavior);
	
	print(cast);
end)

I read the code for the example gun, and based my script off of it. I have tweaked this script many times, and it still will not work. Can somebody help me?

#2

Could you try creating a smaller example that we could test ourselves with little effort?

As is, your script is hard for someone else to test or figure out what’s wrong because of all the extra objects and things that aren’t relevant to the core problem of getting fast cast working.

#3

This is pretty much all relevant to FastCast, though.