Using a BasePart Touched event doesn't print any objects even if it hits one

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I am creating a hitbox that moves 100 studs in front of a player’s HumanoidRootPart and if this hitbox touches anything when it’s in motion, it will print the objects name.

I am using this in a server script and the Touched event doesn’t print anything if it comes into contact with an object…

local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local DebrisService = game:GetService("Debris")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local ServerCommunication = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("ServerCommunication")
local Hitbox = script.Hitbox
local Cooldown = 5
local Debounce = {}

local function RecieveSignal(Player)
	if table.find(Debounce, Player.Name) then
		print("Player is on a cooldown!")
	else
		local Character = Player.Character

		local NewHitbox = Hitbox:Clone()
		NewHitbox.CFrame = Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, 0, -4)
		NewHitbox.Parent = workspace

		DebrisService:AddItem(NewHitbox, 1)

		TweenService:Create(
			NewHitbox,
			TweenInfo.new(1),
			{Position = Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, 0, -100).Position}
		):Play()

		NewHitbox.Touched:Connect(function(Hit)
			if not Hit:IsDescendantOf(Character) then
				local Humanoid = Hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
				
				if Humanoid then
					if Humanoid:FindFirstChild(Player.Name .. "HitboxCooldown") then
						print("Player has already been damaged")
					else
						Humanoid:TakeDamage(5)
						
						local HitboxCooldown = Instance.new("BoolValue")
						HitboxCooldown.Name = Player.Name .. "HitboxCooldown"
						HitboxCooldown.Parent = Humanoid
						
						DebrisService:AddItem(HitboxCooldown, 3)
					end					
				end
			end
		end)

		table.insert(Debounce, Player.Name)
		task.wait(Cooldown)
		Debounce[table.find(Debounce, Player.Name)] = nil	
	end
end

ServerCommunication.OnServerEvent:Connect(RecieveSignal)

I honestly don’t know why this is happening, my best guess is the TweenService is stopping it from running, but I put the touched event in a thread and it still didn’t work.

The part’s properties:
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Update: Once I remove the TweenService part of the script and my character touches the part, it works. No idea what’s happening here, I need it to work in motion and if it hits anything else.

3

Touched doesn’t fire on BasePart instances if their “CanCollide” property is disabled.

4

It does. Did you mean CanTouch?

5

The BasePart requires a TouchTransmitter instance as well.

6

I tested it with CanCollide enabled aswell. It didn’t work.

7

Let me know if I understood you correctly.
You basically use TweenService to move the part towards the player?

If you do, then Touched event does not fire when an anchored part moves.

8

No, the part is being created 4 studs infront of the player and and propelled 100 studs from that point. If it comes into contact with anything it should damage that object if it has a humanoid and hasnt already been damaged.

And why would .Touched not work if the part is anchored?

9

What the! That actually fixed it.

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