What is the best alternative for .Touched but not ZonePlus or Raycast hitbox?

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#1

What is the best alternative for .Touched?

Zoneplus: it requires the part to be cancollide off, but I need a collision check for solid parts and zoneplus doesn’t work for that

Raycast hitbox / ClientCast: let’s say I have lava, i would have to make a million DmgPoint attachments to it and what if the damaging part is changing size?

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#2

OverlapParams works well!!!

#3

How does OverlapParams work? I have never seen that before

#4

It works alot like raycasting except it uses the collision of a basepart instead. Another solution is using raycasts for each corner of the basepart. But overlap params are far easier to use

#5

WorldRoot: GetPartsInPart, GetPartBoundsInBox, GetPartBoundsInRaidus, Blockcast, Spherecast
BasePart: GetTouchingParts

Using Heartbeat loops.

#6

Does it perform well on server?

#7

Using spacial query APIs every Heartbeat will have a performance cost compared to .Touched. As always, physics is generally more performant done on the client, and should be done wherever security is not your concern.

#8

So .Touched is better in performance compared to OverlapParams? Why would I use OverlapParams?

#9

Some people consider .Touched less reliable than spacial queries (being delayed or inaccurate) and spacial queries give you more customization/control

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