Why won't the object launch the player most of the times?

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1

The ball would work as intended when you’re close enough but it just puts you in place when you’re at a far distance from your target.

The video below will show you how it should work and the error:

Here’s the server script:
(Disclaimer, it is not the full script but a portion of what you should need to know)

local ball = rs.Ball:Clone()
local character = plr.Character
local sounds = character.Sounds

ball.Touched:Connect(function(h)
	if h.Parent and h.Parent.Name ~= plr.Name then
		local echaracter = h.Parent
		if echaracter and echaracter:IsA("Model") and echaracter:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
			local targetHumanoid = echaracter:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
			local targetTorso = echaracter:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")

			local plrHumanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
			local plrTorso = character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")

			local erd = echaracter.Values:FindFirstChild("IsRagdoll")
			local rd = character.Values:FindFirstChild("IsRagdoll")

			local esounds = echaracter.Sounds
			if targetTorso then
				erd.Value = true
				targetHumanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
				ball.explode_1:Play()
				esounds.scream:Play()
				disableBall(ball)
				local velocity = dir * 750
				echaracter.HumanoidRootPart.Velocity = velocity
				wait(2)
				erd.Value = false
				targetHumanoid.WalkSpeed = 25
			end
		end
	end
end)

Thank you in advance.

2

Have you tried this in a real game and not against NPCs? This could just be a NetworkOwnership problem. I’m assuming this script is also a server-script and not a LocalScript but correct me if I’m wrong.

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3

Yeah, tried it with my friends. Only works when you’re up-close to the opponent.

4

Does the touch event fire when far away?

5

Yes it does, there are no problems with the touch event.

6

Is there any errors? If not then use print checks to find the line that doesn’t work

7

There aren’t any errors in the Output it’s just like that

8

Have you figured out which line doesn’t work? Just using “prints”

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9

I set the NetworkOwnership to the server before setting velocity.

Code:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ball = rs.Ball:Clone()
local character = plr.Character
local sounds = character.Sounds

ball.Touched:Connect(function(h)
	if h.Parent.Name == plr.Name then
		continue
	end
	
	local echaracter = h.Parent
	local ePlayer = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(echaracter)
	
	if ePlayer and echaracter:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		local targetHumanoid = echaracter.Humanoid
		local targetTorso = echaracter:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")

		local erd = echaracter.Values:FindFirstChild("IsRagdoll")

		local esounds = echaracter.Sounds
		
		if targetTorso then
			erd.Value = true
			
			targetHumanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
			
			ball.explode_1:Play()
			esounds.scream:Play()
			
			disableBall(ball)
			
			local velocity = dir * 750
			echaracter:SetNetworkOwner(nil)
			echaracter.HumanoidRootPart.Velocity = velocity
			
			task.wait(2)
			echaracter.HumanoidRootPart:SetNetworkOwner(ePlayer)
			erd.Value = false
			targetHumanoid.WalkSpeed = 25
		end
	end
end)
11

Okay, so when I asked my friends to test it out a day later it’s still not working.