rahhhhhh

[clever wing]

ok

lets go back to the drawing board

alright

theres 2-3 things you need

to know

Raycast, Magnitude Checks and Atan2

I'll guide you thru the Atan2

since its math

but everything else u should be able to handle if u are a scripter

theyre not math

[pliant blade]

atan2 and not dot?

[clever wing]

i didnt invite you here

so this is our entity

facing upwards

ok

it has a magnitude of 50 studs

so anything within 50 studs of itself

it should be able to detect

and for that

local WithinRadar = {}
for _, Character in Characters --[[ make a table w all the characters or sum]] do
  if (Character.PrimaryPart.Position - Bot.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude > 50 then continue end
  table.insert(WithinRadar, Character)
end```

ok

so with this

you can detect every enemy 50 studs

heres your view now

as i referenced befoire

your npc is hellen keller until you program it not to be

now we've detected every single enemy within a range

that we want

now first we want to simply the grapth to its lowest

before we can raycast

so we atan2

what atan2 basically does is

whatever the fuck this is

right

and repertor helped me with this

for my tower defense so

[pliant blade]

atan2 returns how much x,y is rotated from 0,0 in radians

[clever wing]

local LookCFrame = Bot.PrimaryPart.CFrame
local Rx, Ry, Yz = LookCFrame:ToOrientation()
local AttackingEnemies = {}

for _, Character in WithinRadar do 
    local Delta = (Character.PrimaryPart.Position - Bot.PrimaryPart.Position)
    local Angle = math.atan2(-Delta.X, -Delta.Z)
    local DiffAngle = (Angle - Ry) % (2 * math.pi)
    if DiffAngle > math.pi then
        DiffAngle = (math.pi * 2) - DiffAngle
    end
                
    if math.abs(DiffAngle) < math.rad(15) then
      table.insert(AttackingEnemies, Character)
    end
end```

[sonic rose]

** You are now Level 7! **

[clever wing]

Character is every other character in the game

beside the bot

Bot.PrimaryPart.Position is the Bot's humanoidRoot position

your filling that table up

with all your characters

for _, Player in game:Players:GetPlayers() do
  if not Player.Character then continue end
  table.insert(Characters, Player.Character)
end```

ok back on track

math.rad(15) is in radians how much of the coverage u want

so 15 would look something like thius

i think

where as 90 would be halfway thru I believe?

I dont know much atan2 either

[pliant blade]

@clever wing i think ur severely overcomplicating by using atan2 instead of dot?

[clever wing]

when I first tried dot vs atan2 as for calculation

creating a whole another vector and yap yap was extra

• thought as more resource intensive

yeah u can do dot

[clever wing]

but dis calculation is sum light too

[pliant blade]

fair enough then

[clever wing]

u can go both ways

obviously

Im just teaching him what I did

dosnt mean he has to follow it step by step

[clever wing]

ok so now that we create that cone type range

[clever wing]

and we have filtered out every enemy that isnt in this cone

typo

didnt fix it was copying from my TD's code

[clever wing]

this is what your left with now

and the final step

for you

is to raycast

I'll provide 2 instances

but I wont go over raycast

u got it

Instance 1

theres a wall infront of the player

Instance 2

theres a wall but opening

now you want to racyast

from the Bots Rootpart Position to the Characters position

and if theres any type of instance within, using RaycastFilter

you dont hit them

right and theres tons of tutorials about racyast and raycast filtering

[clever wing]

going thru all these orange circles

that the ai has found

[clever wing]

yes we did

we went thru all the charaacters table

and then we filtered them out

@pliant bladedot would be easier

ur right

but yeah wtv wtv

[pliant blade]

yes

atan2 isint tooo much more complicated

[clever wing]

.

heres for that

you need to piece these codes together

and create your own snippet

right im js showing u the steps

after you raycast

and theres nothing between your ai and the character ur tryng to kill

your going to make the ai look at the character

you can lerp that, change cframe

[clever wing]

dude

this script fulfills it

and on top

[clever wing]

I have a comment saying make a table w all the characters

well because u didnt spawn yet

you need to put this code in some type of detection loop

no because ur character takes time to load

it dosnt happen in 1 sec

and then shoot it

[fluid spindle]

oh my goodness it worksss

[fluid spindle]

i think i understand atan2 a bit now

[clever wing]

I dont

lol

I got repertor to do that equation for me

❤️

[fluid spindle]

[clever wing]

but yeah this basically it

and if he did follow the steps

and ray casted

if there was something in his way there would be no highlight

[clever wing]

and he can increase this to widen the range of the cone

[fluid spindle]

no

[clever wing]

Bored can u put ur code in here

so he can go thru it

[fluid spindle]

okie

[clever wing]

u need to uh

[clever wing]

learn more basics of scripting as well

[fluid spindle]

ummm i think forgot the raycast part

hold uppp

[clever wing]

before endevearing in these wild places

well

u dont

you cant really put together different snippets

right and my snippets had tables

they werent always full

but like obv u had to piece them together as well

das how u learn lowkey

just printing istn the basics

once u know how to put together you'll learn a lot

@void pendant

[clever wing]

imma add u on my alt

cuz i love u so much

well first u need to know how they are used

raycast sends a 2d ray

thru a 3d world

and on the rendering level sees what it interacts with and sends that data back on roblox terms

exactly so you know

it can be used to see if there is a wall

between you and an enemy

then you dont know Raycast

yeah so now whenveer you need to check if theres something between you and another player

you fire a raycast

with the set properties

and see if there is

i js told u where to put it

and how to implement it

to check if there is something between you and your goal

there are many other ways it can be used too

learn more to debug and stuff

do simpler stuff until ur fluent or sum idk

idrk how i became good

@fluid spindle send the code

[fluid spindle]

oh yee

mbb

okk

[clever wing]

then you meet in the middle

go play roblox games

and see what seems easy

that you can replicater

try replicating

try making a pet system that follows you

[fluid spindle]

ima send it in pastebin hold up

[clever wing]

try making a movement system

where u sprint

yap yap

[fluid spindle]

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character

local Bots = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("bots")

function  GetWithin()
    local withinradar = {}
    for _, bot in Bots:GetChildren() do
        if (bot.PrimaryPart.Position-Character.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude <= 20 then
            table.insert(withinradar, bot)
        end
    end
    return withinradar
end

function F()
    game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("highlights"):ClearAllChildren()
    local WithinRadar = GetWithin()
    
    local LookCFrame = Character.PrimaryPart.CFrame
    local Rx, Ry, Yz = LookCFrame:ToOrientation()
    local AttackingEnemies = {}

    for _, bot in WithinRadar do 
        local Delta = (bot.PrimaryPart.Position - Character.PrimaryPart.Position)
        local Angle = math.atan2(-Delta.X, -Delta.Z)
        local DiffAngle = (Angle - Ry) % (2 * math.pi)
        if DiffAngle > math.pi then
            DiffAngle = (math.pi * 2) - DiffAngle
        end

        if math.abs(DiffAngle) < math.rad(15) then
            local rayparams = RaycastParams.new()
            rayparams.FilterDescendantsInstances = {Character}
            rayparams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
            local ray = game.Workspace:Raycast(Character.PrimaryPart.Position, (bot.PrimaryPart.Position-Character.PrimaryPart.Position), rayparams)
            if ray then
                print(ray.Instance.Parent)
                if ray.Instance.Parent == bot then
                    table.insert(AttackingEnemies, bot)
                    local highlight = Instance.new("Highlight")
                    highlight.Parent = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("highlights")
                    highlight.Adornee = bot
                end
            end
        end
    end
    print(AttackingEnemies)
end

[clever wing]

even with all my snippets NOT being nested

you had to nest it

[fluid spindle]

do i do it

rn

[clever wing]

i mean

its fine

it works

ig

[clever wing]

you would fire function F every heartbeat or in a while loop and when they arent in rangge youd remove their highlight

thats p much it

or he js clears higlight everytime

[clever wing]

hey man a game like this would be fun

I want to make 1, 1 day

[trail pivot]

bro 300 comments gang 💀 🤣 @everyone

[fluid spindle]

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character

local Bots = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("bots")

function  GetWithin()
    local withinradar = {}
    for _, bot in Bots:GetChildren() do
        if (bot.PrimaryPart.Position-Character.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude <= 20 then
            table.insert(withinradar, bot)
        end
    end
    return withinradar
end

function F()
    game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("highlights"):ClearAllChildren()
    local WithinRadar = GetWithin()
    
    local LookCFrame = Character.PrimaryPart.CFrame
    local Rx, Ry, Yz = LookCFrame:ToOrientation()
    local AttackingEnemies = {}

    for _, bot in WithinRadar do 
        local Delta = (bot.PrimaryPart.Position - Character.PrimaryPart.Position)
        local Angle = math.atan2(-Delta.X, -Delta.Z)
        local DiffAngle = (Angle - Ry) % (2 * math.pi)
        if DiffAngle > math.pi then
            DiffAngle = (math.pi * 2) - DiffAngle
        end

        if math.abs(DiffAngle) < math.rad(15) then
            local rayparams = RaycastParams.new()
            rayparams.FilterDescendantsInstances = {Character}
            rayparams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
            local ray = game.Workspace:Raycast(Character.PrimaryPart.Position, (bot.PrimaryPart.Position-Character.PrimaryPart.Position), rayparams)
            if ray then
                print(ray.Instance.Parent)
                if ray.Instance.Parent == bot then
                    table.insert(AttackingEnemies, bot)
                    local highlight = Instance.new("Highlight")
                    highlight.Parent = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("highlights")
                    highlight.Adornee = bot
                end
            end
        end
    end
    print(AttackingEnemies)
end

game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
    F()
end)

[clever wing]

its with three `

wouldnt work

render step is on client

u wantbot detection server side not client

[fluid spindle]

mb forgot to change

[clever wing]

do .Heartbeat

[clever wing]

i wish i could be s2 like this dude

[fluid spindle]

i was testing on local script

[trail pivot]

i made procedral planet generation and marching cubes system for it lol

[clever wing]

looks tuff

[trail pivot]

yee im tryna make a roblox version of astroneer and make it free and higher quality using editable images and mesh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNmA9WATqQU

boom 2d game

[fluid spindle]

yay

[trail pivot]

ok then use the roblox platformer game use the code from that game and put it into yours\

it has camera lock system

ez fix

[fluid spindle]

soooo umm what you know about procedural movement

[trail pivot]

u mean like IK bones and ragdolls?

[fluid spindle]

foot planting ye

[trail pivot]

leme find a vid for u

[fluid spindle]

im using this module that for r6 IK because i was a lil slow on figuring it myself but ummm im not sure how to do the stepping likeee im guessing it has to do with using sine waves

[trail pivot]

https://youtu.be/DPpAsjUr278?si=Ce8VA5aRG5Q1VhWW

https://youtu.be/iWRlgOw8fW4?si=y6MTzGokIXUWMEJL

https://youtu.be/DCKgdEsfaBA?si=BuSzGp4B8VRPkiWN

[clever wing]

its p easy i believe

[fluid spindle]

thankss

[trail pivot]

what about this one?

ye it has one just copy the cam system fro it @slender stump

[trail pivot]

yo chat imma copy the movement system of this one its soooo sick

[normal magnet]

vector:Dot() solos this thread