how to place a model infront of a player when a key on the keyboard is pressed?

[stray shore]

i tried chatgpt and tried searching for a tutorial but guess what.
no tutorial
chatgpt only gave me a script that worked only for PARTS, not models
(the model that will be spawned will be in replicated storage though)

[warped compass]

so it's same as for parts

but instead of just part cframe

you need to set primary part for model

and use setprimarypartcframe

like this

chargec it's a model

and in () it's where you want to put it

[stable sapphire]

that only works if the model is welded

if the model is fully anchored and not welded then use PivotTo

[warped compass]

works for me even if the model is anchored

never used pivotTo

[stable sapphire]

PivotTo moves the entire model while SetPrimaryPartCFrame moves the primary part

the latter works if all the parts in the model are unanchored and welded to the primary part except the primary part

[warped compass]

i just checked and it moved the entire thing

[ivory kite]

Super quick bit of info from the docs:

This function has been superseded by PVInstance:PivotTo() which acts as a more performant replacement and does not change your code's behavior. Use PVInstance:PivotTo() for new work and migrate your existing Model:SetPrimaryPartCFrame() calls when convenient.

[stable sapphire]

SetPrimaryPartCFrame is deprecated yeah

i cant find the documentation for it

[warped compass]

alr but tbh never used PivotTo even when i was moving the whole model

idk how it works for me then

[stable sapphire]

oh what

[warped compass]

just saying from my own experience

[ivory kite]

Deprecated doesn't mean removed, just that it may be removed in the future, like a warning

[stable sapphire]

it means that it should not be used and is only kept for backwards compatibility

[subtle juniper]

** You are now Level 32! **

[stable sapphire]

so apparently thats what MoveTo does

[warped compass]

bruh why are they making something new that has the same meaning

[ivory kite]

They both work the same way, but one is not deprecated

[warped compass]

and it's not only this one function

[stable sapphire]

the function called SetPrimaryPartCFrame moves the entire model and the function called MoveTo sets the primary part's cframe

[stable sapphire]

pivotto uses the model's pivot

which is better

[ivory kite]

Because they updated it and made it better, but didn't want to break anything, so out of caution they made it a new function

[warped compass]

well just update it without removing old functions and just add new ones?

[ivory kite]

but SetPrimaryPartCFrame still moves everything else too

[warped compass]

keep the same name for it too

[stable sapphire]

yeah thats what i said

[ivory kite]

Well having a hundred functions that all do the same thing is confusing, so they'd rather be like "hey that's old, so use this one instead"