Drag system

[mighty bronze]

My friend want help fixing their drag system can anyone help fix?

Bump

[mighty bronze]

I’m getting it hold up

[mighty bronze]

@gleaming flare

[gleaming flare]

whats wrong with it

[mighty bronze]

it starts draggng and then instantly stops, the dot stays but it wont move, as if anchored until dropped, even if said dragged item is massless

according to my friend who coded it

they followed a youtube tutorial

this tutorial https://youtu.be/yBqEbvbT8_w?si=zyMs1p7HEhYGIVEL

[gleaming flare]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/DragDetector

https://create.roblox.com/docs/ui/3D-drag-detectors

[mighty bronze]

whats that

is that drag coding

[gleaming flare]

it's a roblox built-in component that does 3d dragging

much like your script, but without any code

[mighty bronze]

so a built in dragger?

https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/DragDetector

i see

i will send them this

[mighty bronze]

the friend said it isnt helpful and they need the code to be how the dragging is gonna work, not a drag detecor.

its gonna be in a lt2 / oaklands style game, so for premade objects it'd work, but for new or genrrated ones it wouldnt.

(worded by my friend not me)

[gleaming flare]

your friend can barely get their existing one working and they then make claims about what will or won't work? that's cute. https://create.roblox.com/docs/ui/3D-drag-detectors

[mighty bronze]

ok, so for one do not insult my friend, as thrh are right on the fact that drag detectors wouldnt work when it comes to something created mid pp

playsession* not pp

such as trees or rocks.

[gleaming flare]

you can create them during runtime just fine

[mighty bronze]

if you aarent able to help fix the code then why avt like you have the knowlegde to do such, and the supply us with a fix that wont work for what we need to acheive

[earnest monolith]

then why are you asking for help

he litteraly gave you what u need

[mighty bronze]

he didnt

[earnest monolith]

???

[mighty bronze]

did u evne read the full thread?

[earnest monolith]

???

[mighty bronze]

like i said, it doesnt work on stuff that is made an item from model mid gameplay

pyro is wrong.

[earnest monolith]

and i just

replied

[earnest monolith]

h

[mighty bronze]

pyro

is wrong

[earnest monolith]

and how would u know

[mighty bronze]

because we've tried it????

he acted like he could help fix the code but when supplied with it, effectiveky told us to get rid of it.

[earnest monolith]

he doesnt act

he tells you his opinion

2nd off

you have search engines like google

ai that suck at coding

but can help you

people are just a last option if u dont understand a single thing

[gleaming flare]

because that's what you should probably do.

i just finished reading your code and there's all sorts of problems with it

starting with the fact it's a localscript and you're trying to apply forces to replicated parts.

meaning, you're trying to move parts that, in all likelihood, will belong to the server.

that's why the parts don't move for a start.

[earnest monolith]

wait a minute

ive seen in natural disaster

that exploiters

are able to move

parts

in a circle

arent exploits client sided?

if thats it how are

they abl eto do it

[mighty bronze]

the item will be server sided, yeah, becuase its a r

an open world exploration tycoon.

if a game did it 10 years ago and still has their code working then clearly the 'only option' isnt a drag detector???

[earnest monolith]

because the place owner isnt dumb

and knows how to update his script

up to date

[mighty bronze]

and hasnt done

at all

[earnest monolith]

this is most likely a 10 year old tutorial

or someting

[mighty bronze]

lt2's code is severely outdated

[earnest monolith]

not at all

[mighty bronze]

it still works

draggng, chopping the lot.

[earnest monolith]

the roblox studio code is gonna change all the time

because its gonna update

to make it better

old functions may get removed

but replaced with better ones

and defaultio aint that dum

[mighty bronze]

lt2 code hasnt updates since 2014

[fathom ridge]

** You are now Level 3! **

[earnest monolith]

are u sure

maybe big updates ok

but event items

security measures

are still being added

[mighty bronze]

yeah, its a widely discussed phenominon as to why it hasnt fell aprt

[earnest monolith]

aswell as new trees

[mighty bronze]

thats changing the rgb values of the same pumpkin every year

hardly an update

[earnest monolith]

take 2024 update

changes in sizde

[mighty bronze]

one tree in 10 years

[gleaming flare]

as for why the ball isn't moving, setting aside you're using deprecated features BodyPosition and BodyGyro, that's probably coming from the weld weldBetween(DragBall,GrabObject) which then goes back to the first problem (the server-owned part doesn't move), and also happens to be using another deprecated feature, ManualWeld. your math for the movement of the ball looks fine, so i'm pretty sure it's the weld.

[earnest monolith]

also take the recent anti cheat measures

lets people not colide with items

[gleaming flare]

the server will share network ownership by default. if an exploiter happens to gain ownership, they can do whatever they want to it.

[earnest monolith]

resulting in no flinging and stuff

[earnest monolith]

natural disaster doesnt have a backdoor

[mighty bronze]

and how does someone fix the 'weld'

and 'depriciated features'

[earnest monolith]

what do u mean by depricated features of roblox of lt2

[mighty bronze]

im refering to pyro's newest reply tomy initial request

which refers to some issues which break the code

and im asking what we'd do to fix it

[gleaming flare]

anyway yeah it's not the only option, but your code has aforementioned issues. if you want to drag stuff, you'll want to include the server in it so it can give network ownership appropriately and then you can drag it on the client. but why bother with all that when you can just use the dragdetector

it has all the same features as your code, is more stable, and replicates to the server automatically.

not to mention, it is cross-platform compatible, whereas your binding to mouse1 means it only works on pc. dragdetector works on all platforms.

[mighty bronze]

when we tired to add it to the game, it just made the attatched part act like it was on a hinge

[gleaming flare]

also looks like there's a fun edge case in your code where the ball has collisions enabled, so it'll collide with the mouse ray. should be fine between the ball and the part though because of the weld.

[mighty bronze]

here, speak to the owner of the game @spark parcel when they can speak after 10 minutes

[gleaming flare]

yeah idk why you were asking on their behalf to start with

[mighty bronze]

because they make all finalised choices, i was just the middlewoman whist they tried to fixicstuff on their end

[earnest monolith]

i have been wanting to bring this up a long time ago

[gleaming flare]

anyway, like i said the first time, the way to "fix" your broken, decades-old code is to throw it out and use more modern techniques. it's all described in this page and has tonnes of code samples you can use.

[mighty bronze]

they were trying to fix it on their end whilst i was trying to seek advice on fixing the code from people i had hoped were going to do so, especially as this server has been reportedly helpful to new coders and general devs, and promoted as such.

[earnest monolith]

im doing the same thing

but no middle man

just me

i am both experimenting and making posts

unless im bored and im playing roadblocks

[mighty bronze]

the code i supplied in this thread is a 4 year old tutorial, not decades.

[mighty bronze]

im.. sorry i dont code..?

[earnest monolith]

im saying that HE can do it

you can seek out advice from roblox studio docs

ai

stuff like that

not just rely on humans

[mighty bronze]

and im sorry she didnt know about this server already????

[mighty bronze]

fucking ew

[earnest monolith]

first of all it codes better than you

[mighty bronze]

the whole point of making our own script is so we dont have to resort too support of ai

[plucky thistle]

just learn how to use it

instead of complaining

[earnest monolith]

THIS GUY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE WITH THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE

[mighty bronze]

by genrating script lines off of stealing from thousands??

[earnest monolith]

that doesnt make sense

[plucky thistle]

🔥

[earnest monolith]

how can it generate code

but steal from thousands

[mighty bronze]

ai learnt how to code by scanning and extracting from tens of thousands OR MORE people

[earnest monolith]

it can also search the internet

take chatgpt for example

u can toggle search on internet

[mighty bronze]

and then steal the code???

[plucky thistle]

and whats the problem with that? Does me learning from other people's code mean I'm stealing it?

[mighty bronze]

it can extract from everywhere, even here or dms

[plucky thistle]

code can't be stolen what are you on about

even if you were to steal it

[earnest monolith]

hes saying that chatgpt is a big backdoor for everything in the world

[mighty bronze]

so those

[plucky thistle]

you wouldn't know how to use it

[mighty bronze]

what was it

hundered thousand games thqt got taken down in 2020 for stealing defauliutos code

[plucky thistle]

code isn't like models and gui

[mighty bronze]

didnt steal???

[earnest monolith]

thats because they were FULLY decompiled

[mighty bronze]

even games containing his code got removed

[earnest monolith]

from line 1 to the end

[mighty bronze]

take woodmil inc for an examole

got removed for using lt2's tree genration code

[spark parcel]

Okay then.

[plucky thistle]

ye what if I change one variable, now its not his code

[spark parcel]

Hello "Coders".

[plucky thistle]

change the lines a bit

[mighty bronze]

so u guys arw a bunch of ai using prats, and not coders is what im getting.

[spark parcel]

loosely because you people don't even touch code and just let AI do everything for you..

[earnest monolith]

why are you putting that in colons

[plucky thistle]

bro Ik how to code better than you

[plucky thistle]

who lied to bro, how would you even know

[earnest monolith]

bro u litteraly skidded off from a video that was posted FOUR YEARS AGO

[spark parcel]

the whole REASON i made this script off a tutorial was BECAUSE i didnt want to use ai or the toolbox.

[earnest monolith]

AI IS NOT THAT GBAD

[spark parcel]

i was learning from it at the very least.

[earnest monolith]

UNLESS YOU CREATE WHOLE GAMES FROM IT

[gleaming flare]

so use the docs then, along with recommended roblox features to drag things in 3d space https://create.roblox.com/docs/ui/3D-drag-detectors

[spark parcel]

you'd know a lot about that, wouldnt you?

[plucky thistle]

exactly, its for effeciency, and getting things done

[earnest monolith]

i agree with him

[spark parcel]

getting things done? what a joke..

[gleaming flare]

instead of skidding off 4 year old outdated tutorials that evidently don't work properly

[plucky thistle]

you wouldn't use ai, if you don't know how to code

[mighty bronze]

IT LITERALLY IS THAT BAD
thats exacly why there are ANTI AI PROTESTS YOU IMBECILe

[earnest monolith]

THATS BECAUSE PEOPLE

HATE AI

FOR NO REASON

LIKE YO

U

it LITTERALY

[spark parcel]

because it steals from other creators? hence artists?

[earnest monolith]

helped me ALOT

[spark parcel]

you.

[earnest monolith]

what can it steal money?

[mighty bronze]

MAKE ONE WORKING PEICE OF CODE WITHOUT ANY Ai IMPUT THEN
IF ITS SO EASY

[spark parcel]

yes, actually

[earnest monolith]

print("its that easy")

[mighty bronze]

yes actually it fucking can numbsack

[spark parcel]

loads of cases of ai getting credit for source material

[plucky thistle]

artists?

[spark parcel]

oh you poor soul

[earnest monolith]

i feel like people can tell diffrence from this

and this

[plucky thistle]

wanna see my scripts?

[plucky thistle]

lmao

[earnest monolith]

i feel like people know the diffrence which one is which

"art" is something that ai cant trully recreate as of right now

[plucky thistle]

Look ai is an effeciency tool, if you don't know how to use its your problem

[earnest monolith]

generate full on piccaso type shii

[plucky thistle]

and ai doesn't steal code

its generates it

[gleaming flare]

anyway it seems like they came here just to get people to fix their code for free rather than for getting help, so that's me out

[plucky thistle]

we all out

[earnest monolith]

i agree why did i even come here i need to fix my own problem

[gleaming flare]

keep calm and make games

[plucky thistle]

so how your guys' day been

[mighty bronze]

you are comparing an ancient painter with skill unrivalled from all of history to a meta ai image.

[plucky thistle]

bro chillax, don't use ai since your so goated mate

[mighty bronze]

meta ai is one of the lowest quality ai generators.

[plucky thistle]

who?

[mighty bronze]

are u that stupid

[plucky thistle]

who asked?

[mighty bronze]

i did

im asking u a quesrion

[plucky thistle]

bro, if you don't want to use ai

then don't

stop the yap

nah im out fr this time

[mighty bronze]

if u want this planet to live

dont use ai

[gleaming flare]

instead of skidding off ai, skid off other people and ancient tutorials instead? makes total sense to me!

[gleaming flare]

for the record i'm 99% sure the original problem of parts not being dragged from a localscript was because the client didn't have network ownership of the dragged part, paired with using deprecated features. there may have been other problems but it's just easier/better to use a dragdetector.

[earnest monolith]

@mighty bronze btw proof that ai helps

from my previous post

i couldnt figure out

how to get my saving to work correctly

and ai helped me to do it

turns out i was saving stuff incorrectly

[spark parcel]

the only reason im not using drag detectors is because for the purposes of my game, i'd need to add drag detectors to every new created item, i believe

though i dont know how it works exactly, i wanted a script that ran locally off the player, which that tutorial provided

every unanchored object in the game can be dragged in theory

[earnest monolith]

can you send me the script

the full on script

[spark parcel]

it's above i believe

[gleaming flare]

ghazzy crashed out and deleted it

[spark parcel]

sigh

[gleaming flare]

its fine, i recall most of it

[spark parcel]

it isnt their fault, the reason they sent it instead of me was because i couldnt actually talk yet

in addition i also couldnt get to the script and copy it (i have a terrible computer)

which is also why i wanted to make it work so badly. it took hours to actually make because of my current situation.

[fathom ridge]

** You are now Level 1! **

[spark parcel]

i didnt just want that work to go down the drain for a simple toggle that would yes, be more effective cross platform, but be more complicated to apply to say, a lumber tycoon style game

[earnest monolith]

try this

not sure if it will work at all

[earnest monolith]

a good ol lumber tycoon game never hurts

[gleaming flare]

if you want it purely local, which drag detectors can do, then the parts need to be network owned by that client, or dragdetector.RunLocally

[earnest monolith]

@gleaming flare you shouldnt put stuff in hyper links

moderators dont appreciate that much sometimes

and people think its another free steam giftcard

[spark parcel]

its a lot more ambitious than just a lumber game, i wont spoil it, but if i can pull it off despite my lack of coding knowledge..

[earnest monolith]

dude

[gleaming flare]

yes, add a drag detector to everything. i suggest adding them all from a script.

[earnest monolith]

i gave u possibly working code

[spark parcel]

its a mix of every game, ever. islands, flight, cargo,

and yes, i know!

[earnest monolith]

did it work tho

[fathom ridge]

** You are now Level 13! **

[spark parcel]

remember i have really slow hardware..

itll take a moment

[earnest monolith]

lmk if it works

[spark parcel]

it takes 20 seconds to open the file explorer.. on a good day.

[earnest monolith]

make sure to ping me

[spark parcel]

so..

testing now..

aaaaand it does the same thing as the first one.

uh..

[gleaming flare]

working as expected.

[gleaming flare]

this is incorrect, see provided evidence.

[spark parcel]

for me it REFUSES to work 😭 hold on

[gleaming flare]

so uhhh.... yeah, that conversation was a funny one wasn't it?

[earnest monolith]

funnily enough this is made by ai

[spark parcel]

kms 🔥

half of it was surprisingly similar to my script

source material who

vineboom.mp3

[gleaming flare]

i didn't mean it as an insult, i meant it as an acknowledgement they are most likely mistaken. which turns out to be a correct assessment of the situation. how about that.

[earnest monolith]

@gleaming flare

he left the post

A

[gleaming flare]

i'm aware

[earnest monolith]

@spark parcel call ur freind back over here and prove him that ai is useful (dont make it a rage bait)

he wont be happy if it is

im not meaning to make this a ragebait btw

[gleaming flare]

i think their jimmies have been rustled enough, just passing that fact along with the script is enough to learn.

[spark parcel]

we know ai is useful, we never said it wasnt

our argument is you don't really learn anything from it

it's a soulless algorithm

it can, granted, be used to correct errors in existing code

but to generate it all from nothing from words? we considered that the easy way out.

[fathom ridge]

** You are now Level 2! **

[spark parcel]

it is useful and has its applications in certain scenarios,

but for what it is i want to learn through experience, not rely on a program to do my work for me. that ruins the whole point in my eyes

teach a man how to fish kind of concept, you know?

[gleaming flare]

for the record you can sometimes move parts because sometimes the client has network ownership and sometimes not.

the new script has the same problem, you need remote events to make it replicate properly

[spark parcel]

dies

why can't dragdetector apply to the player when the mouse hits an unanchored part?

is that even possible?

like that would solve a lot of problems, but to what i know i cant apply it to a player, only to a part

it would be a universal script, not a ton of drag detectors

[gleaming flare]

if you tried i suspect you'd have to double click on it which would be weird

[spark parcel]

which i imagine would cause a lot of lag

[gleaming flare]

though, you wouldnt need to care about the drag script

[spark parcel]

like imagine like 200 bricks all with dragdetector on

to be fair 200 bricks by themselves would cause stupid amounts of lag

[gleaming flare]

you may be able to make a drag detector on click if you do it early enough in the frame like with bindtorenderstep

[spark parcel]

but still

[gleaming flare]

i haven't tested it though

[spark parcel]

and then like.. delete it afterwards?

[gleaming flare]

not really

[spark parcel]

like once the mouse releases it deletes that instance of dragdetector?

[gleaming flare]

ye delete on drag end

[spark parcel]

hmm..

[gleaming flare]

then your only code is managing the dragdetector instead of the actual functions of dragging stuff, applying force etc, it's instead wrapped up in a neat package

[spark parcel]

wouldnt it need an initial drag detector to sense WHEN you're dragging though? like as a trigger?

[gleaming flare]

lol clickdetector

[spark parcel]

i swear i will sob

and what does click detector apply to

[gleaming flare]

srsly having 1000 click detectors + drag detectors isn't as expensive as you might think

[spark parcel]

true, but would it not be neater to just have a brick of code for every unanchored item?

instead of like 1000 detectors on every item?

[gleaming flare]

then again, dragdetector inherits from clickdetector and so behaves as a click detector in addition to the dragging feature https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/DragDetector#events-inherit-ClickDetector

[spark parcel]

itd look a little messy

[gleaming flare]

performance is not an issue here.

[spark parcel]

also fun fact: the game i intend to make is supposed to be hyper performant

[gleaming flare]

if you're going to unanchor something give it a drag detector

[spark parcel]

like.. insanely optimized. anyone could play it.

thats what i aim for

i cant cut corners here in this situation..

i have to assume anything can cause lag

the whole reason i even want to make a game is because the game i play currently is laggy, unoptimized, and the devs dont listen to the players

i want to make a community that accepts all despite specs and interests

[gleaming flare]

it is almost impossible to know which code will and will not cause lag without benchmarking.

[spark parcel]

you can fish and itd be so high quality you could tell someone it was a specifically fishing game

or mining, or chopping trees,

[gleaming flare]

depends on the game and the kind of lag.

[spark parcel]

or exploring the sky islands..

server lag, sandbox game

they refuse to fix it because it doesnt make them significant income

apparently only 3% of their income is from mobile/weak devices

so they, in their eyes, have no incentive to optimize

[gleaming flare]

what kind of lag

describe a very specific example

[spark parcel]

like 2 fps on both 1 graphics bar and 10. no difference.

every other game is fine. games of similar genres are 60 fps usually.

[gleaming flare]

you sure it's fps?

[spark parcel]

it has an fps counter..

lag gets significantly worse with more players,

and even when starting out, there isnt a textureless mode or something to reduce lag

coupled with the sheer amount of exposed faces that constantly check for collision, cars flinging..

[fathom ridge]

** You are now Level 3! **

[spark parcel]

it is a mess.

[gleaming flare]

next time you play it, take note of the level of recv in the f7 overlay. if it's any higher than 150~200 then you should expect lag.

[gleaming flare]

physics is very expensive on network and can result in lag.

there's not really a way to fix it.

[spark parcel]

true, but the thing is it's like.. NO other sandbox games like you have this lag. WHY are we lagging here?

similar concepts, similar mechanics,

the game i'm talking about is oaklands by the way.. and i'm comparing to lt2 and rc2

it has terrible performance compared to the 2

[gleaming flare]

either way you shouldn't worry about performance too much until your game actually has a performance problem

[spark parcel]

true, but then you'd have to find WHY its lagging.

in my eyes i'd want to make sure from the START everything is as lagless as i can possibly make it.

[gleaming flare]

roblox has tonnes of debugging tools

[gleaming flare]

and this is exactly what you dont want to do.

besides

[spark parcel]

that is certainly a way to graph performance

speed of light as a measurement is bonkers

[gleaming flare]

the only way to know how some code will perform is to benchmark it.

[spark parcel]

also why is a whale a measurement in terms of light (yes i know its a scale to give an idea of how to comprehend the number but its just funny to me)

[gleaming flare]

if you're working on something you think will be expensive, then stress test it and find out

[spark parcel]

good idea.. im just worried in the end i'll make something that only certain people can play, or that itll work but itll be a slideshow

yes, i worry too much. yes, thats a flaw of mine

i just dont want to invest hours into something that wont work.

[gleaming flare]

doesn't matter, you can work on that over time. start with something functional. don't get stuck in premature optimization

[spark parcel]

cough..... drag script. cough.

still cheesed about my og script tho.. who knows, maybe i can just take from the toolbox and make a rough model of the game (very rough), and then refine it later

considering the one i got doesnt have rotation, or distance modding

[gleaming flare]

oh good you can restrict who can interact with the dragdetector https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/DragDetector#PermissionPolicy

[spark parcel]

(moving further and closer with shift and scrollwheel)

[gleaming flare]

the new script is the same as your old one

except a few structural changes to make it flow a bit better

easier to read etc

[spark parcel]

but my old one didnt work?..

😭

[gleaming flare]

it did

[spark parcel]

erm

for me it just

[gleaming flare]

i've said this like 10 times now. the problem was the client didn't have network ownership.

[spark parcel]

worked for a split second and stopped

nono wait let me explain

it worked, but it was complicated

[gleaming flare]

you made the same mistake with your original code as you did with the new code, seen right here.

[spark parcel]

it worked for a second, and weirder, it PARTIALLY worked

when grabbing an object, it held on and rotated it to match the rotation of the player relative to where they grab from

[gleaming flare]

yeah i've messed with local parts being constrained to server owned parts, it gets pretty jank. in summary, don't do it.

[spark parcel]

it then just.. held the dragball where it was. sob. so wheere and HOW do i fix it? is there a specific place/folder i need to put it, or to make it just a script and NOT a localscript?

[gleaming flare]

this has been explained many times

[spark parcel]

nono, i get dont make it local, im just trying to get things straight

is it JUST a script?

does that fix my problem?

[gleaming flare]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/physics/network-ownership

[spark parcel]

this is all going over my head.

[fathom ridge]

** You are now Level 4! **

[gleaming flare]

idk what you're paying that other guy but you may want to hire someone else #👷︱for-hire or you can post a job in #💵︱hiring

[spark parcel]

nothing, we're just good friends

[gleaming flare]

i start to tune out when a conversation devolves into 'wHeRe Do I pUt ThAt' so uh best advice i can give you is to either hire someone who knows what they're doing to help you out, or learn for yourself https://create.roblox.com/docs/tutorials/fundamentals/coding-1/coding-fundamentals. no one here is going to go out of their way to write code for you because most are working on their own projects. help is diagnostics and direction, not free code.

[spark parcel]

no, what im asking is.. HOW did it work for you, and not me? thats all

i'm not asking for you to develop my game..

im just curious how i messed it up that badly

[gleaming flare]

i put their script in starterplayerscripts and it just worked out of the box as expected. critical fact is, as expected. i expected it to not work consistently on server parts, only when i'm near them, and work flawlessly on clientsided parts, which is exactly what was shown. (i had to click twice on the local part since the first click was sunk on focusing the game window)

[spark parcel]

kms, i put it in starterCHARACTERscripts.

[gleaming flare]

it would work there too

[spark parcel]

erm

confuzzled

[gleaming flare]

though this probably is better placed in startercharacterscripts tbh because of local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait() which would stop it working if the player dies once

[gleaming flare]

so yea put it in there, it's better there. i didn't care about that and just put it anywhere that it would execute.

[gleaming flare]

you messed up because you and the other guy aren't experienced enough to know these things like network ownership.

that's why... hire someone who knows what they're doing ;o

anyway good luck with things

[gusty cradle]

@gleaming flare Theres so many messages that I'm confused but I would like to have a drag - system, can you sum up how you do it from your experience because i did not understand anything frm the arugment above

[gleaming flare]

put dragdetector on everything. if your game has 10,000 of them, totally fine. yes there's a performance cost but it is very small, comparable to having 100,000 parts in your game which is also fine. you can try to do the math and replication yourself if you really want to, but for beginners, just go with 10k dragdetectors.

[gusty cradle]

holy 10k

[plucky thistle]

tbh he could detect if his mouse is hovering over basepart and then spawn it

instead of having 10k

but if its too complicated then what pyrofire said should od the trick

[gleaming flare]

the problem is it needs to be on the server for it to replicate. this would work for client-sided parts tho

...but that was the original problem

[plucky thistle]

then just do a remote event?

if he is able to do this remote event finicky stuff it'd be much better

but ig, if he can't really code the drag detectors will do

[gleaming flare]

how else are you going to include the server in it?

[plucky thistle]

you just add the drag detector after the remote event is fired, and as you said dragdetectors automatically replicate to other clients

and when the player stop dragging the part, just fire the same remote event and remove the dragdetector

[gleaming flare]

then you get input delay and most likely need to click twice ;p

[plucky thistle]

well, ig so

but its either that or loading 10k drag detectors

[plucky thistle]

you don't really need to clck

you could just fire the remote event

when the player is hovering over the part

[gleaming flare]

their original would work fine all they had to do was fire a remote and tell the server to give network ownership, that's it.

and obv you need one that strips network ownership when its dropped

technically exploitable but if you make this limit to 1~2 parts and distance check, and validity check (player cannot pickup the ground), then you're good but they dont know how to do that

[plucky thistle]

ye, ig its probably better if he does the 10k drag detectors

if were taking his coding ability into consideration