How are these types of hitboxes made?

[untold wraith]

(i think they're using attachments, but how would i detect a collision with attachments)
The hitboxes im talking about are the lines following the weapon, leaving a trail behind it

[granite stirrup]

Raycast hitbox

Essentially you just raycast from where the attachment was to where it is now

[untold wraith]

oh alright

i see

and detect what hit

ok 👍

[tawdry ether]

https://devforum.roblox.com/t/raycast-hitbox-401-for-all-your-melee-needs/374482

Im friends with Team Swordphin, so if you have additional questions I can ask the owner of it.

[grim yoke]

this is a bad way to do this now, its better to do shape casting now

[granite stirrup]

Ngl I’m not sure how you would use shape cast cuz they have a pretty big limitation

[grim yoke]

the limitation is on size and how far it can go but for a mele hitbox u dont need it too be that big or go anywhere at all

only real limitation is that it doesnt detect anything the first time its created but thats fixed in the enxt frame

[grim yoke]

1 more limitation is theres only 2 shapes a cube/cuboidal type shape and a sphere but i feel like the animations and effects and what not should mask the inaccuracies with this

[grim yoke]

if they release a capsule type shape it'll be nice

[granite stirrup]

Shape cast is just moving a shape from point a to point b and if I remember correctly, if point b is “colliding” with point a then it would return nothing

[grim yoke]

yeah if its already colliding it wont return anything

[granite stirrup]

Which might be a problem

And is it’s prob one of its biggest limitations

[grim yoke]

but thats initally

i think

[granite stirrup]

Last I tested it, it wasn’t the case lol

[grim yoke]

so if its already touching something it wont detect

but once it moves a little bit

then it will detect

what this means is u shouldnt use it for 1 frame detection

so basically if u were to shapecast at a size and in a position that already intersects something it wont detect it at first but then once it moves to the next frame it should? (thats what i think initially means i could be wrong)

[granite stirrup]

🤷‍♂️

[grim yoke]

ah idk either

[agile aurora]

Ain't no way they just made a souls game but in roblox