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Re: Examine/Inspect

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Renshiro is not online. Renshiro
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23 Apr 2016 09:49 AM
Hello guys, I've trying to do the 'press [e] to inspect/examine' thing whenever close to an object. Any help regarding this? Helpful efforts are very much appreciated.

Anyways, on my first try, what I did is put a localscript on startergui and...
mouse.KeyDown:connect(function(key)
key = key:lower()
game.Workspace.Toilet.Toilet.Click.Touched:connect(function(hit)
if game.Players:findFirstChild(hit.Parent.Name) and key == "e" then
local hint = Instance.new("Hint",playerChar:FindFirstChild("Head"))
hint.Text = script.text2.Value
wait(2)
hint:remove()

on a second thought, that was *very* noobish. I'm sorry.

I need help. Thank you!
hope to be welcome in this forum :)



--Ren/Shiro
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Lord_Narwhal is not online. Lord_Narwhal
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23 Apr 2016 09:50 AM
y u use deprecated events


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Renshiro is not online. Renshiro
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23 Apr 2016 09:51 AM
Unfortunately, all my tries fail.

By the way, 'Click' is a non-CanCollide part.
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Renshiro is not online. Renshiro
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23 Apr 2016 09:53 AM
@Lord_Narwhal

I've tried scripting back in 2011, and returned to Studio recently...
So I have no idea.
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Lord_Narwhal is not online. Lord_Narwhal
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23 Apr 2016 09:54 AM
instead of touched the object, use magnitude

if (toilet.Pos-torso.Pos) <=10

if the player presses e, you check if they're close to any examinable objects

it would be like this

local obj = {"Toilet","Door","Closet}
use userinputservice to detect when player presses e, then

for i,v in pairs(obj) do

if (game.Workspace[obj].Position-game.Players.LocalPlayer.Position).magnitude <=10 then
print("Player is close to object and pressed e")


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Lord_Narwhal is not online. Lord_Narwhal
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23 Apr 2016 09:55 AM
whoops

game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Torso.Position


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23 Apr 2016 10:01 AM
Thank you..

I may be confused.. Is 'position' a value?




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Lord_Narwhal is not online. Lord_Narwhal
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23 Apr 2016 10:07 AM
magnitude is just the distance

i'm using the char's torso and the inspection object to find the distance between them


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23 Apr 2016 10:35 AM
output says
"bad argument #2 to '?' (string expected, got table)"
on line
if (game.Workspace[obj].Position-game.Players.LocalPlayer.Position).magnitude <=10 then
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zarman3402 is not online. zarman3402
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23 Apr 2016 10:38 AM
dude you should use :toObjectSpace()for magnitude

like for example:

game.Players.LocalPlayer.Torso.CFrame:toObjectSpace(game.Workspace.Toilet).p.magnitude
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Lord_Narwhal is not online. Lord_Narwhal
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23 Apr 2016 10:42 AM
i've never even seen toObjectSpace

it printed nil because i forgot to do

game.Workspace[obj]


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23 Apr 2016 10:43 AM
OH it's not obj

derp

it's game.Workspace[v]

that felt stupid




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23 Apr 2016 10:45 AM
:toObjectSpace() is a CFrame method that gives the relative distance between two parts
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23 Apr 2016 10:45 AM
that's so much simpler


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zarman3402 is not online. zarman3402
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23 Apr 2016 10:47 AM
its the same as doing the subtraction.

CFrame:lerp can position a block in the middle of two other blocks if you ever wondered
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23 Apr 2016 10:49 AM
ever since i learned what lerp is i've been using it to cframe one part to another smoothly

it works great and also ignores parts on its path which is even more useful


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Renshiro is not online. Renshiro
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23 Apr 2016 10:56 AM
um, what should I do next?
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Renshiro is not online. Renshiro
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23 Apr 2016 10:59 AM
"Torso is not a valid member of Player"
I don't get the output.
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Renshiro is not online. Renshiro
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23 Apr 2016 11:04 AM
never mind, ^^
it should be "game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Torso" to find the torso

@zarman3402
I'm sorry for asking, but how should I use :toObjectSpace() ?
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Renshiro is not online. Renshiro
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24 Apr 2016 05:07 AM
How do I do this on multiple objects? Like a different print per object.

Tried to copy-paste the first object and change variables but no effect.
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24 Apr 2016 05:09 AM
I hate myself.
sorry guys, problem solved. XD
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