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AlignPosition

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An AlignPosition attempts to constrain its Constraint/Attachment0|Attachment0’s position to the goal position, which is determined by Constraint/Attachment1|Attachment1 or AlignPosition/Position|Position depending on the AlignPosition/Mode|Mode.

AlignPosition Demo

Reaction force

AlignPositions by default only apply a force on Attachment0’s parent Part. The parent Part of Constraint/Attachment1|Attachment1 remains unaffected. However, a force can also be applied to Attachment1 by enabling the AlignPosition/ReactionForceEnabled. This will cause a force to be applied to both Attachment0 and Attachment1 in the direction of each other.

Force location

By default the force created by an AlignPosition is applied to the parent Part of Attachment0 at the Attachment’s location. The direction of the force is always towards the goal. This means that if the center of mass of the Part is not aligned with the direction of the force, a torque will be applied to the part as well as a force.

AlignPositions’ behaviors can be changed with the AlignPosition/ApplyAtCenterOfMass property. When enabled, the AlignPosition will check if other Parts are rigidly connected to the parent Part of Attachment0. If there are, then the force will be applied at the center of mass of those connected parts. If not, then the force will be applied at the center of mass of the parent part itself.

Force magnitude

The force used to constrain an AlignPosition can either be configured or set to the maximum that constraints allow. Whether the force is configurable is determined by the AlignPosition/RigidityEnabled property.

When RigidityEnabled is true, the physics solver reacts as quickly as possible to complete the alignment. This is the same scale of force used to connect other constraints, such as hinges when their attachments are separated.

When RigidityEnabled is false, then the force will be determined by the AlignPosition/MaxForce, AlignPosition/MaxVelocity, and AlignPosition/Responsiveness. MaxForce and MaxVelocity are caps to the force and velocities respectively. The actual scale of the force is determined by the Responsiveness. The mechanism for responsiveness is a little complicated, but put simply the higher the responsiveness, the quicker the constraint will try to reach its goal.

See also

Properties

bool

ApplyAtCenterOfMass

When true, applies force at center of mass of Attachment0’s parent Part. When false, applied at Attachment0.
float

MaxForce

Maximum force the constraint can apply to achieve its goal. Only used if RigidityEnabled is false.
float

MaxVelocity

Maximum speed the Attachment can move when converging. Only used if RigidityEnabled is false.
PositionAlignmentMode

Mode

The way the constraint determines its goal.
Vector3

Position

The position the constraint should move its Constraint/Attachment0|Attachment0 to when using the Enum/PositionAlignmentMode|OneAttachment mode.
bool

ReactionForceEnabled

If true the constraint applies force on both Attachments to achieve the goal.
float

Responsiveness

Controls how quickly the constraint reaches its goal. Higher values will cause the attachment(s) to align more rapidly. Value can be between 5 and 200.
bool

RigidityEnabled

If true, the solver reacts as quickly as possible to complete the alignment. If false, the torque is dependent on AlignPosition/MaxForce|MaxForce, AlignPosition/MaxVelocity|MaxVelocity, and AlignPosition/Responsiveness|Responsiveness.

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bool

Active

[ReadOnly] [NotReplicated]

Indicates if the constraint is currently active in the world
Attachment

Attachment0

The Attachment that is connected to Constraint/Attachment1
Attachment

Attachment1

The Attachment that is connected to Constraint/Attachment0
BrickColor

Color

The color of the constraint.
bool

Enabled

Toggles whether or not this Constraint is enabled.
bool

Visible

Toggles the visibility of this Constraint.

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bool

Archivable

Determines if an Instance can be cloned using /Instance/Clone or saved to file.
string

ClassName

[ReadOnly] [NotReplicated]

A read-only string representing the class this Instance belongs to
int

DataCost

[Hidden] [ReadOnly] [NotReplicated] [Deprecated]

The cost of saving the instance using data persistence.
string

Name

A non-unique identifier of the Instance
Instance

Parent

[NotReplicated]

Determines the hierarchical parent of the Instance
bool

RobloxLocked

[Hidden]

A deprecated property that used to protect CoreGui objects
int64

SourceAssetId

[Hidden] [NotReplicated]
bool

archivable

[Hidden] [NotReplicated] [Deprecated]
string

className

[ReadOnly] [NotReplicated] [Deprecated]

Functions

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void

ClearAllChildren ( )

This function destroys all of an Instance’s children.
Instance

Clone ( )

Create a copy of an object and all its descendants, ignoring objects that are not Instance/Archivable|Archivable
void

Destroy ( )

Sets the Instance/Parent property to nil, locks the Instance/Parent property, disconnects all connections, and calls Destroy on all children.
Instance

FindFirstAncestor ( string name )

Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose Instance/Name is equal to the given name.
Instance

FindFirstAncestorOfClass ( string className )

Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose Instance/ClassName is equal to the given className.
Instance

FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA ( string className )

Returns the first ancestor of the Instance for whom Instance/IsA returns true for the given className.
Instance

FindFirstChild ( string name , bool recursive )

Returns the first child of the Instance found with the given name.
Instance

FindFirstChildOfClass ( string className )

Returns the first child of the Instance whose Instance/ClassName|ClassName is equal to the given className.
Instance

FindFirstChildWhichIsA ( string className , bool recursive )

Returns the first child of the Instance for whom Instance/IsA returns true for the given className.
Instance

FindFirstDescendant ( string name )

Returns the first descendant found with the given Instance/Name.
Actor

GetActor ( )

Returns the Actor associated with the Instance, usually the first Actor ancestor
Variant

GetAttribute ( string attribute )

Returns the attribute which has been assigned to the given name
RBXScriptSignal

GetAttributeChangedSignal ( string attribute )

Returns an event that fires when the given attribute changes
Dictionary

GetAttributes ( )

Returns a dictionary of string → variant pairs for each of the Instance|Instance’s attributes
Objects

GetChildren ( )

Returns an array containing all of the Instance’s children.
string

GetDebugId ( int scopeLength )

[NotBrowsable]

Returns a coded string of the Instances DebugId used internally by Roblox.
Array

GetDescendants ( )

[CustomLuaState]

Returns an array containing all of the descendants of the instance
string

GetFullName ( )

Returns a string describing the Instance’s ancestry.
RBXScriptSignal

GetPropertyChangedSignal ( string property )

Get an event that fires when a given property of an object changes.
bool

IsA ( string className )

[CustomLuaState]

Returns true if an Instance’s class matches or inherits from a given class
bool

IsAncestorOf ( Instance descendant )

Returns true if an Instance is an ancestor of the given descendant.
bool

IsDescendantOf ( Instance ancestor )

Returns true if an Instance is a descendant of the given ancestor.
void

Remove ( )

[Deprecated]

Sets the object’s Parent to nil, and does the same for all its descendants.
void

SetAttribute ( string attribute , Variant value )

Sets the attribute with the given name to the given value
Instance

WaitForChild ( string childName , double timeOut )

[CustomLuaState] [CanYield]

Returns the child of the Instance with the given name. If the child does not exist, it will yield the current thread until it does.
Objects

children ( )

[Deprecated]

Returns an array of the object’s children.
Instance

clone ( )

[Deprecated]
void

destroy ( )

[Deprecated]
Instance

findFirstChild ( string name , bool recursive )

[Deprecated]
Objects

getChildren ( )

[Deprecated]
bool

isA ( string className )

[Deprecated] [CustomLuaState]
bool

isDescendantOf ( Instance ancestor )

[Deprecated]
void

remove ( )

[Deprecated]

Events

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RBXScriptSignal

AncestryChanged ( Instance child , Instance parent )

Fires when the Instance/Parent property of the object or one of its ancestors is changed.
RBXScriptSignal

AttributeChanged ( string attribute )

Fires whenever an attribute is changed on the Instance
RBXScriptSignal

Changed ( string property )

Fired immediately after a property of an object changes.
RBXScriptSignal

ChildAdded ( Instance child )

Fires after an object is parented to this Instance.
RBXScriptSignal

ChildRemoved ( Instance child )

Fires after a child is removed from this Instance.
RBXScriptSignal

DescendantAdded ( Instance descendant )

Fires after a descendant is added to the Instance
RBXScriptSignal

DescendantRemoving ( Instance descendant )

Fires immediately before a descendant of the Instance is removed.
RBXScriptSignal

Destroying ( )

Fires immediately before the instance is destroyed via Instance/Destroy.
RBXScriptSignal

childAdded ( Instance child )

[Deprecated]
AlignOrientation AngularVelocity