I made a script that makes npc follow a player but it acts weird

[sacred jay]

If npc's speed is bigger that player's, it just does this strange thing like in the video, here's the code I used:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local char = script.Parent
local maxaggrorange = 999
local targetdistance = maxaggrorange
local debounce = false

while true do
    for i, player in Players:GetPlayers() do
        if player.Character then
            local humanoid = player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
            if (char.PrimaryPart.Position - player.Character.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude <= targetdistance then
                targetdistance = (char.PrimaryPart.Position - player.Character.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude
                if targetdistance <= maxaggrorange then
                    
                    char.EnemyHumanoid:MoveTo(player.Character.PrimaryPart.Position)
                
            end
        end
        end
        end
    targetdistance = maxaggrorange
    task.wait()
end

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[sacred jay]

And that's it?

[dusky hound]

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[sacred jay]

That didn't seem to help

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[proper vine]

What software did you use to record?

[sacred jay]

OBS

[dim hawk]

sorry what is the problem with this? Other than some efficiency problems?

[sacred jay]

It's hard to describe but the npc doesn't chase the player properly

[proper vine]

Well the npc does walk funny

[sacred jay]

I think the problem is that it doesn't update the player's position properly

[sharp niche]

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[dim hawk]

Try using a minimum distance, that may already help you a bit. as then it will not try to jump on top of the player but just stand next to him. For the rest there doesn't seem to be anything odd here unless you wish to add predictive movement, which will be quite a fun challenge but mostly not needed

[sacred jay]

Can I get a little more details about the minimum distance?

[dim hawk]

Here you see that you have a max range already. Where if the magnitude between the 2 characters (npc and player) is larger than 999 studs (in this case) then it will not chase. Yet you can make a second variable with a minimum range. Where if the 2 characters are less than (e.g. 3) studs away from each other then it will also not chase.

[sacred jay]

Ok, now I got it, I'll try that

I think that I have a different problem, it's not about the npc trying to jump but about it not being able to reach me even if it has bigger walkspeed than me

[dim hawk]

That's odd. But it could be lag

[sacred jay]

Yeah, this problem might be client sided

Let me check

Yep

Then I should make the chase script client sided but the npc should also move from the server's perspective

Complicated

[dim hawk]

At this point you're best off working out some basic prediction stuff

just take the time between ticks, current velocity of the player and velocity vector. Then go to where the player will be, not where he is

[sacred jay]

Wait there's some thing called network ownership meybe that is the thing

[sharp niche]

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[sacred jay]

If I use SetNetworkOwner, should I set it to HumanoidRootPart or every part of the model?

[sacred jay]

Setnetworkowner made it worse

I needed to make client to handle the chase but it made this problem appear on the server side

[dim hawk]

did you add that into the loop?

[sacred jay]

It did the opposite of what I wanted

[dim hawk]

if so then of course that will make it worse as you're trying to change the network of that npc 60 times per second

[sacred jay]

Setnetworkowner may not be a solution I guess

[sacred jay]

I don't understand anything, first it's working correctly on the server but then it becomes the same as on the client (example of setnetworkowner not being used)

[shell field]

instead of while true do

do while wait(.1) do

[sacred jay]

I already did runservice.heartbeat instead

[shell field]

did it work

[sacred jay]

As you can see no

[shell field]

what i would do

lemme see

hmm

[sacred jay]

Latest version:

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local char = script.Parent
local maxaggrorange = 999
local mindistance = 0
local targetdistance = maxaggrorange
local debounce = false
local targetplayer

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
    for i, player in Players:GetPlayers() do
        if player.Character then
            local humanoid = player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
            if (char.PrimaryPart.Position - player.Character.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude <= targetdistance then
                targetdistance = (char.PrimaryPart.Position - player.Character.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude
                if targetdistance <= maxaggrorange --[[and targetdistance >= mindistance]] then
                    if targetplayer ~= player then
                        targetplayer = player
                        --[[for i,v in char:GetChildren() do
                            if v:IsA("BasePart") then
                                v:SetNetworkOwner(targetplayer)
                            end
                        end]]
                    end
                    char.EnemyHumanoid:MoveTo(player.Character.PrimaryPart.Position)
                else
                end
            end
        end
    end
    targetdistance = maxaggrorange
    --task.wait()
end)

[shell field]

while wait(.1) do
    local character = script.Parent
    local humanoid = character:WaitForChild('Humanoid')
    local player = game.Players:WaitForChild('CreativeCha0s')
    local char = player.Character
    repeat
        wait()
         char = player.Character
    until
    char ~= nil
    local humanoidRootPart = char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
    humanoid:MoveTo(humanoidRootPart.Position)
end

put a script into your rig

and replace my name with your name

see if this works

if it does now just run a for loop to see the nearest player or whatever

[sacred jay]

I doubt this will work but I'll try it still

[shell field]

never doubt it fr

[sacred jay]

It doesn't

[shell field]

oh

it works for me

@sacred jay it works for me

[sacred jay]

Good to you

[shell field]

want me to share you the model?

@sacred jay

[sacred jay]

Idk

[shell field]

ok

[sacred jay]

Set it's walkspeed to like 30

[sharp niche]

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[sacred jay]

And maybe screensharing is more convenient than recording the video?

[shell field]

thats gonna break it because the npc is faster than the player...

but if i set my walkspeed to 30 it will fix it

[sacred jay]

That's the point

[shell field]

so why is the npcs walkspeed so high?

whats the point of that

[sacred jay]

I need to make a sort of glass cannon

[shell field]

so why cant u have the npc at a normal speed

[sharp niche]

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[shell field]

i fixed it

light work

[sacred jay]

It still doesn't reach the player on your vid

It justs copies your walkspeed

[shell field]

are you trying to make it kill me?

[sacred jay]

I want the npc to touch the player

[shell field]

ok

yeah i give up

[sacred jay]

Me too