Problem with lookAt()

[silent ore]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R78hmD4AwOw
1:20
How can I make a movement system similar to the one in the video? I've been trying some things, and I have a problem with the lookAt(), and that is that the rotation is only updated at the end, if I remove it so that it is not updated at the end (that is, it is constantly doing the rotation), and I also remove the default auto rotation of Roblox to do it manually, then the NPC starts to do strange things, moving teleported. it turns and it moves to the sides, but I can't do it smoothly, any advice on how it should be done in theory?

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local actualDistance
local Distance = 30 
local npc = script.Parent
local canBeat = true 
local npcRoot = npc:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local npcHumanoid = npc:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

local directions = {
    Vector3.new(2, 0, 0),   
    Vector3.new(-2, 0, 0),  
    Vector3.new(0, 0, 2),   
    Vector3.new(0, 0, -2),  
    Vector3.zero           
}

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
    --if canBeat then 
    for _, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do 
        if player.Character and player.Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then
            local char = player.Character
            local root = char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
            
            actualDistance = (root.Position - npcRoot.Position).Magnitude
            
            if actualDistance < Distance then
                if actualDistance > 5 then
                    
                    npcHumanoid:MoveTo(root.Position)
                    
                    else
                        canBeat = false
                    --local random = math.random(1, 100)
                    local random2
                    --if random >20 then
                        --random2 = 5
                    --else
                        random2 = math.random(1, 5)
                    --end
                        local moveto = npcRoot.Position + directions[random2]
                        npcHumanoid.AutoRotate = false
                        npcHumanoid:MoveTo(moveto)
                        wait(1)
                        npcHumanoid.AutoRotate = true
                        canBeat = true
                    npcRoot.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(npcRoot.Position, root.Position)
                end        
            end
        end
    end    
    --end    
end)

[gloomy turret]

you could use PathFinding

or no

[silent ore]

But the problem is not the movement, it follows right the player, and i think pathfinding will cause more problems, the roblox pathfinding sucks

[gloomy turret]

i am scripting a quick npc module for this

give me a bit and ill provide u with it

[silent ore]

alr

[silent ore]

this is what happen

[gloomy turret]

the problem is with the :MoveTo

[silent ore]

the follow is good, and the auto rotate of roblox do their job

but

[gloomy turret]

ill see waht i can do

[silent ore]

when reaches de < 5

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and "try" to do what i want to do like the vid, looks teleporting xD

[gloomy turret]

ill see what to do

[silent ore]

okok

[gloomy turret]

a quick and simple jumping so far, it uses ray casting

it won't move yet, it bugged out and ill fix it in a bit

[gloomy turret]

I have updated the script, it now uses not so complex mathematics using A* to check for places to head to if the user is behind a wall

its dumb yes, but i cant do much as roblox's MoveTo() is stupid

[silent ore]

looks better that one

[gloomy turret]

ill make a new 1

bc its bad

ill fix it and prolly use it later

so id suggest going on the dev forum and asking there

[silent ore]

but yeah, english is not my first lenguaje, so sorry if i miss understand, but the follow is not the problem

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alr

this is one i used path fanding

but what i want to get