Problem with continously checking if an humanoid is touching range | Roblox Studio Community | Page 1

bright wadi Jan 11, 2026, 10:04 AM

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Hi, I have this one humanoid with a range and one without a range. I want the first one to keep moving along a path until its range touches a humanoid, and once the humanoid is dead/out of range I want it to stop shooting and keep walking but I just can't get it to stop shooting and keep walking. It also doesn't stop sometimes.

local unit = script.Parent
local humanoid = unit:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
local hrp = unit:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local waypoints = game.Workspace.Waypoints
local currentWaypoint = 0
local currentDest = nil
local range = unit.Range
local debounce = false
local away = false

range.Position = unit.HumanoidRootPart.Position

function onTouched(target)
    local targethum = target.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
    if targethum then
        away = false
        humanoid:MoveTo(hrp.Position)
        if not debounce then
            if not away then
                debounce = true
                while targethum.Health > 0 do
            
                    print("shooting")
                    targethum.Health -= 20
                    wait(1)
                
                end
            end
            debounce = false
        end
    end
end

local function onTouchEnded()
    away = true
    if currentDest ~= nil then
        print("continue moving")
        humanoid:MoveTo(currentDest)
    end
end

function moving()
    humanoid:MoveTo(waypoints[currentWaypoint].Position)
    currentDest = waypoints[currentWaypoint].Position
    print(currentDest)
    humanoid.MoveToFinished:Connect(function(success)
        if success and currentWaypoint < (#waypoints:GetChildren() - 1) then
            currentWaypoint += 1
            humanoid:MoveTo(waypoints[currentWaypoint].Position)
        end
        
    end)
    currentDest = nil
    --humanoid:MoveTo(waypoints[currentWaypoint].Position)
end
moving()
range.Touched:Connect(onTouched)
range.TouchEnded:Connect(onTouchEnded)

nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:41 AM

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@bright wadi why don't you just compare their distances every second or so?

bright wadi Jan 11, 2026, 10:41 AM

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wdym?

nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:41 AM

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to see if they're "touching"

bright wadi Jan 11, 2026, 10:41 AM

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I added a round circle hitbox

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I want it to be touching that

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would that work with distance

nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:42 AM

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bright wadi I want it to be touching that

ok but that's the same as checking if the distance between the 2 characters is smaller or equal to the radius of the hitbox

bright wadi Jan 11, 2026, 10:42 AM

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can you give me an example of how you would do that?

nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:42 AM

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touched is pretty unreliable sometimes and you definitely don't need it for this

nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:43 AM

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bright wadi can you give me an example of how you would do that?

are you checking between 2 specific characters

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like

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is it always the same 2

bright wadi Jan 11, 2026, 10:43 AM

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nova knot are you checking between 2 specific characters

currently yes but normally its going to be any npc from the opposing team

nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:45 AM

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bright wadi currently yes but normally its going to be any npc from the opposing team

ahh i see so you want them to stand still whenever they're in the range of an enemy and shoot. once the enemy is out of range, you want the npc to continue moving, right?

bright wadi Jan 11, 2026, 10:45 AM

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exactly

nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:45 AM

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alright then using .Touched is actualy a reasonable decision

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but .TouchEnded is the problem bc its just very unreliable

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You should combine the method I mentioned with .Touched

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essentially

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keep your .Touched

bright wadi Jan 11, 2026, 10:47 AM

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yeah?

nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:48 AM

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but instead of listening to .TouchEnded, do this: keep a global variable for the current target, which you also update in your .Touched function. Then, in a loop in the bottom of your script, check at a certain interval if the distance to your target is bigger than the radius of the range. if so, you can call your onTouchEnded function

bright wadi Jan 11, 2026, 10:49 AM

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nova knot but instead of listening to .TouchEnded, do this: keep a global variable for the...

but wouldnt keeping a global variable be a problem once I add multiple of these humanoids that walk and shoot?

nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:49 AM

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bright wadi but wouldnt keeping a global variable be a problem once I add multiple of these ...

global just means it's accessible to the entire script

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so put it at the top

bright wadi Jan 11, 2026, 10:50 AM

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oh ok, mb this is my first game

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ok I will

hallow acorn Jan 11, 2026, 10:57 AM

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nova knot <@737379291490418698> why don't you just compare their distances every second or...

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nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:58 AM

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??

hallow acorn Jan 11, 2026, 10:58 AM

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nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:58 AM

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no fr

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hallow acorn Jan 11, 2026, 10:58 AM

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nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:59 AM

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hallow acorn Jan 11, 2026, 10:59 AM

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nova knot i can't give roles 😔

cooked

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nova knot Jan 11, 2026, 10:59 AM

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but why'd they take it bruh

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thats so stupid

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yk what

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im better than you s2s anyways

hallow acorn Jan 11, 2026, 11:00 AM

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dont worry

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u are the same with us

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