I want to make it so that this NPC follows the nearest player. But the script doesn't work. It's supposed to follow the nearest player but instead it follows the first player to join. How would I fix this? Please help.
Thank you!
(Path finding script)
debugMode = false
targetNPCs = false
h = script.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
pathService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")
targetV = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Target")
function closestTargetAndPath()
local humanoids = {}
if targetNPCs then
local function recurse(o)
for _,obj in pairs(o:GetChildren()) do
if obj:IsA("Model") then
if obj:findFirstChild("Humanoid") and obj:findFirstChild("Torso") and obj.Humanoid ~= h and obj.Humanoid.Health > 0 and not obj:findFirstChild("ForceField") then
table.insert(humanoids,obj.Humanoid)
end
end
recurse(obj)
end
end
recurse(workspace)
else
for _,v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if v.Character and v.Character:findFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") and v.Character:findFirstChild("Humanoid") and v.Character.Humanoid.Health > 0 and not v:findFirstChild("ForceField") then
table.insert(humanoids,v.Character.Humanoid)
end
end
end
local closest,path,dist
for _,humanoid in pairs(humanoids) do
local myPath = pathService:ComputeRawPathAsync(h.Torso.Position,humanoid.Torso.Position,500)
if myPath.Status ~= Enum.PathStatus.FailFinishNotEmpty then
-- Now that we have a successful path, we need to figure out how far we need to actually travel to reach this point.
local myDist = 0
local previous = h.Torso.Position
for _,point in pairs(myPath:GetPointCoordinates()) do
myDist = myDist + (point-previous).magnitude
previous = point
end
if not dist or myDist < dist then -- if true, this is the closest path so far.
closest = humanoid
path = myPath
dist = myDist
end
end
end
return closest,path
end
function goToPos(loc)
h:MoveTo(loc)
local distance = (loc-h.Torso.Position).magnitude
local start = tick()
while distance > 4 do
if tick()-start > distance/h.WalkSpeed then -- Something may have gone wrong. Just break.
break
end
distance = (loc-h.Torso.Position).magnitude
wait()
end
end
while wait() do
local target,path = closestTargetAndPath()
local didBreak = false
local targetStart
if target and h.Torso then
targetV.Value = target
targetStart = target.Torso.Position
roaming = false
local previous = h.Torso.Position
local points = path:GetPointCoordinates()
local s = #points > 1 and 2 or 1
for i = s,#points do
local point = points[i]
if didBreak then
break
end
if target and target.Torso and target.Health > 0 then
if (target.Torso.Position-targetStart).magnitude < 1.5 then
local pos = previous:lerp(point,.5)
local moveDir = ((pos - h.Torso.Position).unit * 2)
goToPos(previous:lerp(point,.5))
previous = point
end
else
didBreak = true
break
end
end
else
targetV.Value = nil
end
if not didBreak and targetStart then
goToPos(targetStart)
end
end
end

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please help