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Keeping NPC's from attacking eachother?

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firedum 5

11 years ago

I have two NPC's down on the level and they attack eachother as soon as I run it.

01local larm = script.Parent:FindFirstChild("Left Arm")
02local rarm = script.Parent:FindFirstChild("Right Arm")
03 
04function findNearestTorso(pos)
05    local list = game.Workspace:children()
06    local torso = nil
07    local dist = 20
08    local temp = nil
09    local human = nil
10    local temp2 = nil
11    for x = 1, #list do
12        temp2 = list[x]
13        if (temp2.className == "Model") and (temp2 ~= script.Parent) then
14            temp = temp2:findFirstChild("Torso")
15            human = temp2:findFirstChild("Humanoid")
16            if (temp ~= nil) and (human ~= nil) and (human.Health > 0) then
17                if (temp.Position - pos).magnitude < dist then
18                    torso = temp
19                    dist = (temp.Position - pos).magnitude
20                end
21            end
22        end
23    end
24    return torso
25end
26 
27while true do
28    wait(0.1)
29    local target = findNearestTorso(script.Parent.Torso.Position)
30    if target ~= nil then
31        script.Parent.Humanoid:MoveTo(target.Position, target)
32    end
33end
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I have found the problem, in the scripting I said "findnearesttorso" but I don't know any other way of doing this.

Is there any way I can keep NPC's from attacking eachother but attack players?

2 answers

Answered by

NotsoPenguin 705

11 years ago

Okay. I modified the script. All you have to do is change the name of the Humanoid to NPC (Including caps). This will probably break your other scripts. But they can be fixed by changing one word.

01local larm = script.Parent:FindFirstChild("Left Arm")
02local rarm = script.Parent:FindFirstChild("Right Arm")
03 
04function findNearestTorso(pos)
05    local list = game.Workspace:children()
06    local torso = nil
07    local dist = 20
08    local temp = nil
09    local human = nil
10    local temp2 = nil
11    for x = 1, #list do
12        temp2 = list[x]
13        if (temp2.className == "Model") and (temp2 ~= script.Parent) then
14            temp = temp2:findFirstChild("Torso")
15            human = temp2:findFirstChild("Humanoid")
16            if (temp ~= nil) and (human ~= nil) and (human.Health > 0) then
17                if (temp.Position - pos).magnitude < dist then
18                    torso = temp
19                    dist = (temp.Position - pos).magnitude
20                end
21            end
22        end
23    end
24    return torso
25end
26 
27while true do
28    wait(0.1)
29    local target = findNearestTorso(script.Parent.Torso.Position)
30    if target ~= nil then
31        script.Parent.NPC:MoveTo(target.Position, target)
32    end
33end
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It worked. Appreciated! But they don't attack the player anymore. firedum 5 — 11y

Perhaps I should put it into more detail; When the player comes in range, it will sit there and attack with its sword. It will not move from its position at all though firedum 5 — 11y

Answered by

Bgonzalezseeya11 27

5 years ago

Not entirely sure of what the NPCs do to the player or each other. I need some more information like: Do the NPCs hurt when touching each other? Do NPCs battle other NPCs? Etc. Anyways, changing the humanoid is recommended, but if you have a variety of NPCs which it seems that you do, have another if statement at line 13. For example, within the NPC you can change something that distinguishes it like a string value, or a body color, or a script name. Ex): if (temp2.className == "Model") and (temp2 ~= script.Parent) and FindFirstChild:("Scriptname/BodyColor/StringValue").Value/Name/BrickColor == "Name/Value/Color" then

Keeping NPC's from attacking eachother?

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