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Humanoid:MoveTo seems to not work with slow speed NPCs?

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MarTieMak 56

3 years ago

Edited 3 years ago

So i have a script that makes an NPC walk to certain waypoints then destroy itself, here's the script:

01-- Waypoint Folder and Parts
02local Waypoints = game.Workspace.Map.Waypoints
03local Way1 = Waypoints:WaitForChild('Waypoint1')
04local Way2 = Waypoints:WaitForChild('Waypoint2')
05local Way3 = Waypoints:WaitForChild('Waypoint3')
06local Way4 = Waypoints:WaitForChild('Waypoint4')
07local Way5 = Waypoints:WaitForChild('Waypoint5')
08local Way6 = Waypoints:WaitForChild('Waypoint6')
09 
10-- Self
11local Self = script.Parent.Parent
12local hum = Self:WaitForChild('Humanoid')
13local Walk = hum:LoadAnimation(Self:WaitForChild('Walk'))
14 
15-- Move the Humanoid; Args > HumanoidRootPart + Waypoint Part
16local function MoveHumanoid(humanoid, waypoint)
17    humanoid:MoveTo(waypoint.Position)
18    humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
19end
20 
21-- Repeat Function For All Waypoints
22Walk:Play()
23MoveHumanoid(hum, Way1)
24MoveHumanoid(hum, Way2)
25MoveHumanoid(hum, Way3)
26MoveHumanoid(hum, Way4)
27MoveHumanoid(hum, Way5)
28MoveHumanoid(hum, Way6)
29 
30-- Delete the Enemy
31Self:Destroy()
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I use this script in many different NPCs (a fast walking one and a normal speed one) and it works fine until I put this script in a slow walk speed NPC. It moves to the first couple waypoints semi-fine but when it reaches the 3rd waypoint it goes half way and skips straight to the 5th. Any help is appreciated thanks!

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Answered by

satyajit_ray 60

3 years ago

The reach goal state of a humanoid will timeout after 8 seconds if it doesn’t reach its goal. This is done so that NPCs won’t get stuck waiting for Humanoid.MoveToFinished to fire. If you don’t want this to happen, you should repeatedly call MoveTo so that the timeout will keep resetting.

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/Humanoid/MoveTo

The same link also has the code you'd require. Check the link if you need more context.

01local function moveTo(humanoid, targetPoint, andThen)
02    local targetReached = false
03 
04    -- listen for the humanoid reaching its target
05    local connection
06    connection = humanoid.MoveToFinished:Connect(function(reached)
07        targetReached = true
08        connection:Disconnect()
09        connection = nil
10        if andThen then
11            andThen()
12        end
13    end)
14 
15    -- start walking
16    humanoid:MoveTo(targetPoint)
17 
18    -- execute on a new thread so as to not yield function
19    spawn(function()
20        while not targetReached do
21            -- does the humanoid still exist?
22            if not (humanoid and humanoid.Parent) then
23                break
24            end
25            -- has the target changed?
26            if humanoid.WalkToPoint ~= targetPoint then
27                break
28            end
29            -- refresh the timeout
30            humanoid:MoveTo(targetPoint)
31            wait(6)
32        end
33 
34        -- disconnect the connection if it is still connected
35        if connection then
36            connection:Disconnect()
37            connection = nil
38        end
39    end)
40end
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Humanoid:MoveTo seems to not work with slow speed NPCs?

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