NPC runs away from players, but doesn't changes directions when a player is close to it (?)
Hello Developers!
I've made a simple AI which will run away from players using Pathfinding, the issue however that it does indeed work just it doesn't change directions when encountering different players for example, I'm chasing the AI and the AI is almost infront of another player but the AI doesn't try to move around the player rather it just simply rams said player
Script:
--//NPC\\--
local NPC = script.Parent
local Humanoid = NPC.Humanoid
--//Services\\--
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local PathFindingService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")
--//Functions\\--
local function RunAway()
local Radius = 50
for _, Player in ipairs(Players:GetChildren()) do
if Player:IsA("Player") then
local Character = Player.Character
local RootPart = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
if (RootPart.Position - NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude < Radius then
local NewPath = PathFindingService:CreatePath()
NewPath:ComputeAsync(RootPart.Position, NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
if NewPath.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
local Waypoints = NewPath:GetWaypoints()
for _, Waypoint in pairs(Waypoints) do
if Waypoint.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
Humanoid.Jump = true
end
Humanoid:MoveTo(NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position * Vector3.new(10,0,0))
Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
end
end
end
end
end
end
--//Pathfinding\\--
RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
RunAway()
end)
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1 answer
This is because even though you are looping through all players, only the path away from first player is calculated. Second and subsequent players will not be taken into account, until the humanoid reaches the end of the calculated path.
In practice it will never happen though, as You have connected Your function to the Heartbeat. So by the time the loop reaches second player, another Heartbeat recalculates everything. Heartbeat runs up to 60FPS!
So this script is essentially reverse zombie. As such, NPS must find the NEAREST player, and try to run away from it. To avoid grinding server resources to the ground, I suggest to re-check which player is closest about each second. Then you can adjust it to needs as needed.
Connecting to Heartbeat is an Overkill imho.
EDIT 2: It seems your pathfinding targets are wrong, and I do not know how did it work for you previously. For NPC to run away along the path, you have to choose a specific point on the map during the COMPUTE phase, rather than adjusting the path afterwards.
local currentFollowedRoot
local function RunAway(RootPart)
local NewPath = PathFindingService:CreatePath()
NewPath:ComputeAsync(NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position, NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position * Vector3.new(10,0,0)) -- adjust the target here
if NewPath.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
local Waypoints = NewPath:GetWaypoints()
for _, Waypoint in pairs(Waypoints) do
if Waypoint.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
Humanoid.Jump = true
end
Humanoid:MoveTo(Waypoint.Position) -- this needs to be a waypoint
Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
if currentFollowedRoot ~= RootPart then
return -- break the path, as new player is found
end
end
end
end
-- periodically find the nearest player
task.spawn(function()
while NPC.Parent do --break the loop when the NPC is destroyed
local Radius = 50
local nearestRoot
for _, plr in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
if plr.Character then
local root = plr.Character:WaitForChild('HumanoidRootPart')
local magnitude = (root.Position -
NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
if magnitude < Radius then
Radius = magnitude
nearestRoot = root
end
end
end
if nearestRoot then
currentFollowedRoot = nearestRoot
task.spawn(function() --edit: I forgor to run this in coroutine
RunAway(nearestRoot)
end)
end
task.wait(1)
end
end)
EDIT: Added coroutine for the RunAway function, to prevent it from pausing the loop.
EDIT 2: Fixed the pathfind.
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