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How can i trigger my npc to move when a part is touched?

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Hello I am very new to scripting, and I mostly edit scripts. This is because I can never really find what I need to know on the wiki or other places. Or the script's no longer work.

I have this walking npc script that I edited quite a bit

model = script.Parent.Parent
hum = script.Parent.Humanoid
torso = script.Parent.Torso
while true do
	if model.PointA ~= nil then
		a = model.PointA
		hum:MoveTo(a.Position, a)
		wait(10)
			wait(0.1)
		until (a.Position - torso.Position).magnitude <= 5
	else
		print("Error 404 Point A not found.")
	end
wait(0.1)
	if model.PointB ~= nil then
		b = model.PointB
		hum:MoveTo(b.Position, b)
		wait(1.5)
			wait(0.1)
		until (b.Position - torso.Position).magnitude <= 5
	else
		print("Error 404 Point B not found.")
	end
	
end

I'd like to make a separate script that has debounce and triggers that script to be enabled, wait a few seconds, than becomes disabled again in just enough time for the npc to make its run.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)

Anonymous

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First things first, you're going to want to know about the Touched event. It has one parameter, which is the part that hit the part being triggered. In other words:

thePartBeingTouched.Touched:Connect(function(thePartTouching)

end)

Because the event has a habit of firing rapidly in succession, we want to add a debounce.

local wasTouched = false

part.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if not wasTouched then
		wasTouched = true
		
		wait(1)
		wasTouched = false
	end
end)

Next, you want to check whether the part that touched is a descendant of the player's character (in other words, check if the player touched the part). To do this, we'll check whether the part's parent has a humanoid.

local wasTouched = false

part.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if not wasTouched then
		wasTouched = true
		local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
		if humanoid then

		end
		wait(1)
		wasTouched = false
	end
end)

Now, we can then activate the script by disabling the Disabled property.

local wasTouched = false
local npcScript = path -- replace with a path to the npc script.

part.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if not wasTouched then
		wasTouched = true
		local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
		if humanoid then
			npcScript.Disabled = false
		end
		wait(1)
		wasTouched = false
	end
end)

And if everything is done accordingly, the NPC script should perform as expected upon a player touching the part.

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Thanks so much

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