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How to make an NPC Following script with radius?

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6 years ago

Its simple, and probably a LOT of people can do it, but iv never tried this before considering iv been scripting for how long now? years. So i have tried this...

(script inside NPC)

1--something that detects a player WITHING A RADIUS!!:Connect(function(c)
2script.Parent.Humanoid:MoveTo(c.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame  - radius )--i dont want NPC going directly towards player
3end)

Any help is appreciated :)

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just to clarify, you want the npc walking towards the player? s_iara 94 — 6y

lol, he specifically stated in the question for the npc to walk within a certain radius of the player, but not to the exact location of the player SerpentineKing 3885 — 6y

yes, but within a radius of like 10 bricks, i want NPC to stop within that radius, please answer this CommanderCaubunsia 126 — 6y

serpentine im sorry, i was CLARIFYING with COMMANDER tyvm s_iara 94 — 6y

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CommanderCaubunsia 126

6 years ago

Edited 6 years ago

Omg im sooo sorry but it didnt work, i tried

01wait(1)
02follow = false
03Character = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild(game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name)
04 
05while true do
06 if game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.HumanoidRootPart ~= nil then
07  if game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position.X - game.Workspace.NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position.X <= 10 then
08   follow = true
09  end
10 end
11 
12 if follow == true then
13  game.Workspace.NPC.Humanoid.WalkToPoint = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position
14 end
15 wait(.5)
16end

The (unanchored) person named NPC does not follow me...

Answered by

hellmatic 1523

6 years ago

Edited 6 years ago

You could get the nearest player by using tables and the table.sort() method:

01local SearchDistance = 10000
02 
03local NPC = script.Parent
04local HRP = NPC.HumanoidRootPart
05local Humanoid = NPC:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
06 
07local function getNearestPlayer()
08    local playerDistances = {}
09    if HRP then
10        for i, player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers() do
11            -- get the distance between the player's character and the HRP's position
12            local distance = player:DistanceFromCharacter(HRP.Position)
13            -- 'table.insert(x, y, z)' has 3 arguments. x = table(array), y = number position (optional), z = variable/object/instance your adding to the table
14            table.insert(
15                playerDistances,
16                {
17                    player,
18                    distance
19                {
20            )
21        end
22    end
23    if #playerDistances >= 1 then
24        --'table.sort(x, y)' has 2 arguments. x = table(array), y = function (optional)
25        table.sort(
26            playerDistances,
27            function(a, b) -- 'a' and 'b' is the data/table inserted into the 'playerDistances' table
28                -- we are comparing the distances and ordering them from least to greatest
29                -- so we get the data's second value 'a[2]' and 'b[2]' which is the distances
30                return a[2] < b[2]
31            end
32        )
33        for i, dataTable in pairs(playerDistances) do 
34            local player = dataTable[1]
35            local distance = dataTable[2]
36            if player and distance then
37                -- 'i' is the number position of the 'dataTable'
38                if i == 1 and distance < SearchDistance then
39                    return player
40                end
41            end
42        end
43    end
44end
45 
46while HRP and Humanoid.Health > 0 do
47    wait(1)
48    local nearestPlayer = getNearestPlayer()
49    if nearestPlayer then
50        print("player nearby:", nearestPlayer)
51    end
52end
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Now with this you can figure out to stop the NPC from going over the radius. I have to go rn, attempt it and if you need any help leave a comment.

ok thx ill try, wait this looks like it should be in normal script right? nvm ill try both. CommanderCaubunsia 126 — 6y

so sorry it didnt work though CommanderCaubunsia 126 — 6y

-1

Answered by

s_iara 94

6 years ago

Edited 6 years ago

01wait(1)
02 
03--variables 
04follow = false
05Character = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild(game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name)
06 
07while true do
08 if game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid.RootPart ~= nil then
09  if game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid.RootPart.Position.X - --finds the character's position
10game.Workspace.[NPCNAME].Humanoid.RootPart.Position.X <= 10 then --determines if the npc is within the 10 radius 
11   follow = true --if you're in the radius it will follow you
12  end
13 end
14 
15 if follow then
16  game.Workspace.[NPCNAME].Humanoid.WalkToPoint = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid.RootPart.Position --this just tells the npc to walk towards you/ tells what 'following' will do
17 end
18 wait(.5)
19end?

--Change the "NPCNAME" to your NPC's name of course --Good luck

You might want to try it yourself, not too sure if it works s_iara 94 — 6y

ok CommanderCaubunsia 126 — 6y

It's also probably not what you wanted, but hopefully you have an idea s_iara 94 — 6y

please explain your answer rather than just giving code, and please make you code FE compatable theking48989987 2147 — 6y

no working!, and by the way i did not ask for follow when within radius, i want NPC to stop following me when within that radius!Follow me when im OUT the radius CommanderCaubunsia 126 — 6y

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