This is a continuation of another post. I'm trying to make a enemy NPC that follows the nearest player using path finding. I pulled up a script from the Roblox wiki but I can't figure out how to make it follow the player and constantly update the path then follow it. Here is the script:
local PathfindingService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")
-- Variables for the zombie, its humanoid, and destination
local zombie = script.Parent
local humanoid = zombie.Humanoid
local destination = game.Workspace.End
-- Create the path object
local path = PathfindingService:CreatePath()
-- Variables to store waypoints table and zombie's current waypoint
local waypoints
local currentWaypointIndex
local function followPath(destinationObject)
-- Compute and check the path
path:ComputeAsync(zombie.HumanoidRootPart.Position, destinationObject.PrimaryPart.Position)
-- Empty waypoints table after each new path computation
waypoints = {}
if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
-- Get the path waypoints and start zombie walking
waypoints = path:GetWaypoints()
-- Move to first waypoint
currentWaypointIndex = 1
humanoid:MoveTo(waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].Position)
else
-- Error (path not found); stop humanoid
humanoid:MoveTo(zombie.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
end
end
local function onWaypointReached(reached)
if reached and currentWaypointIndex < #waypoints then
currentWaypointIndex = currentWaypointIndex + 1
humanoid:MoveTo(waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].Position)
end
end
local function onPathBlocked(blockedWaypointIndex)
-- Check if the obstacle is further down the path
if blockedWaypointIndex > currentWaypointIndex then
-- Call function to re-compute the path
followPath(destination)
end
end
-- Connect 'Blocked' event to the 'onPathBlocked' function
path.Blocked:Connect(onPathBlocked)
-- Connect 'MoveToFinished' event to the 'onWaypointReached' function
humanoid.MoveToFinished:Connect(onWaypointReached)
followPath(destination)
