How can I make this script find a player's "Humanoid" that isn't called "Humanoid"?
In the game I'm creating the player's Humanoid name gets changed to "Player". When this happens the script will no longer work correctly. I tried many different things but nothing seemed to work. I'm an amateur scripter so I don't know all the ropes.
function findNearestTorso(pos)
local list = game.Workspace:children()
local torso = nil
local dist = math.huge
local temp = nil
local human = nil
local temp2 = nil
for x = 1, #list do
temp2 = list[x]
if (temp2.className == "Model") and (temp2 ~= script.Parent) then
temp = temp2:findFirstChild("Torso")
human = temp2:findFirstChild("Humanoid") -- I tried changing Humanoid to "Player" but it didn't work either.
if (temp ~= nil) and (human ~= nil) and (human.Health > 0) then
if (temp.Position - pos).magnitude < dist then
torso = temp
dist = (temp.Position - pos).magnitude
end
end
end
end
return torso
end
while true do
wait(0.1)
local target = findNearestTorso(script.Parent.Torso.Position)
if target ~= nil then
script.Parent.Humanoid:MoveTo(target.Position, target)
end
end
3 answers
What you're looking for is a method called FindFirstChildOfClass().
FindFirstChildOfClass() searches for an Instance by the given ClassName regardless of its name. Like FindFirstChild(), FindFirstChildOfClass() has a boolean recursive you can use for descendants.
For example, let's say we have a dummy rig containing a Humanoid named Soul. You can't do FindFirstChild("Humanoid") because FindFirstChild() searches by Name, not ClassName. You would use FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid"), which searches for any Humanoid regardless of its Name.
Example code:
local dummy = workspace:FindFirstChild("Dummy")
if dummy then
if dummy:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid") then
print(dummy:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid").Name) -- Prints Soul
end
end
If the Humanoid is not named Humanoid, change "Humanoid"s name in the script to the Humanoid's name.
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Very simple in fact, instead of using :FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
All you have to do is use
:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
or
FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")
both of them work.