How to make something target the nearest player?
I tried to create something that targets the nearest player. I don't know how to target the nearest player, but I got the path finding thing down.
Here's what I've got so far:
for i,v in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
if v:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then
if v.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Magnitude <= 15 then
local HRP = v.HumanoidRootPart
local OHRP = script.Parent.HumanoidRootPart
local human = script.Parent.Humanoid
local path = game:GetService("PathfindingService"):FindPathAsync(OHRP,HRP)
local points = path:GetWaypoints()
if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
for i,v in pairs(points) do
human:MoveTo(v.Position)
human.MoveToFinished:Wait()
if v.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
human.Jump = true
end
end
end
else
wait()
end
end
end
1 answer
The function you'd want to use here is GetPlayerFromCharacter(), which is called from the Players service. If it finds a player associated with what you give it, it returns that player. Otherwise, the function returns nil.
What I suggest doing is to define an empty variable on the lowest scope (which would be before every loop and function in your script):
local player -- This variable is currently nil, but will be assigned later
Then, before you start your magnitude loop, use a loop like this to set player to a valid player:
for _, inst in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
if game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(inst) then
player = inst
break
end
end
Then, in your magnitude loop, you should compare the distance between the player and the object:
if (player.HumanoidRootPart.Position - v.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude <= 15 then
-- Do other stuff
end
Doing just v.HumanoidRootPart.Position will not make it follow the player like you'd want it to.
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