AI/pathfinding not jumping when required

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#1

I am currently working on an AI that chases the closest player. If it can see the player with a ray, it doesn’t pathfinding. If it cant see the player (which is when it would need to jump), it pathfinds.

My issue: The AI does not jump and just walks into the obstacle until it eventually gives up (for much longer than it should be, my MoveToFinished:Wait is set to 2 seconds, yet it still waks into the wall for around 10 seconds), or ends up jumping.

The part of the code that is giving me issues:

while wait() do
	local target = findNearestTorso(script.Parent.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
	
	if target then
		
		--ray to see if straight line, if not, pathfind
		local ray = Ray.new(AI.HumanoidRootPart.Position, (target.Position - AI.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Unit * 200)
		local hit, position = workspace:FindPartOnRayWithIgnoreList(ray, {script.Parent})
		if hit then
			if hit:IsDescendantOf(target.Parent) then
				AI.Humanoid:MoveTo(target.position)
			else --pathfinding part!!!!!
				AI.Humanoid:MoveTo(target.Position)
				path = pfs:FindPathAsync(AI.HumanoidRootPart.Position, target.Position)
				points = path:GetWaypoints()
				if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
					for i,v in pairs(points) do
						AI.Humanoid:MoveTo(v.Position)
						AI.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait(2)
						if v.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
							AI.Humanoid:ChangeState(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Jumping)
						end
						if (points[#points].Position - target.Position).magnitude > 15 then
							break
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end
end
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How would i add Jumping to My Pathfinding
#2

Maybe turn the humanoid’s autojump enabled?

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#3

Currently, this property only works when the following conditions are true:

  • The Humanoid’s character model is the Player.Character of a Player .
  • The Player in question is using touch controls
#4

Hmm I understand. Can you put a print inside this if statement? To see if this branch is ever taken?

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#5

I put a print statement inside, and it still walked into the wall for a solid 10 seconds before printing “Jumping” and jumping. It is using the if statement, but it is taking forever to jump, and because of that the whole script gets stalled.

#6

Maybe put the if before the MoveTo?

for i,v in pairs(points) do		
	if v.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
		AI.Humanoid:ChangeState(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Jumping)
    end
    AI.Humanoid:MoveTo(v.Position)
    AI.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait(2)
	if (points[#points].Position - target.Position).magnitude > 15 then
		break
	end
end

EDIT: I suspect v.Position is a point that needs jumping to reach but you don’t check until after you told the AI to move to it’s position.

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#7

It was moving it before the :MoveTo that helped
Thankyou!

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