Best way to handle multiple enemy ai scripts

[kevinprogamer233]

I don’t want to add individuals scripts for every enemy ai and I want it to be very efficient that minimizes the lag. Is it a good idea to have one script to control one type of enemy like for example: Archers would get their own main script and Melee enemies would also have their own script. Also, how can I use Actors to further break up the work. Any help will be appreciated : )

[1gotba_nned0 (SomeMilitaryGuy)]

You cant, I’ve already tried this a while back, Just make the script as effiecient to reduce lag since its exponential.
Avoid loops and other things and maybe even use a module script if you know how.
Animations also vary so it also has to be a sepperate script.
I dont know anything about animations so i cant help with that.
–goodluck

[notsad2 (nots7d)]

it’s the system i use right now, doesn’t seem to lag my machine at all

though the fps seems to get hurt when there’s ~18 NPCs chasing you at the same time

but other than that it works pretty decent, though i do have a 3060 ti with an i5 12600KF, so your experience could be different

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but for animating scripts i suggest just having 1 in each enemy, shouldn’t be hard on performance

[MikeartsRBLX (Verdancyx)]

Use collectionservice for this, so you don’t have to copy paste the same scripts over and over. Also try to optimize the script as much as you can

[floppofuss]

I normally do something like this

workspace.EnemyFolder.ChildAdded:Connect(function(Enemy)
   --Enemy AI here
end

and if i have enemies already in the workspace i just add

for i,v in workspace.EnemeyFolder:GetChildren() do
	v.Parent = workspace
	v.Parent = workspace.EnemeyFolder
end