Creating Pet following? *EDIT*

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#1

Hi, I’m looking for a way to create a pet system similar to the one shown below?

I want the Pet to follow at a constant distance regardless of Players position aswell as stopping once within a certain magnitude.
I’ve tried using simple Move to() but had no such success and all of the tutorials I’ve seen just show the Pet as being static either beside or behind the Player - I’m not looking to have that effect.

Thank you

EDIT
I’ve made progress - However, as you can see the Pet has a sort of jittering effect when moving?
I’m unsure how best to combat this?


	Server:GetService('RunService').RenderStepped:Connect(function(dt, ...)
		for __,Folder in (PlayerList:GetChildren(...)) do
			for __,PetFolder in (Folder:GetChildren(...)) do
				if PetFolder:IsA('Folder') and PetFolder.Name == 'Pet' then
					
					local Pet = PetFolder:FindFirstChild('Pet')
					
					local Character = PetFolder.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass('Model')
					repeat task.wait(...) until Character
					
					local HumanoidRootPart = Character:WaitForChild('HumanoidRootPart', 5)
					local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild('Humanoid', 5)
					
					if Pet and Character and HumanoidRootPart and Humanoid then
						if Humanoid.Health > 0 then
							
							local Magnitude = (HumanoidRootPart.Position - Pet.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude
							
							local RaycastParam = RaycastParams.new()
							RaycastParam.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
							RaycastParam.FilterDescendantsInstances = {PlayerList}
							
							local X, Y, Z = HumanoidRootPart.Position.X, 0, HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z
							
							local Result = Server:GetService('Workspace'):Blockcast(Pet.PrimaryPart.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 5, 0), Pet.PrimaryPart.Size, Vector3.new(0, -500, 0), RaycastParam)
							if Result then
								Y = Result.Position.Y + Pet.PrimaryPart.Size.Y / 2
							end
							
							
							local Dir = (Pet.PrimaryPart.Position - HumanoidRootPart.Position)
							local CF = (Pet.PrimaryPart.CFrame - Pet.PrimaryPart.Position) + HumanoidRootPart.Position + Dir.Unit * math.min(Dir.Magnitude, 5)
							CF = CFrame.lookAt(Vector3.new(CF.X, Y, CF.Z), Vector3.new(X, Y, Z))
							Pet.PrimaryPart.CFrame = Pet.PrimaryPart.CFrame:Lerp(CF, 0.1)
							
							
						end
					end
					
				end
			end
		end
	end)
#2

I’d recommend using an animation that triggers when the pet is moving in any direction, combined with the tutorial script.

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#3

Thanks but I mean more along the lines of keeping the Model at a consistent distance behind the Player?

#4

Oh. Gotchya. I’m terrible at reading posts correctly lol.

#5

In this case, writing a setback for the CFrame of the pet would make sense, as in writing a certain maximum distance amount would be good.