Dynamic MoveTo() for humanoids?

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#1

Assume I want to move my NPC to some part, but that part’s position is constantly changing. With the MoveTo() function, the humanoid will move to the part’s position when I call the function, and if the part’s position changes while it’s moving, it will go to the wrong spot.

I’ve tried putting MoveTo into a while loop and this behavior still occurs. Any way I can make my NPC constantly follow the part?

C0de:

while wait() do

humanoid:MoveTo(vector3) 

end
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#2

Other than a while loop, as you stated, I do not think there is a way to do it.

#3

Show your code please

#4

There is not a built in “Dynamic MoveTo()”

but you can do it via code

this should help Humanoid | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub

it shows this code there

local function moveTo(humanoid, targetPoint, andThen)
	local targetReached = false
 
	-- listen for the humanoid reaching its target
	local connection
	connection = humanoid.MoveToFinished:Connect(function(reached)
		targetReached = true
		connection:Disconnect()
		connection = nil
		if andThen then
			andThen()
		end
	end)
 
	-- start walking
	humanoid:MoveTo(targetPoint)
 
	-- execute on a new thread so as to not yield function
	spawn(function()
		while not targetReached do
			-- does the humanoid still exist?
			if not (humanoid and humanoid.Parent) then
				break
			end
			-- has the target changed?
			if humanoid.WalkToPoint ~= targetPoint then
				break
			end
			-- refresh the timeout
			humanoid:MoveTo(targetPoint)
			wait(6)
		end
		
		-- disconnect the connection if it is still connected
		if connection then
			connection:Disconnect()
			connection = nil
		end
	end)
end

you could copy this code and use it yourself as it’s already made but you should read over it so you learn something

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#5

A while loop should be sufficient enough as MoveTo() doesn’t hold up a thread I don’t think.

Perhaps a code snippet would provide answers?

#6

MoveTo() has an optional second argument for your exact use case. Pass the part you are moving towards as the second argument and the humanoid will move toward the part as it moves. This works by offsetting the target by any movement of the part since the function was called.

:MoveTo(game.Workspace.Target.Position, game.Workspace.Target) you should get your desired behavior.

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