Game Crashes when player dies by an entity

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#1

I’m trying to make a custom entity that damages the player.

local myHuman = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local myRoot = script.Parent:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local myHead = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Head")

local hurt = false
local oldHealth = myHuman.Health
local pathCount = 0
local dead = false
local closestplr

local idle = myHuman:LoadAnimation(myHuman.Idle)
local walk = myHuman:LoadAnimation(myHuman.Walk)
local run = myHuman:LoadAnimation(myHuman.Run)

local clone = script.Parent:Clone()

local function getclosestplayer()
	local faceling_Pos = myRoot.Position
	
	local distance = math.huge
	
	for i, player in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
		if player:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
			if game.Players:FindFirstChild(player.Name) then
				local playerpos = player.HumanoidRootPart.Position
				local distancefrombot = (faceling_Pos - playerpos).magnitude
				if distancefrombot <= 30 then
					if distancefrombot < distance then
						distance = distancefrombot
						closestplr = player
						if distancefrombot <= 5 then
							hurt = true
						end
					end
				else
					closestplr = nil
				end				
			end
		end
	end
	return closestplr
end

function getUnStuck()
	myHuman:Move(Vector3.new(math.random(-1,-1),0,math.random(-1,-1)))
	myHuman.Jump = true
	wait(0.5)
end

function pathToLocation(location)
	getclosestplayer()
	if closestplr == nil then
		idle:Stop()
		local path = game:GetService("PathfindingService"):CreatePath()
		path:ComputeAsync(myRoot.Position, location)
		local wayPoints = path:GetWaypoints()
		pathCount = pathCount + 1
		myRoot:SetNetworkOwner(nil)
		
		if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
		local currentPathCount = pathCount
			getclosestplayer()
			for i, waypoint in pairs(wayPoints) do
				if currentPathCount ~= pathCount then
				return
		end
		if waypoint.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
			myHuman.Jump = true
		end
				
		myHuman:MoveTo(waypoint.Position)
		myRoot.footsteps:Play()
		walk:Play()
		getclosestplayer()
		if closestplr == nil then
			delay(0.5, function()
			if myHuman.WalkToPoint.Y > myRoot.Position.Y then
			myHuman.Jump = true
			end
			end)	
			local moveSuccess = myHuman.MoveToFinished:Wait()
			walk:Stop()
			if not moveSuccess then
				break
			end
		end		
		end	
		else
			getUnStuck()
		end
	end
		
end

function wander()
		local randX = math.random(-100,100)
		local randZ = math.random(-100,100)
		local goal = myRoot.Position + Vector3.new(randX,0,randZ)
	
		pathToLocation(goal)
end



myHuman.Died:Connect(function()
	dead = true
	wait(15)
	
	clone.Parent = workspace
	game:GetService("Debris"):AddItem(script.Parent,0.1)
end)

while wait() do
	hurt = false
	getclosestplayer()
	if closestplr == nil then
		if myHuman.Health > 0 then
		myHuman.WalkSpeed = 9
		getclosestplayer()
		wander()
		idle:Play()
		getclosestplayer()
		myRoot.footsteps:Stop()
		wait(math.random(1,6))
		else
			break
		end
	else
		while closestplr ~= nil do
			if closestplr.Humanoid.Health > 0 then
				myHuman:MoveTo(closestplr.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
				myHuman.WalkSpeed = 22
				if hurt == true then
					closestplr.Humanoid:TakeDamage(50)
					if closestplr.Humanoid.Health <= 0 then
						closestplr = nil
					end
				end
				myRoot.footsteps.PlaybackSpeed = 2
				myRoot.footsteps:Play()
				run:Play()
				myHuman.MoveToFinished:Wait()
				getclosestplayer()
				if closestplr == nil then
					myHuman.WalkSpeed = 9
					myRoot.footsteps:Stop()
					myRoot.footsteps.PlaybackSpeed = 1
					break
				end
			end
			
		end
		
	end
	myRoot.footsteps:Stop()
end

The game crashes when the player dies.
I tried setting the closestplayer to nil so the entity doesn’t follow me when I die, but it didn’t work.
Can someone help me?

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#2

Once you crash, does it say something related to script exhaustion

#3

Throw a wait in your second while loop, just incase its not exiting as you’re expecting.

#4

No. Nothing in output. It just crashes after I die

#5

Are you sure it’s not your client issue, because only times I crash is when Roblox is having a heart attack or if a script is not properly optimized (aka while true do loops without wait)

#6

Oh yea, you forgot to add a “wait()” and that’s it

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#7

Yes, I forgot the wait() at the second while loop. Thank you!

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#8

Thank you! It worked. I’m so stupid.