Help with detecting AI

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#1

Hello. I’m currently making a system where items drop from all players when they die.
I’m also adding AI so players can fight them. I ran into a problem though. How would I detect if a AI spawned. This only works for players and not the AI.

Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:connect(function(character)
		local rootPart	= character.HumanoidRootPart
		local humanoid	= character.Humanoid
		local items		= character.Items
		local ammo		= character.Ammo

		humanoid.Died:connect(function()
			DropEverything(character)
		end)
	end)

	player.CharacterRemoving:connect(function(character)
		local rootPart	= character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
		local humanoid	= character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
		local items		= character:FindFirstChild("Items")
		local ammo		= character:FindFirstChild("Ammo")

		if humanoid and humanoid.Health > 0 then
			DropEverything(character)
		end
	end)
end)
#2

Instead of using CharacterRemoving, use Humanoid.Died to detect when the character dies; this should work on both players and non players.

#3

Yes, but how would I grab the humanoid from the AI? I use player.CharacterAdded to grab it from players.

#4

I do not think there is something similar with player.CharactedAdded for NPCs but why don’t you use something like this:

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

Or something like this if you are refering to more than one:

for i,v in ipairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
		local human = v:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
               -- etc
end
#5

What would the “v” be? I’m not sure what you mean.

#6

The v is the part that is currently being looped!

what you would probably want to do is store all of the AI’s in a folder in the workspace and then loop through the folder like this:

for i, v in pairs(game.Workspace.AIs:GetChildren()) do
    local human = v:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
    human.Died:Connect(function()
        -- Do stuff
    end)
end
#7

Instead of looping through all the workspace, you could add every time you create a new AI to CollectionService Roblox offers using CollectionService:AddTag and listen for when a new AI is added CollectionService:GetInstanceAddedSignal

Here a simple example:
Script 1:

local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")

--Code to add AI
local AIModel = Model
CollectionService:AddTag("Enemies", AIModel)

Script 2:

local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")

CollectionService:GetInstanceAddedSignal("Enemies"):Connect(function(model)
    --Do whatever you want here
end)
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#8

You could use something like:

Workspace.DescendantAdded:Connect(function(descendant)
    if descendant.Name == "aiName" then
      print("AI character added!")
      local character = descendant
   end
end)
#9

When you run the function to spawn the AI, insert the properties you need from it into a global table, and when iterating over the table just Instance.Parent to the AI!

#10

You can loop through a folder of NPCs and do

child:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

To check if humanoids exist in the npc