Help with making pathfinding smoother?

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#1 
function GoToPoint()
	local torso = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Torso.Position
local endpoint = script.Parent.Value
local hum = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Humanoid
local path = game:GetService("PathfindingService"):FindPathAsync(torso,endpoint)
local points = path:GetWaypoints()

if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
	for i,v in pairs(points) do
		hum:MoveTo(v.Position)
		hum.MoveToFinished:wait()
		if v.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
			hum.Jump = true
		end
	end
end
end




script.Parent.Changed:Connect(function()
	if script.Parent.Value ~= Vector3.new(0,0,0) then
		GoToPoint()
	end
end)

this pathfinding script works very well except I noticed something annoying.
the NPC using this tended to constantly slow down and speed up making its movement look laggy. I didn’t realize its because with the pathfinding it slows down when it reaches a waypoint before going to the next. is there something I can do to make movement smoother? perhaps change how far apart waypoints are?

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#2

I tried your script and I didn’t see anything wrong, it seemed to go at a consistent speed. Could you provide a video of whats going on? Do you have a lot of other humanoids in your game? That could be why it seems laggy. Do you any other scripts that are taking a lot of computing power that could be slowing things down? Try looking at the Script Performance tab while your game is running and see how much each script is using

#3

is there a way for me to upload a video without the dev forum saying its too big?

#4

don’t make the video as long, I only need to see the part when its lagging

#5

so I found a solution to the problem which would have not been considered should my game have been different. I lowered the mass of the NPC as well as remove all friction and this seemed to have fixed the stopping/moving. and because the game is space themed this behavior is desired. I also discovered that my method for FindPathAsync() is depreciated and I have corrected the problem by using FindPath(). what should I do at this point in terms of marking a solution?

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#6

mark your most recent post as the solution since you found it and reported it

#7

Try setting network ownership of the rootpart to nil, low mass humanoids might cause a bigger headache down the line.

#8

Also, MoveToFinished has a weird yield so I’d suggest checking Magnitude instead. Usually that’s the cause of stuttering in pathfinding.