How do I create an NPC that copies the player's movements but delayed

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#22

I think you should make it a serverscript since the monster’s movement should be visible to all players

#23

Remove the wait(5) before destroying, while testing I see that it just makes it slow and stupid. It will only do the :Destroy() after :MoveTo() is completed anyway

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#24

forgot to explain this but it’s a chase sequence so i kind of have to set it locally

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#25

it works, only one problem is that the npc gets stuck on a thin stair section, and i’m afraid it might fall into the void as well since the map does have a few jumps

#26 
local npc = game.Workspace.Rig
local interval = 0.5
while wait(interval) do
	if interval > 0 then
		interval -= 1
	else
		interval = 0.1
	end
	npc.Humanoid.WalkSpeed += 1
	if npc == nil then break end
	if npc.Humanoid.WalkSpeed < script.Parent.Humanoid.WalkSpeed then
		local part = Instance.new('Part')
		part.Size = Vector3.new(0.1,0.1,0.1)
		part.Position = script.Parent.HumanoidRootPart.Position
		npc.Humanoid:MoveTo(part.Position)
		part:Destroy()
	else
		npc.Humanoid:MoveTo(script.Parent.PrimaryPart.Position)
		script.Parent.PrimaryPart.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
			if hit == npc then
				script.Parent.Humanoid:TakeDamage(100)
			end
		end)
	end
end
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#27

the code spawns blocks more frequently until the monster is faster than the player
then the monster targets the player directly rather than the block
during testing I see that it eventually catches up and touches the player
however the .Touched commnd here is broken. You’ll have to fix it

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#28

i’ll change it so that the npc stays at a constant speed to keep it consistent

#29

oh, i see what you’re trying to do but I want the npc’s speed to be consistent, i can make it kill on touch, all i want is for it to follow behind the player

#30

Are you trying to create an enemy similar to the cosmic clones from Mario?

#31

yeah, thats basically what i’m trying to do

#32

My approach to this was to use run service, store the player’s cframe, and apply those cframes to the npc after a delay.
Since this doesn’t use :moveto() or any physics based method, I anchored every part of the Rig.

local runservice = game:GetService("RunService")
local npc = game.Workspace.Rig
local character = script.Parent

local enemydelay = 2

runservice.Heartbeat:Connect(function(dt)
	for index, child in pairs(npc:GetChildren()) do
		if child:IsA("BasePart") then
			local correspondingPart = character:FindFirstChild(child.Name)
			if correspondingPart then
				task.spawn(function() -- create separate threads so task.wait(enemydelay) doesn't yield everything
					local oldcframe = correspondingPart.CFrame
					task.wait(enemydelay)
					child.CFrame = oldcframe
				end)
			end
		end
	end
end)
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