I’m trying to make a cage that can be spawned by the players in the game, the cage will then update its position so that after it traps a player, it blacklists the player who was trapped so that it can go target another player.
I’ve tried making something like this already, but a lot of times it would either overload the script for become extremely laggy…
So how do you think I should go about doing this?
I dont understand exactly what you mean by this.
i think she wants us to make a script where when player touched the cage the player gets teleported inside it. and then the player get blacklisted so when he touched the cage again it does not register or teleports him back again. also, the cage should randomly teleport .
Ok so basically:
A Cage is spawned into the map (I’ve already got this over with)
The cage uses Region3’s to find players in its radius
After that, it uses table.sort to sort the closes position so that it can chase after the player closest to it.
After it catches the player, that player is blacklisted, and then it goes on to chase other players.
I’ve already got a script down (kind of) but It keeps getting this error.
-- Declare variables for the player and the object that will follow them
local PrimaryPart = script.Parent
local following = false
local followZone = Region3.new(PrimaryPart.Position - Vector3.new(125, 1, 125), PrimaryPart.Position + Vector3.new(125, 100, 125))
local partsInFollowZone = {} -- Parts in the region3
local currentlyCaptured = {} -- the table that blacklists players who've already been captured
-- Create a function that will move the PrimaryPart to a position behind the player's character every frame
function followPlayer(player)
local playerPosition = player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position
repeat
if playerPosition.X > PrimaryPart.Position.X then
PrimaryPart.Position += Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
elseif playerPosition.X < PrimaryPart.Position.X then
PrimaryPart.Position -= Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
end
if playerPosition.Y > PrimaryPart.Position.Y then
PrimaryPart.Position += Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
elseif playerPosition.Y < PrimaryPart.Position.Y then
PrimaryPart.Position -= Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
end
if playerPosition.Z > PrimaryPart.Position.Z then
PrimaryPart.Position += Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
elseif playerPosition.Z < PrimaryPart.Position.Z then
PrimaryPart.Position -= Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
end
task.wait(.5)
until PrimaryPart.Position == playerPosition
end
-- Run the followPlayer function every frame
game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
if following == false then
for i, v in pairs(workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(followZone.CFrame, followZone.Size)) do
if v.Parent == game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(v.Parent) then
table.insert(partsInFollowZone, v)
table.sort(partsInFollowZone, function(a, b)
return a > b
end)
end
end
following = true
followPlayer(partsInFollowZone[1].Parent)
end
end)
Workspace.Part.Script:51: attempt to index nil with 'Parent'
GetPartBoundsInBox is a very slow way to check for the nearest player. You should check each character from the children of the Players service instead.
Ok so I’ve updated my code like this, the part now moves and goes to the player but the issue is even though the player was added into the table of people who were captured, the part still keeps following the player…
-- Declare variables for the player and the object that will follow them
local PrimaryPart = script.Parent
local following = false
local followZone = Region3.new(PrimaryPart.Position - Vector3.new(125, 1, 125), PrimaryPart.Position + Vector3.new(125, 100, 125))
local partsInFollowZone = {} -- Parts in the region3
local currentlyCaptured = {} -- the table that blacklists players who've already been captured
-- Create a function that will move the PrimaryPart to a position behind the player's character every frame
function touched(hit)
local player = hit.Parent
table.insert(currentlyCaptured, player)
end
function followPlayer(player)
local playerPosition = player.PrimaryPart.Position
repeat
print(currentlyCaptured)
playerPosition = player.PrimaryPart.Position
if playerPosition.X > PrimaryPart.Position.X then
PrimaryPart.Position += Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
elseif playerPosition.X < PrimaryPart.Position.X then
PrimaryPart.Position -= Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
end
if playerPosition.Y > PrimaryPart.Position.Y then
PrimaryPart.Position += Vector3.new(0, 1, 0)
elseif playerPosition.Y < PrimaryPart.Position.Y then
PrimaryPart.Position -= Vector3.new(0, 1, 0)
end
if playerPosition.Z > PrimaryPart.Position.Z then
PrimaryPart.Position += Vector3.new(0, 0, 1)
elseif playerPosition.Z < PrimaryPart.Position.Z then
PrimaryPart.Position -= Vector3.new(0, 0, 1)
end
task.wait(.025)
until currentlyCaptured[player]
following = false
end
-- Run the followPlayer function every frame
game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
task.wait(2)
if following == false then
for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if not currentlyCaptured[v] then
table.insert(partsInFollowZone, v.Character)
table.sort(partsInFollowZone, function(a, b)
return a.PrimaryPart.Position > b.PrimaryPart.Position
end)
end
end
print(partsInFollowZone)
print(partsInFollowZone[1])
following = true
followPlayer(partsInFollowZone[1])
end
end)
PrimaryPart.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
if game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) then
touched(hit)
end
end)
table.insert(currentlyCaptured, player) --Puts character in list
...
for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if not currentlyCaptured[v] then --Checks for player in dictionary
table.insert(partsInFollowZone, v.Character)
You are putting the character in the table with a numbered index, such as [1] = Character. But you’re checking as if you’ve put it in like a dictionary. Change the line with table.insert to this:
currentlyCaptured[player] = true --Can be any value except nil, since we only check for this key, not its value.
-- Declare variables for the player and the object that will follow them
local PrimaryPart = script.Parent
local following = false
local followZone = Region3.new(PrimaryPart.Position - Vector3.new(125, 1, 125), PrimaryPart.Position + Vector3.new(125, 100, 125))
local partsInFollowZone = {} -- Parts in the region3
local currentlyCaptured = {} -- the table that blacklists players who've already been captured
-- Create a function that will move the PrimaryPart to a position behind the player's character every frame
function touched(hit)
local player = hit.Parent
if not currentlyCaptured[player] then
currentlyCaptured[player] = true
end
end
function followPlayer(player)
local playerPosition = player.PrimaryPart.Position
repeat
print(currentlyCaptured)
playerPosition = player.PrimaryPart.Position
if playerPosition.X > PrimaryPart.Position.X then
PrimaryPart.Position += Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
elseif playerPosition.X < PrimaryPart.Position.X then
PrimaryPart.Position -= Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
end
if playerPosition.Y > PrimaryPart.Position.Y then
PrimaryPart.Position += Vector3.new(0, 1, 0)
elseif playerPosition.Y < PrimaryPart.Position.Y then
PrimaryPart.Position -= Vector3.new(0, 1, 0)
end
if playerPosition.Z > PrimaryPart.Position.Z then
PrimaryPart.Position += Vector3.new(0, 0, 1)
elseif playerPosition.Z < PrimaryPart.Position.Z then
PrimaryPart.Position -= Vector3.new(0, 0, 1)
end
task.wait(.025)
until currentlyCaptured[player] == true
following = false
end
-- Run the followPlayer function every frame
game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
task.wait(2)
if following == false then
for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if not currentlyCaptured[v] then
table.insert(partsInFollowZone, v.Character)
table.sort(partsInFollowZone, function(a, b)
return a.PrimaryPart.Position > b.PrimaryPart.Position
end)
end
end
print(partsInFollowZone)
print(partsInFollowZone[1])
following = true
followPlayer(partsInFollowZone[1])
end
end)
PrimaryPart.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
if game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) then
touched(hit)
end
end)
It seems like it’s stopped, although this error keeps exploding the output and I have no idea why.
14:45:59.228 Workspace.Part.Script:61: attempt to compare Vector3 < Vector3 - Server - Script:61
14:45:59.228 Stack Begin - Studio
14:45:59.228 Script 'Workspace.Part.Script', Line 61 - Studio - Script:61
14:45:59.228 Script 'Workspace.Part.Script', Line 60 - Studio - Script:60
14:45:59.228 Stack End - Studio
And this also keeps happening to the captured players where my player is added multiple times causing lag
