How to create a ball that tracks the nearest player and follows them around

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#1

i want to know how to create a ball that followes the nearest player. But personally I have no idea how to start.

I know it has to do with receiving the humanoid of a player ingame and going to the position they are, but how would this be scripted if the ball has no humanoid with their own walkingpeed to reach the player?

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Anyhow thanks for reading and have a nice day!

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#2

Hopefully this helps:

Made a file of the model so that you can download it without any hassle…
ModelPartThatFollows.rbxm (5.7 KB)

To implement the model into your game, you click on insert from file:

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What it all looks like:

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Code:

local runService = game:GetService("RunService")
local players = game:GetService("Players")

local humanoid = script.Parent
local root = humanoid.Parent.PrimaryPart

local targetDistance = math.huge -- follow distance.. (math.huge = an infinite number, you could make it 20 or something..)
local stopDistance = 10 -- stopping distance..

function FindNearestPlayer()
	local nearestPlayer = nil
	local distance = nil
	local direction = nil
	--
	for _, player in pairs(players:GetChildren()) do
		local character = player.Character
		if character then
			local distanceVector = (player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position - root.Position)
			if not nearestPlayer then
				nearestPlayer = player
				distance = distanceVector.Magnitude
				direction = distanceVector.Unit
			elseif distanceVector.Magnitude < distance then
				nearestPlayer = player
				distance = distanceVector.Magnitude
				direction = distanceVector.Unit
			end	
		end
	end
	--
	return nearestPlayer, distance, direction
end

runService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	local nearestPlayer, distance, direction = FindNearestPlayer()
	--
	if nearestPlayer then
		if distance <= targetDistance and distance >= stopDistance then
			humanoid:Move(direction)
		else
			humanoid:Move(Vector3.new())
		end
	end
end)
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#3

I appricate it alot but is there a way to do this without humanoid? You know with a ball chasing you around if you are the nearest player?

I’m sorry if my explanation was a bit confusing and I thank you alot to think with me along and even help me. It means alot!

Edit:
I found something related to this using BodyForce but it seems to be Deprecated. Even with it I would not know how to use it toward the goal I wish to reach.

#4

You could use linear velocity and use CFrame.lookAt to constantly look at the player while the velocity pushes it forward (assuming part is unanchored)

If it’s anchored maybe just a loop of CFrame.new(part.Position, targetHRP.Position) * CFrame.new(0,0,1)

Typed on my phone*