How to get nearest players of the npc

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i am trying to achieve:
look for nearest players of the npc and make that npc follow that player

i have no clue on how to do this some help would be appreciated thanks

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Try making a script in the NPC. The NPC would have to have a pathfinding thing.

There is a video on this:

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does this work for r15 too bc this is r6 unless it uses humanoid root part for distancing

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You can use magnitude to get the distance between two points that help determine the player’s proximity. Once the closest player is found, you can use MoveTo to have the Npc follow then. It’s advised to have your MoveTo under a loop, so the player is always checked.

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here i made the code but now i get an error here is the error

18:42:44.571 - Argument 2 missing or nil
18:42:44.573 - Stack Begin
18:42:44.577 - Script 'Workspace.MobHolder.StartingZone.Villager.Distance', Line 49
18:42:44.579 - Stack End

code

-- this will make the mob follow the player nearby i'd say by 35 centimeters

-- // services \\ --
local PathfindingService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

-- functions
function DetectPlayer(NPCPos)
	-- only players allowed
	local List = workspace:GetChildren()
	
	-- conifig
	local Distance = 50
	local Torso = nil
	local temp = nil
	local Human = nil
	local temp2 = nil
	
	for num = 1, #List do
		-- ok check distance if less then 51
		temp2 = List[num]
		if (temp2:IsA("Model")) and (temp2 ~= script.Parent) then
			temp = temp2:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
			Human = temp2:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
			
			-- distance then follow
			if (temp ~= nil) and (Human ~= nil) and (Human.Health > 0) then
				if (temp.Position - NPCPos).Magnitude < Distance + 1 then
					Torso = temp
					Distance = (temp.Position - NPCPos).Magnitude
				end
			end
		end
	end
	
	-- give it back
	return Torso
end

RunService.Stepped:Connect(function()
	local NearestPlayer = DetectPlayer(script.Parent.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
	
	-- humanoid
	local Humanoid = script.Parent.Humanoid
	
	if NearestPlayer ~= nil then
		-- Advanced AI
		local path = PathfindingService:CreatePath()
		path:ComputeAsync(script.Parent.HumanoidRootPart.Position - NearestPlayer.Position)
		for _, Waypoints in pairs(path:GetWaypoints()) do
			Humanoid:MoveTo(Waypoints.Position)
			-- if its jump then
			if Waypoints.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
				script.Parent.Humanoid.Jump = true
			end
			
			-- then wait until he is finished
			Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
		end
	end
end)
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it basically returns the position given of the near player hrp then move the npc there

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i fixed it and dont mind i made a symbol mistake

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Oh you fixed the symbol, great job! :slight_smile:

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Your method is not very feasible. Since you’re getting “HumanoidRootPart” and “Humanoid” from every model in workspace, what happens if your script gets other models that are not the player’s character model and don’t have those properties, wouldn’t it error?

It’s more convenient to loop through all the players, and get the HRP from their character.

for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do 
    local character = v.character
      if character then
       local humanoid = character.Humanoid
       local hrp = character.HumanoidRootPart
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I think that coding will work.

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i could just do this check

if game.Players:FindFirstChild(NearestPlayer.Parent.Name) then
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Oh okay @FerbZides you can. :slight_smile:

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