How to get position of Player and make the entities spawn near the player

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#1

I’m trying to achieve where the entities will spawn near the player but far enough where the players can’t see.

function module:GetPlayersLocation()
	
	local Table = {}
	
	for _, Player in Players:GetPlayers() do
		
		if (not Player and Player.Character) then
			Player.CharacterAppearanceLoaded:Wait()
		end
		
		table.insert(Table, Player.Character:GetPivot())
		
	end
	
	return Table
	
end

function module:AddEntities(Entities, SizeTable, CanSpawnNearPlayer)

	if Spawned[Entities] == true then
		return
	end
	
	Spawned[Entities] = true
	
	if typeof(Entities) ~= "table" then
		error("Provide a table please!")
		return
	end
	
	if CanSpawnNearPlayer == true then
		
		local P_ = module:GetPlayersLocation()
		
		for i = 1, Entities.Count do

			local Randomize : Model = Entities.Table[math.random(1, #Entities.Table)]:Clone()

			Randomize.Parent = Entities.Parent

			Randomize:PivotTo(CFrame.new(
				math.random(-P_[i].Position.X * 2, P_[i].Position.X * 2), 
				workspace.Terrain.Size.Y + 125, 
				math.random(-P_[i].Position.Z * 2, P_[i].Position.Z * 2)
				)
			)

			if typeof(SizeTable) == "table" and SizeTable ~= nil then

				if math.random() * 100 <= SizeTable.Chance then

					Randomize:ScaleTo(SizeTable[1])

				else

					Randomize:ScaleTo(SizeTable[2])

				end

			end

			task.wait(.05)

		end
		
	else
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#2

maybe try spawning an invisible part and checking if the player can see it, and if not, you can spawn the entity
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