How to tween an NPC?

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#1

How would i tween an NPC? I’ve tried changing the position of the HumanoidRootPart, but it only moves that

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#2

Thats because you can only move the NPC through the HumanoidRootPart by changing it’s CFrame

(Or NPC:SetPrimaryPartCFrame() ofc)

#3

you should use use model:MoveTo() on NPC

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#4

You can use

NPC.Humanoid:MoveTo(-- Example: game.Workspace.Part.Position)

or you can use pathfinding service

#5

MoveTo uses animations and walkspeed, wayyy better then tweening

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#6

As the above posts say, you should use MoveTo on the NPC’s Humanoid. Make sure all the parts inside the NPC have had SetNetworkOwner used and put them to nil (to set the server as the owner).

I use this method to manage my new game’s workers. See the video below. Additionally, I’ve attached my Walker class that I use to pathfind my NPCs.

local pathfindingService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")

local Walker = {}
Walker.__index = Walker

function Walker.new()
	local self = setmetatable({}, Walker)

	return self
end

function Walker:pathfindTo(startPosition, endPosition, humanoid)
	local agentParameters = {
		AgentRadius = 2.5;
		AgentHeight = 5;
		AgentWalkableClimb = 2;
		AgentCollisionGroupName = "NPC";
		CollectionWeights = {};
		MaterialWeights = { Water = math.huge };
		AgentCanJump = false;
	}
	local path = pathfindingService:CreatePath(agentParameters)
	path:ComputeAsync(startPosition, endPosition)
	if (path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success) then
		local waypoints = path:GetWaypoints()
		for _, pathwayPoint in pairs(waypoints) do
			self:loopWalkToPosition(humanoid, pathwayPoint.Position, 0)
		end
	else
		print("Error finding path")
		print(path.Status)
	end
end

function Walker:loopWalkToPosition(humanoid, point, maxRetries)
	local targetReached = false
	local connection = nil
	connection = humanoid.MoveToFinished:Connect(function()
		targetReached = true
		if (connection) then
			connection:Disconnect()
			connection = nil
		end
	end)
	
	humanoid:MoveTo(point)
	
	coroutine.wrap(function()
		while not targetReached do
			humanoid:MoveTo(point)
			wait(6)
		end
		if (connection) then
			connection:Disconnect()
			connection = nil
		end
	end)()
	
	repeat wait() until targetReached
end

return Walker

You would use it like so

local walker = Walker.new()
local humanoid = npc.Humanoid
walker:pathfindTo(Vector3.new(), Vector3.new(5,10,5), humanoid)
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