How would I make this?

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#1

Hello, I’m making a zombie waves system but Im confused about what to do next. How the zombies spawn, is by 15 parts organized in the line. If there are less then 15 of a type of zombie spawning, I want them to spawn as close to the center as possible. But if there are more than 15 zombies, then I want a full line to spawn, and repeat until all the zombies are spawned. I already organized the table that has the closest ones in it, but now I need to implement the availability and I have no idea how to do that.

If needed here’s the script:

local distances = {}
for i,zombieSpawnPosition in pairs(possibleZombieSpawnPositions:GetChildren()) do
    local distanceValue = Instance.new("NumberValue",zombieSpawnPosition)
	distanceValue.Value = (centerZombieSpawnPosition - zombieSpawnPosition).Magnitude
	distanceValue.Name = "Distance"
	
	local availabilityValue = Instance.new("BoolValue",zombieSpawnPosition)
	availabilityValue.Value = true
	
	table.insert(distances,{zombieSpawnPosition,distanceValue.Value,availabilityValue})
end
for i,zombieSpawnPosition in pairs(possibleZombieSpawnPositions:GetChildren()) do
	table.sort(distances,function(a,b)
		return a[2] < b[2]
	end)
	print(table.unpack(distances))
end
if zombies <= 15 then
	
else
	for index4,spawnLine in pairs() do
		
	end
end

Thanks for the help!

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#2

Any help possible is appreciated.

#3

Wdym by this? As a sphere or a line?

#4

In the line of 15 possible spawn parts. I made this in the script right here:

for i,zombieSpawnPosition in pairs(possibleZombieSpawnPositions:GetChildren()) do
    local distanceValue = Instance.new("NumberValue",zombieSpawnPosition)
	distanceValue.Value = (centerZombieSpawnPosition - zombieSpawnPosition).Magnitude
	distanceValue.Name = "Distance"
	
	local availabilityValue = Instance.new("BoolValue",zombieSpawnPosition)
	availabilityValue.Value = true
	
	table.insert(distances,{zombieSpawnPosition,distanceValue.Value,availabilityValue})
end
#5

I don’t get this part (prolly cuz im being an idiot), what are you trying to achieve?

#6

When a zombie spawns on a spawn part, its availability will become false, which means that another zombie can’t spawn there until set back to true

#7

So just check if that value is true while positioning the zombies

#8

Yeah but then how do I turn off the availability when they spawn

#9

Well, assuming that you loop over each zombiePosition to spawn the zombies, just set the availabilityValue to false either through the table or by indexing the child of the spawn position

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#10

Something like this?

for i,zombieSpawnInfo in pairs(distances) do
	local zombie = replicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Zombies"):WaitForChild("NormalZombie"):Clone()
	zombie.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = zombieSpawnInfo[1][zombieSpawnInfo[#zombieSpawnInfo]]
	zombieSpawnInfo[3].Value = false
end

Honestly I have no idea what this for loop is

#11 
for _, zombieSpawnInfo in distances do
	local zombie = replicatedStorage.Zombies.NormalZombie:Clone()
	zombie:PivotTo(CFrame.new(zombieSpawnInfo[1])]
	zombieSpawnInfo[3].Value = false
end
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#12

I’m sorry but something is not working and I don’t know what it is

while wavesStarted == true do		
	local waveInfo = workspace:WaitForChild("WaveInfo")
	local currentWaveZombies = waveInfo:WaitForChild("Wave"..wave.."Zombies")
	
	updateClientIntermissionText.Value = "Spawning zombies"
	local centerZombieSpawnPosition = possibleZombieSpawnPositions:WaitForChild("CenterZombieSpawnPosition")
	for i,zombieType in pairs(currentWaveZombies:GetChildren()) do
		local zombies = zombieType.Value
		if zombieType.Name == "NormalZombies" then
			for index2 = zombies,1,-1 do
				local distances = {}
				for i,zombieSpawnPosition in pairs(possibleZombieSpawnPositions:GetChildren()) do
					local distanceValue = Instance.new("NumberValue",zombieSpawnPosition)
					distanceValue.Value = (centerZombieSpawnPosition - zombieSpawnPosition).Magnitude
					distanceValue.Name = "Distance"
					
					local availabilityValue = Instance.new("BoolValue",zombieSpawnPosition)
					availabilityValue.Value = true
					
					table.insert(distances,{zombieSpawnPosition,distanceValue.Value,availabilityValue})
				end
				for i,zombieSpawnPosition in pairs(possibleZombieSpawnPositions:GetChildren()) do
					table.sort(distances,function(a,b)
						return a[2] < b[2]
					end)
					print(table.unpack(distances))
				end
				if zombies <= 15 then
					for i,zombieSpawnInfo in pairs(distances) do
						if zombieSpawnInfo[3].Value == true then
							local zombie = replicatedStorage.Zombies.NormalZombie:Clone()
							zombie.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = zombieSpawnInfo[1].CFrame
							zombieSpawnInfo[3].Value = false
						end
					end
				else
					for index4,spawnLine in pairs() do
						
					end
				end
			end 
		elseif zombies.Name == "SpeedZombies" then
		elseif zombies.Name == "SlowZombies" then
		elseif zombies.Name == "MiniBossZombies" then
		end
	end
	
	for i = waveLength,1,-1 do
		for index2,player in pairs(players) do
			if player then
				character = player.Character
				if character then
					if not character:FindFirstChild("GameTag") then
						table.remove(players,index2)
					end
				end
			else
				table.remove(players,index2)
			end
		end
		updateClientIntermissionText.Value = "Wave "..wave..": "..i.." seconds left"
		
		if #zombiesFolder:GetChildren() == 0 then
			updateClientIntermissionText.Value = "Wave "..wave.." completed"
			break
		end
	end
	if #zombiesFolder:GetChildren() ~= 0 then
		updateClientIntermissionText.Value = "Starting next wave"
		wait(3)
	end
	wave = wave + 1
end

Just ask if you need anything

#13

Does this prioritize the closest spawn part to the center?

#14

What do I put inside the if and for loop at the end?

#15

It is unnecessary to run the table.sort function inside a loop

Yes, as you sort the table to have the closest distances first

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