Hello, developers. I have made a script that gets the nearest player to the scp, and it makes the scp follow the player. However, if the script finds out another player in the same distance for it to see the player, it will follow the player further from it if the player joined the game after the original player.
It’s confusing, I know. If anyone could help I’d be super happy.
-- Paths
local SCPS = workspace:FindFirstChild("SCPS")
local ControllableSCPS = SCPS:FindFirstChild("ControllableSCPS")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ModuleScripts = ReplicatedStorage:FindFirstChild("ModuleScripts")
local SCPStatistics = require(ModuleScripts:FindFirstChild("SCPStatistics"))
local SCPGlobal = SCPStatistics.Global
-- Variables
local Dist
local Debounce = false
-- Functions
function findNearestTorso(pos, scp)
if scp ~= nil then
local List = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()
local Dist = scp:FindFirstChild("SCPData"):FindFirstChild("DistValue")
local Torso = nil
local Temp = nil
local Temp2 = nil
local Human = nil
if #List > 0 then
for i,v in pairs(List) do
Temp2 = v.Character
if Temp2 ~= nil then
Temp = Temp2:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") or Temp2:FindFirstChild("Torso")
Human = Temp2:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if (Temp ~= nil) and (Human ~= nil) and (Human.Health > 0) then
if (Temp.Position - pos).magnitude <= Dist.Value then
Torso = Temp
-- Dist = (Temp.Position - pos).magnitude
end
end
end
end
end
return Torso
end
return nil
end
-- Loop
while true do
wait(SCPGlobal.LoopTime)
for _,v in pairs(ControllableSCPS:GetChildren()) do
local Torso = v:FindFirstChild("Torso") or v:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
if Torso then
local Humanoid = v:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
local Target = findNearestTorso(Torso.Position, v)
if Target ~= nil then
Humanoid:MoveTo(Target.Position, Target)
end
end
end
end
function findNearestTorso(pos, scp)
if scp ~= nil then
local Dist = scp:FindFirstChild("SCPData"):FindFirstChild("DistValue")
if #game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers() > 0 then -- is this really necessary?
for _,v in game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers() do
local Character = v.Character
if Character and Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") and Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid").Health > 0 then
if (Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position - pos).Magnitude <= Dist.Value then
return Character.HumanoidRootPart
end
end
end
end
end
return nil
end
-- Loop
while true do
task.wait(SCPGlobal.LoopTime)
for _,v in ControllableSCPS:GetChildren() do
local Torso = v:FindFirstChild("Torso") or v:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
if Torso then
local Humanoid = v:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
local Target = findNearestTorso(Torso.Position, v)
if Target ~= nil then
Humanoid:MoveTo(Target.Position, Target)
end
end
end
end
How about tagging each player with a number when they join.
Then you can check if the nearby player has a larger number.
Something like:
local currentCount = game.ServerScriptService.JoinCounter -- create a NumberValue
local function OnPlayerAdded(Player)
local playerNumber = Instance.new("NumberValue")
playerNumber.Parent = Player
playerNumber.Value = currentCount.Value + 1 -- tag player with current count
currentCount.Value = currentCount.Value + 1 -- update counter on server
end
Seems to me the findNearestTorso doesn’t actually find the nearest torso, but only whichever torso is near enough. Try this instead:
function findNearestTorso(pos, scp)
if scp ~= nil then
local List = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()
local Dist = scp:FindFirstChild("SCPData"):FindFirstChild("DistValue")
local Torso = nil
local Temp = nil
local Temp2 = nil
local Human = nil
local playerDists = {}
local playerTorsos = {}
if #List > 0 then
for i,v in pairs(List) do
Temp2 = v.Character
if Temp2 ~= nil then
Temp = Temp2:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") or Temp2:FindFirstChild("Torso")
Human = Temp2:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if (Temp ~= nil) and (Human ~= nil) and (Human.Health > 0) then
if (Temp.Position - pos).magnitude <= Dist.Value then
local distBetween = (Temp.Position - pos).magnitude
playerTorsos[distBetween] = Temp
table.insert(playerDists, (distBetween))
end
end
end
end
end
table.sort(playerDists)
local nearestDist = playerDists[#playerDists]
return playerTorsos[nearestDist]
end
end
Let me show you a clip of it happening so that you can understand my problem I’m having.
You can clearly see it keeps switching the target, even though one player is obviously closer to the scps than the other.
