Monster NPC not jumping upto Player

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#1

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  1. What do you want to achieve?
    I would like the npc to be able to jump up and attack the found player

  2. What is the issue?

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    The npc is not jumping up to attack the player and i think i need help with triggering the changestate earlier

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    Yes, I have looked up many solutions and they all pretty much say to add the changestate into the waypoint loop which i have done.
    I also checked autojump is enabled, change jump height for the npc, turned on/off jump power.
    Moved the changestate up and down the waypoint loop and even tried moving it to different locations in the script

--Services
local pathfindingService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")

--Remote Events
local JumpscareEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent.JumpscareEvent

--Varibles
local Anim = Instance.new("Animation") Anim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://9249753812" 
local AttackAnim = Instance.new("Animation") AttackAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://9366469168"
local Chase = game.Workspace.Monsters.JohnFilingRoomChase.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Anim) 
local Kill = game.Workspace.Monsters.JohnFilingRoomChase.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(AttackAnim) 
local Monster = game.Workspace.Monsters.JohnFilingRoomChase.Humanoid
local MonsterBody = game.workspace.Monsters.JohnFilingRoomChase.HumanoidRootPart
local RootPart = game.Workspace.Monsters.JohnFilingRoomChase:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") or script.Parent:FindFirstChild("UpperTorso")
local Primarypart = game.Workspace.Monsters.JohnFilingRoomChase
local Footsteps = game.Workspace.Monsters.JohnFilingRoomChase.LowerTorso.FootStomps

--Start Moving Condition
repeat wait() until game.Workspace.Scripts.Objective:FindFirstChild("InformationFoundTrigger") == nil
Primarypart.PrimaryPart:SetNetworkOwner(nil) 
Footsteps:Play()

--Functions
local function canSeeTarget(target)
	local origin = MonsterBody.Position
	local direction = (target.HumanoidRootPart.Position - MonsterBody.Position).unit * 40
	local ray = Ray.new(origin, direction)
	
	local hit, pos = workspace:FindPartOnRay(ray, Monster)
	if hit then
		if hit:IsDescendantOf(target) then
			return true
		end
	else
		return false
	end
end

local function findTarget()
	local players = game.Players:GetPlayers()
	local maxDistance = 90
	local nearestTarget = nil

	for index, player in pairs(players) do
		if player.Character then
			local target = player.Character
			local distance = (MonsterBody.Position - target.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude

			if distance < maxDistance and canSeeTarget(target) then
				nearestTarget = target
				maxDistance = distance
			end
		end
	end
	return nearestTarget
end

local function attack(target)
	local distance = (MonsterBody.Position - target.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
	local Player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(target)
	
	if distance > 8 then
		Monster:MoveTo(target.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
		Monster.MoveToFinished:Wait()
		else
		if distance <= 8 then
			Monster:MoveTo(target.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
			target.Humanoid.Health = 0
			Kill:Play()
			Kill:AdjustSpeed(3)
			JumpscareEvent:FireClient(Player)
			wait(1.5)
		end
	end
end

local function getPath(goal)
	local pathParams = {
		["AgentHeight"] = 9,
		["AgentRadius"] = 12,
		["AgentCanJump"] = true}
	
	local path = pathfindingService:CreatePath()
	path:ComputeAsync(RootPart.Position, goal.Position)

	return path
end

local function walkTo(goal)
	local path = getPath(goal)

	if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then

		for index, waypoint in pairs(path:GetWaypoints()) do
			
			if waypoint.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
				Monster:ChangeState(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Jumping)
			end
			
			local target = findTarget()
			if target and target.Humanoid.Health > 0 then
				print("Target Found",target.Name)
				attack(target)
				break
			else
				print("Moving To",waypoint.Position)
				Monster:MoveTo(waypoint.Position)
				Monster.MoveToFinished:Wait()
			end
		end
		else
		Monster:MoveTo(goal.Position - (MonsterBody.CFrame.LookVector * 10))
	end
end	  

local function patrol()
	local waypoints = workspace.Scripts.Monster.FilingRoomWaypoints:GetChildren()
	local randomNum = math.random(1, #waypoints)
	walkTo(waypoints[randomNum])
end

while wait(0.3) do  
	patrol()
end

Chase:Play() -- This is a movement Animation Type
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#2

I managed to figure out how to make it jump earlier but now because the IF statement is true when within the distance check the npc monster keeps jumping.

I cleaned up the script a little bit but does anyone know how to fix the ChangeState part?

autojump is disabled incase you’re wondering

local function attack(target)
	local distance = (MonsterBody.Position - target.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
	local Player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(target)
	
	if distance > 8 then
		Monster:MoveTo(target.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
		wait(1.2)
		Monster:ChangeState(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Jumping)
	else
		target.Humanoid.Health = 0
		Kill:Play()
		Kill:AdjustSpeed(3)
		JumpscareEvent:FireClient(Player)
	end
end
#3

I think it should be something simple, something I’m not thinking about or seeing.
Perhaps something along the lines of this?

		if target.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Y > 6 then
			Monster:ChangeState(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Jumping)	
		end
#4

I would replace those lines with something like this:

Monster.Jump = true
#5

I can confirm both

Monster.Jump = true

and

Monster:ChangeState(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Jumping)

make the npc monster jump however I believe the issue is with either the findtarget section or attack section

I just need the npc to check if the target is up on something and the target distance is close then jump