:MoveTo() Isn't Working Smoothly And Stops When Part Changed It's Position

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#1

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  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!

I am making monster A.I’s catching or attack system.

  1. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!

I am using :MoveTo() But It Doesn’t Work Smoothly And Stops When Player Changed It’s Position.

JUMPSCARE ALERT IN THIS VIDEO ( Not Much Scary Tho )

local function Attack(target)
	local distance = (humanoidrootpart.Position - target.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude
	
	if target.Humanoid.Health == 0 then return end
	
	if distance > 2 then
		monsterchar.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 24
		
		humanoid:MoveTo(target.PrimaryPart.Position, target.PrimaryPart)
	else
		game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage').Events["JumpScare Events"]["Monster-K Event"]:FireClient(players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(target))
		
		monsterchar.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
		monsterchar.Humanoid.JumpPower = 0
		
		MonsterKAnimationLoad:Play()
		
		target.Humanoid.Health = 0
		
		MonsterKAnimationLoad.Stopped:Wait()
		
		monsterchar.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16
		monsterchar.Humanoid.JumpPower = 50
	end
end
  1. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?

I Tried Setting NetworkOwner nil But I Don’t Think That Is The Problem And Tried Inserting Two Arguments Into :MoveTo().

Before - :MoveTo(target.PrimaryPart.Position).
After - :MoveTo(target.PrimaryPart.Position, target.PrimaryPart).

Thanks For Reading Untill Here! Have A Good Day!

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#2

Setting Ownership is good for physics and stuff like that. It also helps against exploiters. However this looks like a moveTo wait or wait issue. How often you call Attack function? If there is a sec or two it will wait to move again till. Unless moveTo will not fire again after already called. I’m not sure really.

Basically update the targets position more to make the AI move more without stopping, or try using the Pathfinding service.

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#3

It Patrols Every 0.5 Seconds And When It Got The Target It Breaks The Loop.

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#4

So It Is Just The Function Itself. Should I Put The Function In A Loop Or No?

#5

I would put it in a loop. Have u tried wait faster than 0.5? I don’t want the game to lag or anything, but there may be a solution of getting the players position plus speed to basically lock on the player.

Anyways usually fire ever 0.1 sec or lower to follow player for smoother follow.

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#6

The code is like this if i can’t describe perfectly :

local function Attack(target)
	local distance = (humanoidrootpart.Position - target.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude
	
	if target.Humanoid.Health == 0 then return end
	
	if distance > 2 then
		humanoid.WalkSpeed = 24
		
		humanoid:MoveTo(target.PrimaryPart.Position, target.PrimaryPart)
	else
		game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage').Events["JumpScare Events"]["Monster-K Event"]:FireClient(players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(target))
		
		humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
		humanoid.JumpPower = 0
		
		MonsterKAnimationLoad:Play()
		
		target.Humanoid.Health = 0
		
		MonsterKAnimationLoad.Stopped:Wait()
		
		humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16
		humanoid.Humanoid.JumpPower = 50
	end
end

local function MoveTo(destination)
	local path = getPath(destination)
	
	for index, waypoint in pairs(path:GetWaypoints()) do
		local target = getTarget()
		if target then
			Attack(target)
			break
		else
			if humanoid.WalkSpeed == 24 then humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16 end
			
			humanoid:MoveTo(waypoint.Position)
			humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
		end
	end
end

local function patrol()
	local waypoints = game:GetService('Workspace').Monster.Positions:GetChildren()
	local random = math.random(1, #waypoints)

	MoveTo(waypoints[random])
end

while wait(0.5) do	
	patrol()
end
#7

when i do true it just stops every time and comes back and becomes laggier

#8

Interesting. This is code I used for my NPCs It’s bland and basic but it works, and I also use it for hoards of NPCs although it does cause lag at some point. It was ment for a combat experience.

while true do
		local target = module.findNearestPlayer(script.Parent.Parent.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
		if target ~= nil and script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Stun") == nil then
			if (target.Position - script.Parent.Parent.HumanoidRootPart.Position).magnitude < 10 then
				walkAnim:Play()
			end
			hum:MoveTo(target.Position, target)
			walkAnim:Play()
		end
	end

the Find Target:

function module.findNearestPlayer(Position)
	wait(0.3)
	local List = game.Workspace:children()
	local Torso = nil
	local Distance = 25
	local Temp = nil
	local Human = nil
	local Temp2 = nil
	for x = 1, #List do
		Temp2 = List[x]
		if (Temp2.className == "Model") and (Temp2 ~= script.Parent) then
			Temp = Temp2:findFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
			Human = Temp2:findFirstChild("Humanoid")
			if (Temp ~= nil) and (Human ~= nil) and (Human.Health > 0) then
				if (Temp.Position - Position).magnitude < Distance then
					Torso = Temp
					Distance = (Temp.Position - Position).magnitude 
				end
			end
		end
	end
	return Torso
end
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#9

Does It Stops When The Target Changes Position Like Mine? If No I Don’t Know What’s Wrong With My Script.

#10

I just ran to test it and it did not stop or pause at all in-fact It was way faster than me and it could not attack me as the code is old and messed up. even though there is a wait 0.3.

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#11

Yeah… I Don’t Know What’s Wrong With My Script…

#12

let’s look into it. I’ll test it in studio.

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#13

Ok (35 Characters Limit Yeah…)

#14

what is ’ getTarget() 'may I ask?

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#15

It gets the nearest target. if you need the code i can send it.

#16

is it like the code I posted where it getsChildren in workspace?

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#17

it gets players and uses for to loop every nearest player

#18

Anyways appreciate for the help i am gonna do something else because it is late in my timezone.

#19

is it a loop in a loop? that might cause the lag

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#20

oh sorry, for bothering you at such a time. Have a Blessed Night.

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