MoveToFinished:Wait() causing stutter

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#1

Hey everyone!

I’m using a single script to control multiple enemies. The pathfinding MoveToFinished plays the idle animation when calculating the next waypoint position for the zombie. It causes a slight stutter in the animation. Is there any workarounds for this?

I’ve tried different approaches (i.e, calculating the magnitude) but they lose the pathfinding and easily get confused/stuck.

Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Best, Water

function pathToTarget(zombie)
	local path = game:GetService("PathfindingService"):CreatePath()
	path:ComputeAsync(zombie.root.Position,zombie.target.Position)
	local waypoints = path:GetWaypoints()
	local currentTarget = zombie.target

	local distance 
	--print(waypoints)
	for i, v in pairs(waypoints) do

		if v.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
			zombie.human.Jump = true
		else
			zombie.human:MoveTo(v.Position)

			zombie.human.MoveToFinished:Wait()


			if not zombie.target then
				print("no zombie.target")

				break
			elseif checkDist(currentTarget,waypoints[#waypoints]) > 10 or currentTarget ~= zombie.target and zombie.target:FindFirstChild("Playing") then
				pathToTarget(zombie)

				print("pathToTarget")
			
				if v.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
					zombie.human.Jump = true
					zombie.human:MoveTo(zombie.target.Position)
				end

				break
			end
		end
	end
end
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#2

How often is the pathToTarget function ran? Perhaps it is stuttering the NPC on the last waypoint.

#3

You could raycast before computing the path to see whether the zombie can be moved in a straight line to reach the player, if so, you can call MoveTo right away.

A good idea might be also to call MoveTo with the current position + a frame forward and repeat it while the path is being computed.

If these 2 solutions don’t give good enough results, try increasing the WaypointSpacing property.

#4

It’s in a while loop that checks for all zombies in the workspace.

#5

tried raycasting and waypoint spacing. can you elaborate on the second recommendation

#6

Try using task.wait maybe? It could be the result of lag.

#7

turns out it was an issue with the default Roblox animation script. I configured the idle to be compatible with the script. thanks for the help anyway!

#8

What exactly did you modify in the default Roblox animation script? I’m currently having the same issue

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