Hello! I’m LuaGirlDeveloper and I’m trying to make a Rig follow a player, but I don’t want to use Humanoids because I want to have many of Rigs that move.
I used AlignPosition and Align Orientation, but is there any other ways?
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Using AlignPosition and AlignOrientation is a perfectly valid way to make a rig follow a Player’s character. There are definitely other ways to achieve the same effect, however the “best” approach will depend on your specific use case and/or preference. Here’s a short list of alternatives:
- Connect to
RunService.Heartbeatand CFrame the rigs. Using this approach you will likely want to utilize TweenService’s SmoothDamp function to smoothly interpolate the rigs towards their destination. - Use the ControllerManger APIs. This includes classes like GroundController, AirController, SwimController, etc. These classes are a bit more niche. They basically expose similar functionality (without carrying all the bloat) of Humanoids.
I’ll look in Character Controllers I’m using this to make a Zombie system npc. Like in Guts and Blackpowder in a way.
Ahh ok. So these rigs will be controller on the server (and need to replicate to other clients)? Yeah, sounds like ControllerManagers will be your best bet.
I tried Character Controllers it’s just how would I move the Rig?
You mean ControllerManagers, right? You can use the MovingDirection property to adjust which way the rig moves. Unlike Humanoid, ControllerManager doesn’t have methods like :MoveTo() so you would have to implement that sort of functionality from scratch.
One last question how would I make it to be able to move? I just need an example to move it?
I think I will look into this post: How to Actually Use Roblox’s Physics Character Controllers - Resources / Community Tutorials - Developer Forum | Roblox
From a glance it looks like that tutorial would answer your question about how to move a rig with ControllerManager better than I could explain in a brief post! The ControllerManager system definitely has some pitfalls and can be lacking proper documentation so reach out if you have other questions about it.
Wait, how would I move it with a script? Like a part? Because I’m going to client render animations and the rig.
I believe simple pathfinding module has something along the lines of this. I would check it out.
No like I want to move it smoothly and I think I may just use humanoids for now