Need help with flying boss AI

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#1

Hello, i need a help with my boss AI, i need to make a boss that its head can follow a player by flying/hovering. im pretty new to this, so i don’'t quite understand on how to do advanced scripting
the enemy script i have currently =

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local humanoid = script.Parent
local root = humanoid.Parent.PrimaryPart

local targetDistance = script:GetAttribute("TargetDistance")
local stopDistance = script:GetAttribute("StopDistance")
local damage = script:GetAttribute("Damage")
local attackDistance = script:GetAttribute("AttackDistance")
local attackWait = script:GetAttribute("AttackWait")
local lastAttack = tick()
local animationtrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(script.Parent.Animation)

function findNearestPlayer()
	local playerList = Players:GetPlayers()
	
	local nearestPlayer = nil
	local distance = nil
	local direction = nil
	
	for _, player in pairs(playerList) do
		local character = player.Character
		if character then
			local distanceVector = (player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position - root.Position)
			if not nearestPlayer then
				nearestPlayer = player
				distance = distanceVector.Magnitude
				direction = distanceVector.Unit
			elseif distanceVector.Magnitude < distance then
				nearestPlayer = player
				distance = distanceVector.Magnitude
				direction = distanceVector.Unit
			end	
		end
	end
	
	return nearestPlayer, distance, direction
end

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	local nearestPlayer, distance, direction = findNearestPlayer()
	if nearestPlayer then
		if distance <= targetDistance and distance >= stopDistance then
			humanoid:Move(direction)
		else
			humanoid:Move(Vector3.new())
		end
		
		if distance <= attackDistance and tick() - lastAttack >= attackWait then
			lastAttack = tick()
			nearestPlayer.Character.Humanoid.Health -= damage
			animationtrack:Play(0)
		end
	end
end)

i also took this from a video on youtube, thanks for anyone that can help

#2

Whats happening here? Whats the error/bug?

#3

i don’t quite understand how to use bodyforces and stuff, since the last time i did was a little bit broken

#4

You should probably learn those, also i really dont see a BodyForce being used in this script.

#5

yeah, the script was only for grounded enemies, thanks for the idea anyways

#6

what do you mean by “grounded” and “air” enemies? Like flying enemies? U can prob just configure the distance, im not too familiar with this code aswell.

Also, i reccomend using pathfinding instead, not too sure if its the best approach but its what i use, heres a video of where i learned it: video from TheDevKing.

You got this, everyone starts with something!

#7

yeah, flying enemies, also thanks dude for the help

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