NPC lookAt player

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#1

I want an npc to look at a player when a ProximityPrompt is triggered, but I have no idea how to do this. I was thinking of using CFrame.lookAt but I dont know how to do that.

#3

You can do NPC.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position, targetPos, NPC.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.UpVector and set targetPos to the position of the other character.

Make sure everything is unanchored (except for the HumanoidRootPart, if necessary to anchor it).

#4

would this be in a local script or script and where would the script be?

also how would I define the player for targetPos

#5

This should probably be in a ServerScript if you want it to look at the closest person
This should work but I havent tested it

local Players = game:GetService('Players')
local NPC = -- Path to NPC

while task.wait() do
	local list = {}

	for _, plr in Players:GetPlayers() do
		if plr.Character then
			local p1 = plr.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position
			local p2 = NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position
			local dist = (p2 - p1).Magnitude
			list[tostring(dist)] = plr
		end
	end

	local leastdistance = math.huge
	for d,_ in list do
		if tonumber(d) < leastdistance then
			leastdistance = tonumber(d) 
		end
	end

	local plr = list[tostring(leastdistance)]
	if plr and plr.Character then
		local HRP:BasePart = plr.Character.HumanoidRootPart
		local Goal = CFrame.lookAt(
			NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position,HRP.Position,HRP.CFrame.UpVector
		)
		NPC.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = 
			NPC.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame:Lerp(Goal,.2)
	end
end
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#6

Also, make sure to ONLY anchor the HumanoidRootPart, don’t anchor anything else as im pretty sure that will make the welds in the NPC break.

#7

I’m sorry, I cant test this because whenever I try to play on the studio it crashes.

#8

It’s ok, I just tested it a few minutes ago and yes this does work.

#9

This works, but how do I fix the npc looking up
Screen Shot 2022-10-13 at 5.35.08 PM
(This screenshot is in 1st person, I am on top of the npc)

#10

Don’t change the Z orientation. Or do it the easy way, and change the Z orientation to 0. If you’re using @calvin_coco 's code, the easy way is to add NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Orientation = Vector3.new(NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Orientation.X, NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Orientation.Y, 0).

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#11

How would I connect it to their code?

#12

Try:

local noZPos = Vector3.new(NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position.X, NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Y, 0)
local noZLookAt = Vector3.new(HRP.Position.X, HRP.Position.Y, 0)

local goal = CFrame.lookAt(noZPos, noZLookAt)

NPC.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = 
			NPC.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame:Lerp(goal,.2)
#13

To replace the whole thing?

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#14

No, just the part with the Goal variable. I just renamed it to goal.

if plr and plr.Character then
		local HRP:BasePart = plr.Character.HumanoidRootPart
		-- Here
	end
#15

@calvin_coco’s code, but modified.

local Players = game:GetService('Players')
local NPC = -- Path to NPC

while task.wait() do
	local list = {}

	for _, plr in Players:GetPlayers() do
		if plr.Character then
			local p1 = plr.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position
			local p2 = NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position
			local dist = (p2 - p1).Magnitude
			list[tostring(dist)] = plr
		end
	end

	local leastdistance = math.huge
	for d,_ in list do
		if tonumber(d) < leastdistance then
			leastdistance = tonumber(d) 
		end
	end

	local plr = list[tostring(leastdistance)]
	if plr and plr.Character then
		local HRP:BasePart = plr.Character.HumanoidRootPart
		local Goal = CFrame.lookAt(NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position,(HRP.Position * Vector3.new(1,0,1)) + (NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position * Vector3.new(0,1,0)),HRP.CFrame.UpVector)
		NPC.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = 
			NPC.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame:Lerp(Goal,.2)
	end
end

Try this and it should work correctly.

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#16

This works! Also, what If I wanted the player to face at the npc too?, and how do I stop the npc from looking at the player after a certain amount of time

#17

you would have the same script but for the players, and you would basically add a cooldown for the time.

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#18

I’d also like to point out that this is very clean. Thank you to @SubtotalAnt8185, @calvin_coco and everyone else who helped me with this.