NPC Pathfind Closest Player

[u_fep]

How can I edit this section of a script so that the NPC chases the closest player to it? There is an annoying isue where it would chase a far player even if there is another one right next to it. Also making sure that the survived value is set to true.

Section of script inside of NPC model:

function chase()
	while true do
		npchumanoid.WalkSpeed = 20
		npchumanoid.JumpPower = 50
		if not walking and not game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(script.Parent) then
			for _, player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
				if player then
					local survivedValue = player:FindFirstChild("survived")
					if survivedValue and survivedValue.Value == true then
						for _, v in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
							if not v:FindFirstChild("Zombie AI") and v:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid") and v:FindFirstChild("Head") then
								if (v:FindFirstChild("Head").Position - npc.Head.Position).magnitude < sight then
									canrandomwalk = false
									local thehumanoid = v:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
									local pathfinding = false
									local thehead = v:FindFirstChild("Head")
									while (thehead.Position - npc.Head.Position).magnitude < sight and thehumanoid.Health > 0 and not v:FindFirstChild("Zombie AI") and player do
										npchumanoid.WalkSpeed = 20
										npchumanoid:MoveTo(thehead.Position, thehead)
										local path = game:GetService("PathfindingService"):FindPathAsync(torso.Position, thehead.Position)
										local waypoints = path:GetWaypoints()
										if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
											for q, w in pairs(waypoints) do
												if q ~= 1 then
													local allow = 0
													npchumanoid:MoveTo(w.Position, thehead)
													while (torso.Position - w.Position).magnitude > 3.8 and allow < 20 do
														allow = allow + 1
														game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:wait()
													end
													if w.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
														npchumanoid.Jump = true
													end
													if thehumanoid.Health <= 0 then
														break
													end
													if v:FindFirstChild("Zombie AI") then
														break
													end
												end
											end
											for q, w in pairs(npc:GetChildren()) do
												if w.Name == "pospart" then
													w:Destroy()
												end
											end
										else
											npchumanoid:MoveTo(thehead.Position, thehead)
										end
										wait()
									end
									canrandomwalk = true
								else
									canrandomwalk = true
								end
							end
						end
					end
				else
					canrandomwalk = true
				end
			end
		end
		wait()
	end
end

[Kaid3n22 (Kaiden)]

Honestly, this is quite hard to read, but the simplest solution would be to make a function to get the player you want to chase and chase them in each loop. EX:

function chase()
	function getClosestPlayer()
		local closest
		local closestdist
		
		for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do 
			if v and v.Character then
				local survived = v:FindFirstChild("survived")
				
				if survived and survived.Value then
					local dist = (v.Character.Head.CFrame.Position -npc.Head.CFrame.Position).Magnitude
					
					if not closest then
						closest = v
						closestdist = dist
					elseif dist < closestdist then
						closest = v
						closestdist = v
					end
				end
			end
		end
		
		return closest
	end
	
	while true do
		npchumanoid.WalkSpeed = 20
		npchumanoid.JumpPower = 50
		
		local target = getClosestPlayer()
		
		local path = game:GetService("PathfindingService"):FindPathAsync(torso.Position, target.Head.Position)
		local waypoints = path:GetWaypoints()
		
		if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
			npchumanoid:MoveTo(waypoints[2].Position)
		end
		
		task.wait()
	end
end

This should move to the second waypoint then redo the loop and check for another target, then rinse & repeat. I won’t do the random movement or anything, but you should be able to figure out the rest

Also, an explanation for the getClosestPlayer function is that it goes through the players, gets the distance between them and the npc, and just gets the one that it closest.

[u_fep]

I need help putting these two scripts together, some of the lines of the origional script are vital such as making sure the value is true.