NPC randomly stops after a few seconds

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    Please help me make an npc chase a player without stopping
  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    the npc chases player but after a few seconds, it stops walking
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    I tried adding cooldowns when paths are created but it still doesn’t work
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npc idle.rbxl (146.5 KB)
Also, this npc uses noobpath module script

local function getNearestTarget(npc, root)
	local dist = 1000
	local char

	
		for _, player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
			local vChar = player.Character
			if vChar and vChar:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and vChar:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then
				local vHum = vChar:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
				local vRoot = vChar:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
				if vHum.Health > 0 then
					local magnitude = (vRoot.Position - root.Position).Magnitude
					if magnitude <= dist then
						dist = magnitude
						char = vChar
					end
				end
			end
		end
	return char
end

local npc = script.Parent

local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local NoobPath = require(ServerStorage.NoobPath)
local Path = require(ServerStorage.NoobPath.Path)

-- Define AgentParams for the NPC
local AgentParams = {
	AgentRadius = 2,  -- Example value
	AgentHeight = 2,  -- Example value
	AgentCanJump = false,
	AgentJumpHeight = 7,
	AgentMaxSlope = 45,
	Costs = {warning = 1}
}

-- Initialize NoobPath with AgentParams
local Guy, JumpDetectConnection = NoobPath.Humanoid(npc, AgentParams)

local thing = Path.new()

local designatedAreasFolder = workspace:WaitForChild("ai_zones")
local designatedParts = {}

-- Collect designated area parts
for _, part in ipairs(designatedAreasFolder:GetChildren()) do
	if part:IsA("BasePart") then
		table.insert(designatedParts, part)
	end
end

npc.HumanoidRootPart:SetNetworkOwner(nil) -- change character to the variable that your npc is in.

Guy.Reached:Connect(function(Waypoint, IsPartial)
	task.wait(0.1)
	Guy:Run()
end)

Guy.WaypointReached:Connect(function(Waypoint, NextWaypoint)
	Guy:Run()
end)

Guy.Error:Connect(function(ErrorType : string)
	task.wait(0.1)
	Guy:Run()
end)

Guy.Trapped:Connect(function(TrapType : string)
	if npc.Hunt:GetState() ~= Enum.HumanoidStateType.Climbing then -- Climbing is slower than usual
		Guy.Jump() -- Jump to unstuck
	end

	Guy:Run()
end)

-- Function to check if NPC is inside any designated area part
local function isInsideAnyPart(character)
	for _, part in ipairs(designatedParts) do
		local partPos = part.Position
		local partSize = part.Size
		local characterPos = character.HumanoidRootPart.Position

		-- Check if the NPC is within the area of the part
		local xRange = math.abs(characterPos.X - partPos.X) <= partSize.X / 2
		local yRange = math.abs(characterPos.Y - partPos.Y) <= partSize.Y / 2
		local zRange = math.abs(characterPos.Z - partPos.Z) <= partSize.Z / 2

		if xRange and yRange and zRange then
			return true
		end
	end
	return false
end

Guy.Visualize = true
JumpDetectConnection:Disconnect()

game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	local target = getNearestTarget(npc, npc.HumanoidRootPart)

	if target then
		local targetRoot = target:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

		-- Check if NPC is inside any designated area
		if isInsideAnyPart(npc) then
			-- Run towards target within designated areas
			Guy:Run(targetRoot)
			--thing.Generate()
			if Guy.Idle then

				if npc.Hunt:GetState() ~= Enum.HumanoidStateType.Running then -- Climbing is slower than usual
					Guy.Jump() -- Jump to unstuck
				end

				Guy:Run()
			end

		else
			-- Move directly to the target outside designated areas
			Guy:Stop()

			npc.Hunt:MoveTo(targetRoot.Position)
		end

	end
end)