Part that follows player

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#1

Hello,
I am an extremely new roblox developer. I just want to learn how to make a part, or in my case, an R6 block rig, follow a player. The reason I want to do this is that I want to make a video trailer for a game, and I need some players to follow me for it.

I have looked at numerous tutorials, but for some reason, none of them have worked for me.

If you could tell me how to do this (assume I know absolutely nothing, because I do), it would really help me and I would appreciate it.

I am using an R6 avatar and the thing I want to follow me is an R6 block rig.

Thanks for reading all this, I just need help.

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#2

You can use Path Finding or you can simply use :MoveTo() in the humanoid you want to follow the player.

The way to do this would be:

-- After you found the humanoid of the NPC or the player you want to be followed and the character of the player you want it to follow...

-- FollowedCharacter will be the main player's character thats going to be followed.

FollowedCharacter.HumanoidRootPart:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Position"):Connect(function()
       -- FollowingCharacter will be the player's character thats going to follow
       
       FollowingCharacter.Humanoid:MoveTo(Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
end)
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#3

Thanks for the quick reply! But where should I put this script? I don’t really know any scripting, sorry.

#4

You can find tutorials on the basics of scripting on the Roblox Developer Hub. Additionally, you can look up tutorials on YouTube.

#5

Yes, I’ve looked up the tutorials and they didn’t work for me. That is why I am asking on this forum.

#6

You can use body objects in the main part of the model.
Here is a short sample of code I have written a while back for my pet follow script.

local NPC = --Your NPC path
local HRP = --Your HumanoidRootPart path

local BodyPosition = Instance.new("BodyPosition", NPC.PrimaryPart)
BodyPosition.MaxForce = Vector3.new(24000, 24000, 24000)

local BodyGyro = Instance.new("BodyGyro", NPC.PrimaryPart)
BodyGyro.MaxTorque = Vector3.new(24000, 24000, 24000)

while wait() do
	BodyPosition.Position = HRP.Position + Vector3.new(2.2, 2.2, 3)
	BodyGyro.CFrame = HRP.CFrame* CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(5), 0)
end
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#7

What does it mean by “Your NPC Path”? I do not know anything about Lua.

#8

Your directory to your NPC model which will follow the player?

#9

Oof, sorry, I don’t understand. Please assume I am a person who hasn’t ever touched any type of coding ever.

#10

Oh alright, also make sure you assign the HRP variable too for the character’s HumanoidRootPart.

#12

Just grab the ROBLOX zombie AI, and take out the part that damages you.

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#13

Now you’re thinking like a genius.

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#14

This is only meant for a really rough example to get a better understanding.

Declaring a variable:

local Part
local ItsMeImAVariableBoiHahhAhahahaha

Declaring a comment:

-- I do absolutley nothing but just to be read by the developers aka you.
-- This will do nothing to the script
--[[
This as well, but instead you can fold me like a folder to hide it away.
--]]

Declaring a path:

local Part = workspace.Part -- im a part in workspace
local Baseplate = workspace.Baseplate -- im the baseplate in workspace
local Player = workspace.cweego -- im you but in workspace, though this would probs error if it didnt know

Making a loop

while true do
-- This code gets repeated forever
wait() -- this stops it from erroring, dont do (while wait() do)
break -- this stops the code from repeating, put it only if neccessary
end

game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
-- This is also kind of a loop but with runservice, and it runs on physics frames
-- you put code here as well
end)

Connections

local Touch = workspace.Part.Touched:Connect(function(Hit)
-- im a connection, if this part gets touched, it detects.
-- anything that touches, including other parts, players, etc.
end)

-- If you dont use the touch anymore, declare it as a variable which i called it "touch"
Touch:Disconnect() -- use only for perm connections/if you dont plan on using it.
-- if its a part with touch however, you can just destroy it
Touch:Destroy() -- will disconnect and destroy the part.

Magnitude

local DistanceFromPart = (workspace.cweego.HumanoidRootPart.Position - workspace.Part.Position).Magnitude

-- warning, variable above might error, use this in command bar while playing instead.

print(DistanceFromPart) -- try it in studio, it should print your distance from the part.

You can learn more using the wiki, its your dictionary use it please.

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#15

I should have thought of that.

#17

Hmm, I tried putting the paths in, but it still doesn’t work! (The part that follows the player is called Follower.)

local NPC = Workspace.Follower

local HRP = Workspace.cweego.HumanoidRootPart

local BodyPosition = Instance.new("BodyPosition", NPC.PrimaryPart)

BodyPosition.MaxForce = Vector3.new(24000, 24000, 24000)

local BodyGyro = Instance.new("BodyGyro", NPC.PrimaryPart)

BodyGyro.MaxTorque = Vector3.new(24000, 24000, 24000)

while wait() do

BodyPosition.Position = HRP.Position + Vector3.new(2.2, 2.2, 3)

BodyGyro.CFrame = HRP.CFrame* CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(5), 0)

end
#20

Hello, everyone that tried to help me. I understand that I should have tried to write my own code first. This is what I have written, but for some reason, it isn’t working.

local NPC = game.Workspace.NPC

local humanoid = NPC.Humanoid

while True do

MoveTo(game.Workspace.HeeboKid.HumanoidRootPart)

end
#24

You have a captal on true & theres no wait function which will case an overload & you should do humanoid:MoveTo(workspace:WaitForChild(“your name here”).HumanoidRootPart), if that didnt work try humanoid:MoveTo(workspace:WaitForChild(“your name here”).HumanoidRootPart.Position)