Pathfinding AI twitching while moving

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#1

My AI I am creating uses pathfinding to get to an enemy for a game I am creating.

For some reason it starts walking behind it for a moment then it turns back moving towards the enemy.

I tried making it move for a specific waypoint every heartbeat instead of following a for loop which fixes it but then the AI stands still in the middle of moving for a moment.

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Here is the function I am using to move the AI which gets called every heartbeat:

local goTo = function(position)
	local path = pathfindingService:CreatePath()
	path:ComputeAsync(script.Parent.PrimaryPart.Position, position)
	if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
		local waypoints = path:GetWaypoints()
		for i, v in pairs(waypoints) do
			if v.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
				script.Parent.Humanoid.Jump = true
			end
			script.Parent.Humanoid:MoveTo(v.Position)
			script.Parent.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
		end
	else
		script.Parent.Humanoid:MoveTo(position)
	end
end

Thanks in advance.

#2

use SetNetworkOwner

for i, v in pairs(script.Parent:GetChildren()) do
if v:IsA("BasePart") then
v:SetNetworkOwner(nil)
end
end

or you could try setting the HRP’s network owner to nil

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#3

I have that in an unmentioned part at the bottom, but i will try doing all the baseparts next time im available, however I feel this is not the fix.

#4

well can you atleast send a video of the “twitching” so i can see it

#5

Will do when i can, I live in the uk so its pretty late for right now.

#6

oh alr that makes since (is it like 1am for you guys)
and really quick although this may not be the solution; if your trying to run 2 moveto() at the same time (one for player, one for waypoint) thats also what could cause it

(and try setting the network owner in the same script)

#7

I have placed that inside the same script, thats what i thought when i first encounted the issue, i believe that irs because 2 loops are occuring and telling it to move there when the other loop is telling it elsewhere, and yes its 1am lol

#8

if you are running 2 MoveTo() functions at the same time, then im pretty sure thats the problem; try to run 1 MoveTo() IF a player isnt near, ELSE (if a player is near) run the MoveTo() for the player

#9

I need to find a way to make the loop stop when another starts then right? I think I may have an idea.

#10

my idea was to use a if else like i said here

example;

--loop
if foundPlayer == false then
--do normal walk pathfinding
else
--do pathfinding for player
end
--loop
#11

Unfortunately this did not work and nor did my solution.

#12

#13

I created a method where I do what I mentioned I did in the description but in a way without an extra feature which I did not need anymore and fixed it. Thanks for helping :slight_smile:

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