Pathfinding laggy/studdery

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Hey, I scripted this path finding npc to follow the black path but for some reason its like studdering as you can see in this video:


I searched on the internet and searched devfurom but non of those solutions worked.

Here is my script:

Script

				local Npc = NpcClass.new(npc, self.Tycoon.Path.Start.CFrame)
					Npc.Init(Npc,player)

					Pathfinding.CreatePath(Npc, self.Tycoon.Path.One.P1.Position, {
						AgentCanJump = false,
						--WaypointSpacing = 5,
						Costs = {
							Path = math.huge
						}
					})

Module

function Pathfinding:CreatePath(Goal,PathInfo)
    local Path = PathfindingService:CreatePath(PathInfo)

    local Character = self.Character

    local success, err = pcall(function()
        Path:ComputeAsync(Character.PrimaryPart.Position,Goal)
    end)

    local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

    if success and Path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
        local waypoints = Path:GetWaypoints()

        for _, waypoint in pairs(waypoints) do
            if waypoint.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Walk then
                Humanoid:MoveTo(waypoint.Position)
                Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
            elseif waypoint.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
                Humanoid.Jump = true
            end
        end
    else
        warn(err)
    end
end
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2

Are you setting the NPC’s network owner to the server? It’s a common issue with NPCs.

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3

Tried doing that by doing this:

self.Character.PrimaryPart:SetNetworkOwnershipAuto()

I don’t know if this is the right way to do it.

But instead of helping me it made the npcs not even move they would just stand there doing nothing.

4

You should be calling it on every BasePart on every frame, like so:

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
    for _, v: BasePart in pairs(self.Character:GetDescendants()) do
        if v:IsA("BasePart") and v:CanSetNetworkOwnerShip() then
            v:SetNetworkOwner(nil)
        end
    end
)

You’re also calling the wrong function. You want to call SetNetworkOwner(nil). Hope this helps you out!

5

pathfinding is a bit laggy/buggy if run on a loop, to detect if it’s on a loop just print(“E”) or something to be 100% sure it’s not. If you want it to be on a loop you gotta be smart about it, and make like a wait(1) or an alternating follow/pathfind script (If there’s a bunch of moving parts)

6

Set all the parts of the NPC’s network owner to the first player that joins.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Wait()

for i,v in pairs(script.Parent:GetChildren()) do
	if v:IsA("BasePart") then
		v:SetNetworkOwner(workspace:WaitForChild(game.Players:GetPlayers()[1].Name))
	end
end
7

Would I run this on the server? RunService.Heartbeat doesn’t run really well on the server it can cause lag if used alot I think

8

Hey, thank you for solving this I was very confused by the other posts on the network ownership and all of that stuff.

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