Pathfinding Service alternatives to MoveToFinished?

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#1

hi how do i use the pathfinding service without using movetofinished because it waits until all the path is completed until it makes a new paths which results in my npc walking past each other on the last tracked location then towards each other. the pathfindingservice won’t work with just MoveTo

Path:ComputeAsync(NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position, Closest)
for _, v in pairs(Path:GetWaypoints()) do
   NPC.Humanoid:MoveTo(v.Position)
   NPC.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
end
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#5

still need help i only have moveTo but pathfinding wouldn’t work without movetofinished otherwise it’s just moveTo making pathfindingservice unnecessary

#6

lol can anyone see my post or what???

#7

You just could use the basic road/speed formula and add a threshold at which you decide to change logic.
For an example:
+Distance from the designated point is 14 and your time has ran out to reach it, so you create a new path (if target exists) and follow it. (Of course you do set amount of time destined by the road/speed formula)

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#8

Sounds like a different problem. You should just check the distance between your character and the waypoint as an alternative.

#9

this sounds a bit complicated and i’m not even sure if that can be done with pathfinding service

#10

the problem is that MoveToFinished is locked and I cannot break out of it but it is also needed for the roblox built in pathfinding service to do its thing. everything else works

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#11

i’ve attached my code now. how can i replace NPC.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait() in order for the pathfinding service to work insteading of waiting until the character reaches the target before making new path?

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#12

I don’t know how to solve your issue, but here’s a tip: do this so it doesn’t move and wait a split second before moving again

Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait(0)
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#13

i tried this and unfortunately there is still a slight pause so its not different from :Wait() but thank you for your reply anyways. I thought i did something wrong for my post to be hidden that no one was replying

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#14

still in need of help any help is greatly appreciated

#15

It isn’t as complicated as you think,
This should give you a general idea

RangeToFinish = 10 -- Range Required to move on

for _,v in pairs(Path:GetWaypoints())
    NPC.Humanoid:MoveTo(v.Position) -- Moves to Waypoint

    while wait() do -- this loop is here to halt the code and to check Magnitude

       local Mag = (Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position - v.Position).Magnitude -- Distance of your Character and Waypoint

       if Mag <= RangeToFinish then -- If Character is in range
           break -- breaks the loop halting the code
       end

    end 
    -- continues
end
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