PathfindingService: path request is too long

[nicknickphoenix (RoughinIt_Dev)]

I am making mobs in my game. The mobs find the closest player, and chase them. However, when I do
path:ComputeAsync(torso,part) to find the path, it sometimes prints the error PathfindingService: path request is too long.

While I could make a magnitude check between the player’s torso and the mob, it would not be very accurate, as magnitude does not directly equate to pathfinding length. How else could I check if the magnitude check is too long before computing the async?

[DasKairo (Cairo)]

When using PathfindingService, you create waypoints or use pcall to prevent this error.

Example of what you could do:

local Success, ErrorMessage = pcall(function()
		
		Path:ComputeAsync(Subject.HumanoidRootPart.Position, Destination)
		
	end)
	if Success and Path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
		WayPoints = Path:GetWaypoints()

		Blocked_Connection = Path.Blocked:Connect(function(Blocked_WayPoint_Index)
			if Blocked_WayPoint_Index > Next_Waypoint_Index then
				Blocked_Connection:Disconnect()
				FollowPath(Destination)
			end

		end)

You usually use this to set paths close enough foe the NPC to reach it, it technically doesnt follow the player anymore, just the waypoints.