Pull based on distance

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I have a move that pulls the enemy to the player using a .unit bodyvelocity, but when they are too close they get pulled back. How do I make it reliant on distance, if they are far away, they get pulled a bit, if they are too close, they don’t get pulled that much.
Here’s what’s handling the pull

			local Velocityyy = damagetable.PushBack
			local d = (hitchar.HumanoidRootPart.Position - char.HumanoidRootPart.Position).unit
			bv.velocity =  (d * Velocityyy) 
				bv.Parent = hitchar.Head
				local timee = damagetable.PushBackTime
				if timee == nil then
					timee = .2
				end
				Utilities.Debris(bv, timee)
				Utilities.Debris(FLIGN, timee)
2

It may be as simple as changing the d value to

local d = (hitchar.HumanoidRootPart.Position - char.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
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If it worked you can mark the post as solved to show that the issue has been resolved. Glad I could help :slight_smile:

4

It is not pulling them at all, here’s what the velocity is.

					bv.Velocity = (hitchar.HumanoidRootPart.Position - char.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude * Velocityyy
5

This is what I was using before:

			local d = (hitchar.HumanoidRootPart.Position - char.HumanoidRootPart.Position).unit
			bv.velocity =  (d * Velocityyy)

although it still pulls behind the player.
I do not want to tween the enemy’s cframe to the player, because I want it to pull a good amount, but pull only enough if they are too close.

6

This may sound terrible, but you could do magnitude checks every heartbeat, or alternatively use repeat until etc etc…

Here’s two examples:

local d = (hitchar.HumanoidRootPart.Position - char.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Unit

repeat bv.Velocity = (d * Velocityyy) until (hitchar.HumanoidRootPart.Position - 
char.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude < 5 --// This whole section is meant to be one line, mb.

bv.MaxForce = Vector3.new()
bv.Velocity = Vector3.new()

Or you could attempt to connect a RunService Heartbeat event, then check for magnitude every heartbeat and then disconnect it if the two characters are close enough.

local function GetVelocity(TargRoot,PlayerRoot,Velocity)
    local d = (TargRoot.Position - PlayerRoot).Unit
    return (d*Velocity)
end

local function CheckDistance(A,B)
    return (A-B).Magnitude
end

local Connection; Connection = RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
    Pull()
    
    if CheckDistance(TargetRoot.Position,PlayerRoot.Position) < 5 then
         Connection:Disconnect()
         bv.MaxForce = Vector3.new()
         bv.Velocity = Vector3.new()
    end
end

Hopefully this helps, also please, don’t just copy and paste the code, it won’t work straight up, you have to do a tiny bit of learning and or apply some of it yourself. Good luck!

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