Reduce server lag

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#1

I have a custom NPC system that I have made it so that it would follow the target and raycast for hipheight. The problem is that the NPC’s would be laggy even though I have tried using Parallel Luau.

How my system works:

Movement: The NPC would lerp in a loop until it has reached it’s destination.

Example:

repeat
	local delta = RunService.Heartbeat:Wait()
	elapsedTime += delta

	local alpha = math.clamp(elapsedTime / timeToReachTarget, 0, 1)
	local lerp = origin:Lerp(position, alpha)
	character:MoveTo(lerp)
until elapsedTime >= timeToReachTarget

HipHeight: I raycast down to check if there is a ground under the NPC, but if not, it would continuously until it finds the ground.

Example:

local foundGround, position = GetGroundPosition.GetGroundPosition()

if not foundGround then
	origin = HumanoidRootPart.Position - Vector3.new(0, 10, 0)

	local distance = (oldPos - origin).Magnitude
	local timeToReachTarget = (distance / lerpSpeed)

	local alpha = math.clamp(timeToReachTarget, 0, 1)
	local lerp = oldPos:Lerp(origin, alpha)

	task.synchronize()
	character:MoveTo(lerp)
end

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#2

Maybe try following something like this:

I’ve never built any super huge projects myself so I’ve never dealt with optimization first hand myself so I can’t give any tips (yet)

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