(SOLVED) Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude Is always 0

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#1

Hey guys, I’m @refightx. I’m trying to make an animal system, but I’m having trouble with one line.

while task.wait(LoopTime) do

	for i, Animal in pairs(Wildlifefolder:GetChildren()) do
		
		if Animal.Humanoid.Health == 0 then print("Here") return end
		
		local moveanimalmodule = require(Animal.MoveAnimalModule)
		print(Animal.Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude)
		if Animal.Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 then coroutine.wrap(LoopThroughPlayers)(Animal, moveanimalmodule) return end
		
		coroutine.wrap(LoopThroughPlayers)(Animal, moveanimalmodule)

		if Attacking == true then return end

		PickRandomWaypoint(Animal)

		if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
			
			coroutine.wrap(LoopThroughPlayers)(Animal, moveanimalmodule)
			coroutine.wrap(moveanimalmodule.MoveThroughAnimalWaypoints)(path)

		else
			warn("Not working")
		end

	end

end

the problem is these 2 lines.

print(Animal.Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude)
if Animal.Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 then coroutine.wrap(LoopThroughPlayers)(Animal, moveanimalmodule) return end

It is always 0 no matter what.

My model is properly rigged, it does move to where I want it to go, Im using :MoveTo(), And it is a custom rig. Is there any other way to see if the model is moving?

Any help is appreciated. Thank You!

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#2

you could try use Animal.PrimaryPart.Velocity.Magnitude. The down side is that it is deprecated, but I use it and it works fine. Can the player push the model around? If so, this approach isn’t very reliable.

#3

I say run a loop that grabs the position of the animal, then wait a couple seconds and check the position again, then you can get the magnitude of both positions, you could make a threshold of 1 or 2 and if its above that then you know the animal is moving!

#4

Humanoid.MoveDirection is a property set by the PlayerScripts and reflects user input intent (i.e. WASD presses or controller joystick direction), not current movement. You might want AssemblyLinearVelocity of the HumanoidRootPart?

#5

Oh, thank y’all for the ideas, but I figured this out yesterday. I had a Zpos and an Xpos. I subtracted the Animals current x and z pos from the Lastxpos and lastzpos. If either of them was bigger than 0.5 than I assume the animal was moving.