As you can see in the footage, the enemies lag behind and teleport/go insanely fast to where they are supposed to be. How can I fix this, because when I have lots more enemies, they move across the corners and it looks super weird. I am using :MoveTo() with humanoids:
Edit: just noticed I recorded excess footage, just skip ahead a bit.
Change the network ownership to the server
BasePart:SetNetworkOwner(nil)
That’s a lot of Humanoids and a lot of MoveTo() which is most likely the cause of your lag.
Are you making sure to disable HumanoidState’s that aren’t needed?
You may consider removing the Humanoids or replacing them with an Animator (see link above) and using CFrame:Lerp() to move the models as needed.
2.1 You could remove the full character Models for mobs and replace them with a SpecialMesh with the appearance of a character, when in reality it’s just a single BasePart. Unsure if using MeshParts for this would have the same reduction in computations.
2.2 You might also have some success using TweenService under the caveat that you only create a TweenInfo object for each unique tween and not each mob, and make sure to delete the actual Tween object after the mob despawns.
Network ownership as mentioned above:
I already set the network ownership to server. How would I use CFrame.Lerp? I tried it but it didn’t work for me. I’ll try the other optimizations, but can I add animations to special meshes.
@Niveum
Could you send your code? I can try to implement some sort of tweening/lerping. By the way, humanoids are terrible for performance.
Sure. I am going to be busy, so I can send it to tomorrow. Thanks!
heres the code:
--!native
local module = {}
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local PhysicsService = game:GetService("PhysicsService")
module.spawn = function(name:string, waypointfolder:Folder, exit, spawns:CFrame, boss:BoolValue)
local model:Model = ServerStorage.Enemies:FindFirstChild(name):Clone()
local offset = math.random(-1,1)
model:PivotTo(spawns + Vector3.new(offset,0,0))
if boss then
ReplicatedStorage.AddHealthBar:FireAllClients(name,model.Health.Value,model.Health.Value)
end
model.Parent = Workspace:FindFirstChild(ReplicatedStorage.Map.Value).enemies
--local health = model.health
--health:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function()
-- if health.Value == 0 then
-- model:Destroy()
-- end
--end)
for _,part in pairs(model:GetDescendants()) do
if part:IsA("BasePart") then
part:SetNetworkOwner(nil)
end
end
for index = 1,#waypointfolder:GetChildren(),1 do
model.Humanoid:MoveTo(waypointfolder:FindFirstChild(tostring(index)).Position + Vector3.new(offset,0,0))
model.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
end
model.Humanoid:MoveTo(exit.Position + Vector3.new(offset,0,0))
model.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
ReplicatedStorage.BaseHealth.Value = math.clamp(ReplicatedStorage.BaseHealth.Value - model.Health.Value,0,ReplicatedStorage.MaxBaseHealth.Value)
model:Destroy()
end
return module
I’ve implemented tweening:
--!native
local module = {}
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local PhysicsService = game:GetService("PhysicsService")
module.spawn = function(name:string, waypointfolder:Folder, exit, spawns:CFrame, boss:BoolValue)
local offset = math.random(-1,1)
local model: Model = ServerStorage.Enemies:FindFirstChild(name):Clone()
model:PivotTo(spawns + Vector3.new(offset,0,0))
if boss then
ReplicatedStorage.AddHealthBar:FireAllClients(name,model.Health.Value,model.Health.Value)
end
model.Parent = Workspace:FindFirstChild(ReplicatedStorage.Map.Value).enemies
--local health = model.health
--health:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function()
-- if health.Value == 0 then
-- model:Destroy()
-- end
--end)
model.PrimaryPart:SetNetworkOwner(nil)
local enemySpeed = model.Humanoid.WalkSpeed
local orientation, size = model:GetBoundingBox()
for index = 1, #waypointfolder:GetChildren() do
local node = waypointfolder[index]
local distance = (node.Position + Vector3.new(offset, size.Y / 2, 0) - model.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude
local movementTween = TweenService:Create(model.PrimaryPart, TweenInfo.new(distance / enemySpeed, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear), {
CFrame = CFrame.lookAlong(node.Position + Vector3.new(offset, size.Y / 2, 0), model.PrimaryPart.CFrame.LookVector)
})
movementTween:Play()
movementTween.Completed:Wait()
local rotationTween = TweenService:Create(model.PrimaryPart, TweenInfo.new(0.5, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear), {
CFrame = CFrame.lookAlong(model.PrimaryPart.Position, node.CFrame.LookVector)
})
rotationTween:Play()
rotationTween.Completed:Wait()
end
model.Humanoid:MoveTo(exit.Position + Vector3.new(offset,0,0))
model.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
ReplicatedStorage.BaseHealth.Value = math.clamp(ReplicatedStorage.BaseHealth.Value - model.Health.Value,0,ReplicatedStorage.MaxBaseHealth.Value)
model:Destroy()
end
return module
By the way, to set the NetworkOwner of a model, you can just set the PrimaryPart’s NetworkOwner. This script also assumes you set up your orientation correctly, all of the nodes should be facing the direction that the enemy will face when they are on it.
Example:
To see the orientation, right click the part and click Show Orientation Indicator, then rotate your part.
the enemies just wont move. Here is the code i am using:
--!native
local module = {}
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local PhysicsService = game:GetService("PhysicsService")
local enemySpeed = 2
module.spawn = function(name:string, waypointfolder:Folder, exit, spawns:CFrame, boss:BoolValue)
local model:Model = ServerStorage.Enemies:FindFirstChild(name):Clone()
local offset = math.random(-1,1)
model:PivotTo(spawns + Vector3.new(offset,0,0))
if boss then
ReplicatedStorage.AddHealthBar:FireAllClients(name,model.Health.Value,model.Health.Value)
end
model.Parent = Workspace:FindFirstChild(ReplicatedStorage.Map.Value).enemies
--local health = model.health
--health:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function()
-- if health.Value == 0 then
-- model:Destroy()
-- end
--end)
model.PrimaryPart:SetNetworkOwner(nil)
for index = 1, #waypointfolder:GetChildren() do
print("startedloop")
local distance = (waypointfolder[index].Position + Vector3.new(offset, 0, 0) - model.PrimaryPart.Position).Magnitude
print("calculated distance")
local moveinfo = TweenInfo.new(distance / enemySpeed, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear)
print("createdmoveinfo")
local movegoal = {
CFrame = waypointfolder[index].Position + Vector3.new(offset,0,0)
}
print("created move goal")
local movementTween = TweenService:Create(model.PrimaryPart, moveinfo, movegoal)
print("created tween")
movementTween:Play()
print("moving")
movementTween.Completed:Wait()
local rotationTween = TweenService:Create(model.PrimaryPart, TweenInfo.new(0.5, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear), {
CFrame = waypointfolder[index].CFrame + Vector3.new(offset, 0, 0)
})
rotationTween:Play()
rotationTween.Completed:Wait()
end
model.Humanoid:MoveTo(exit.Position + Vector3.new(offset,0,0))
model.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
ReplicatedStorage.BaseHealth.Value = math.clamp(ReplicatedStorage.BaseHealth.Value - model.Health.Value,0,ReplicatedStorage.MaxBaseHealth.Value)
model:Destroy()
end
return module
and the model:
i found out the code start yielding when it tries to create the tween. @Katrist
You’re accessing ServerStorage so this is a server sided script. Some issues here:
for loops combined with CFrame:Lerp() to achieve a similar effect of interpolating between two CFrames as I mentioned in my last post. Lerp works to interpolate a specified distance in a straight line between two objects.local c0 = CFrame.new(0,0,0)
local c1 = CFrame.new(0,10,0)
local iterator = 1 -- You can use this to specify a frame rate (e.g. 1/30), although consider performance costs
for i = 1, 10, iterator do task.wait()
local i_CFrame = c0:Lerp(c1,i/10)
print (i_CFrame.Y) -- Will print 1 - 10
end
You’re creating an entire set of new TweenInfo’s and Tweens each time you spawn a mob. Instead, you could make one TweenInfo for each type of mob and use that to create your Tweens. Additionally, once a tween finishes playing, you should destroying them.
Alternatively- you could consider a system whereupon a mob dies, it is despawned rather than destroyed, and when the game looks to spawn a new mob it first checks the ‘despawned mob pool’ to see if there are any available mobs that can be respawned. This allows you to reuse both the model and its tweens rather than always creating a new one.
Otherwise, consider:
I’ve edited my code, I forgot to add a CFrame.new. After it works, I’ll add a RemoteEvent to transfer the tween onto the client so it looks smooth.
uh…
i think the offset isnt exactly working?
the rotation tween is playing to early.
here is the orientation.
updated the video to make it unlisted.
Just edited my code, could you check it? I set the offset wrong. I’ve also made the speed adjust to the humanoid’s WalkSpeed.
okay, it works okay, but the rotating is a bit slow. Also it seems kinda laggy. With 100 enemies, my crappy laptop runs at 20-30 fps.
Should send the tween through a remote? Because i saw that tweens are heavy on server.
Yes, that’s what I was going to move on to. If you know how to set it up, you should give it a try. Shouldn’t be too difficult.
Change the tweenInfo for the rotating from 0.5 to lower.
I would also like to see a video of what it looks like after you change the above.
Make sure you set the end node position correctly, looks a tad bit high.
