Using a pathfind module on an array of dummies using a for loop

[neu65im (neu)]

1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
   Hello! I am a beginner scripter that is working on a survival colony simulator. I want to use a function from my ModuleScript on an array of dummies.

2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
   The pathfinding gets executed, but I cannot find a way to use the function for all of them at once. What happens essentially is that the dummies start the path one by one, instead of all of them at once. The bug, of course, only occurs when the player has selected more than 1 dummy.

3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
   I have tried both using an array in the ServerScript and the ModuleScript. I also tried using another ModuleScript that activates the one with the pathfinding function. I’ve tried changing the ModuleScript’s parameters to the entire array, then used lots of for i, v in pairs() loops.

I have tried looking on the Developer Forum but never found anybody with a similar issue to mine.

This is the ServerScript (the function which calls the Module is in moveDummies):

local rs = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local spawnEvent = rs:WaitForChild("Spawn")
local selectEvent = rs:WaitForChild("Select")
local moveEvent = rs:WaitForChild("Move")
local attackEvent = rs:WaitForChild("Attack")
local mineEvent = rs:WaitForChild("Mine")
local pathfind = require(script.Pathfind)
local dummy = game.ServerStorage:WaitForChild("Dummy")
local playerName
local playerDummies = {}
local selectedDummy = {}

function moveDummies(pos)
	print(#selectedDummy)
	if #selectedDummy == 0 then return end
	if #selectedDummy == 1 then	pathfind.pathfind(selectedDummy, pos) return end
	if #selectedDummy > 1 then
		for i, v in pairs(selectedDummy) do
			pathfind.pathfind(v, pos)
		end
	end
end


spawnEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, pos)
	print("player: "..plr.Name..", pos: "..tostring(pos.Position))
	local newDummy = dummy:Clone()
	playerName = newDummy:WaitForChild("PlayerName")
	playerName = plr.Name
	newDummy.Name = plr.Name.."'s Dummy"
	newDummy.Parent = workspace
	newDummy.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = CFrame.new(math.floor(pos.Position.X), pos.Position.Y, math.floor(pos.Position.Z))
	newDummy:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):ApplyDescription(game:GetService("Players"):GetHumanoidDescriptionFromUserId(plr.UserId))
	table.insert(playerDummies, newDummy)
end)

selectEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, dummy)
	print("selected "..dummy.Name)
	dummy = dummy.Parent
	table.insert(selectedDummy, dummy)
end)

moveEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, pos)
	print("player: "..plr.Name..", pos: "..tostring(pos.Position))
	moveDummies(pos)
	selectedDummy = {}
end)

attackEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, target)
	print("attacked")
	selectedDummy = {}
end)

This is the ModuleScript:

local pathfindModule = {}

function pathfindModule.pathfind(dummy, finish)
	print("module")
	if not dummy:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then return "no hrp" end
	local PathfindingService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")
	local path = PathfindingService:CreatePath({
		AgentRadius = 2,
		AgentHeight = 5,
		AgentCanJump = true,
		AgentCanClimb = true,
		WaypointSpacing = 2
	})
	local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
		print("pcall")
		path:ComputeAsync(dummy.HumanoidRootPart.Position, finish.Position)
	end)
	
	if success and path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
		local waypoints = path:GetWaypoints()
		for _, waypoint in pairs(waypoints) do
			dummy.Humanoid:MoveTo(waypoint.Position)
			local part = Instance.new("Part")
			part.Shape = "Ball"
			part.Material = "Neon"
			part.Size = Vector3.new(0.6, 0.6, 0.6)
			part.Position = waypoint.Position
			part.Anchored = true
			part.CanCollide = false
			part.Parent = workspace.Pathfind
			if waypoint.Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
				dummy.Humanoid.Jump = true
			end
			dummy.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
			continue
		end
	else
		warn("path not found.")
	end
end

return pathfindModule

I apologize if the video quality is low, I had to lower the bitrate of OBS to upload it directly to my topic.

Here is what happens:

[bestruaridh12 (ruaridh)]

use

task.spawn(function()
    pathfind.pathfind(v, pos)
end)

this causes your ai to perform the pathfinding all at the same time