VectorForce mob movement

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Hi!

I’m having an issue with using vectorForce on mobs and them glitching out. What i’m trying to accomplish it moving the brick (which is the mob) towards the player using flowfields and it works fine sometimes, but other times the parts glitch out and I don’t really know why. How the algorithm works is that the mob is moving towards the closest neighbor arrow until it reaches the player.

Video below:

The algorithm visualized works like the video below, where the black bricks is the player:

Code where I’m moving the mobs:

function enemy:UpdatePosition(flowfield, index)

    --if mob does not exist, remove
    if (self.hitBox == nil) then
        self:Remove(index)
        return
    end

    --rounding to floor
    local floor = {
        X = roundToPosition(self.hitBox.Position.X),
        Z = roundToPosition(self.hitBox.Position.Z)
    }

    --If mob is outside the map, then remove
    if(floor.X > arrayDimension or floor.X < 1) or (floor.Z > arrayDimension or floor.Z < 1)then
        self:Remove(index)
        return
    end

    --if mob hit a wall corner, then use the old value
    if((flowfield[(((floor.X)-1)*arrayDimension)+floor.Z]) and ((flowfield[(((floor.X)-1)*arrayDimension)+floor.Z]) ~= Vector3.new(0, 0, 0)))then
        f21 = flowfield[(((floor.X)-1)*arrayDimension)+floor.Z]
        self.lastPosition = f21

    else
        f21 = self.lastPosition
    end

    --Force part
    local direction2 = f21
    local wantedVelocity = direction2 * self.maxSpeed
    local velocityChange = wantedVelocity - self.hitBox.Velocity
    self.hitBox.VectorForce.Force = velocityChange * (self.maxForce / self.maxSpeed)*100

    --Turning the brick towards the destination
    local zombieOrientation = CFrame.lookAt(self.hitBox.Position, self.hitBox.Position + direction2)
    self.hitBox:FindFirstChild("BodyGyro").CFrame = zombieOrientation

    return self
end

I’m a little bit stuck here and any help would be appreciated :slightly_smiling_face:

2

have you tried it without collisions? or is it the same deal?

3

I’d rather use a Path Finder and update the path finder depending if the player is moving, then use :MoveTo() to move to the player

4

Watch this video and find out how path finder works