What is the maximum range on PathfindingService? Or too many objects blocking the path?

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Hello, I am trying to create an NPC that chases my character but it must go through a big maze first, and it seems to not attempt to pathfind (without any errors) from a long range:

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Bottom left is NPC, top right is my spawn.
The NPC moves only from a certain distance OR even if I put him on top, which makes me thing that theres too much in between and it doesn’t compute…
Can’t have a long gif so he does not try to find his path when hes inside the maze, but on top he seems to attempt to find it (but falls in and it stops again unless the path is simpler to the player)

The dummy code:

local PathfindingService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local function setNetworkOwnerOfModel(model, networkOwner)
	for _, descendant in pairs(model:GetDescendants()) do
		if descendant:IsA("BasePart") then
			if descendant:CanSetNetworkOwnership() then
				descendant:SetNetworkOwner(networkOwner)
			end
		end
	end
end

local path = PathfindingService:CreatePath({
	["AgentRadius"] = 1,
	["AgentHeight"] = 5,
	["AgentCanJump"] = true,
	["WaypointSpacing"] = 3,
	["Costs"] = {
		["Water"] = 50
	}
})

function checkw(t)
	local ci = 3
	if ci > #t then
		ci = 3
	end
	if t[ci] == nil and ci < #t then
		repeat ci = ci + 1 wait() until t[ci] ~= nil
		return Vector3.new(1,0,0) + t[ci]
	else
		ci = 3
		return t[ci]
	end
end

function findPlayer()
	for i, plr in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
		if plr.Character then
			local chr = plr.Character
			local hrp = chr.HumanoidRootPart
			return hrp.CFrame.Position
		end
	end
end

local model = script.Parent
setNetworkOwnerOfModel(model, nil)

function pathFind(position)
	local connection;
	path = PathfindingService:FindPathAsync(model.PrimaryPart.Position, position)
	local waypoint = path:GetWaypoints()
	if path and waypoint or checkw(waypoint) then
		if checkw(waypoint) ~= nil and checkw(waypoint).Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Walk then
			model.Humanoid:MoveTo( checkw(waypoint).Position )
			model.Humanoid.Jump = false
		end

		if checkw(waypoint) ~= nil and checkw(waypoint).Action == Enum.PathWaypointAction.Jump then
			connection = model.Humanoid.Changed:connect(function()
				model.Humanoid.Jump = true
			end)
			model.Humanoid:MoveTo( waypoint[3].Position )
		else
			model.Humanoid.Jump = false
		end

		if connection then
			connection:Disconnect()
		end

	else
		for i = 2, #waypoint do
			model.Humanoid:MoveTo( waypoint[i].Position )	
		end
	end
end
	
	
while wait (.1) do
	local targetPosition = findPlayer()
	print(targetPosition)
	if targetPosition then
		pathFind(targetPosition)
	end
end

Appreciate anyone who helps me bust this case because it’s kind of annoying

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