I’m making a game like Vampire Survivors. The part in this case, will be the enemy. I want the enemy to follow the player at a consistent speed (the part must also account for the player changing position). I’d like to avoid CFraming as there will be many enemy at once and I know this can become laggy very quickly. Anyone have any ideas?
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Is the enemy a humanoid or a part? Do you want the enemy to respect collisions? Do you want the enemy to pathfind it’s way to the player? I need more details to answer properly.
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Just a singular standard basepart. Collisions and path finding are not necessary. The enemy just needs to move towards the player.
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If it’s just a single part, CFraming will be not at all laggy.
I would recommend using an AlignPosition and setting one attachment to the enemy, and one to the player. More on that here: AlignPosition | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub
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Sorry not one, there could be up to 100 enemies at once. So I’m afraid it’ll become laggy quickly.
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Even if it’s 100 enemies, CFraming will still perform fairly well, the only times performance will get bad is if you’re using humanoids.
I would still go for the AlignPosition route though, it’s easier to set up than doing the calculations for CFraming.
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Thanks, I’ll take a look at AlignPosition. Seems like just what I need.
Alright, good luck on that, I would love to see the result.
Physics will take some performance, if it’s literally just a part that follows the player without collisions or gravity or other Newtonian laws then CFraming is gonna be the most performant way.
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You could use a vectorforce and rotate the atatchment point to face the player with math
I have tried using a VectorForce before and was unsuccessful. However, I did not think of rotating the attachment part. I’ll try this too, thanks. My only problem with vector forces is the object will accelerate, and you can’t adjust MaxVelocity. However I guess that’s easily stoppable by using some simple physics equations.