Writing some car ai. Rewriting the detection system as I have a fully working race car system down now. Was wondering would it be better to use rays or a radius?
The game is going to be some what large, be multiplayer and have multiple ai instance clones like it. Please keep that in mind.
The code runs the same as other topics I have posted here before although I have slightly changed the functionality but just think of it as being the same for ease of mind and so I don’t have to explain something that has 0 impact on this.
Yes it runs in a loop, consistently as all the main functionality happens within the idle function. Think of it as being the main/entry point of the ai.
post:
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/about-memory-optimisation-and-need-some-tipsguidance/3316844
NO THIS IS NOT ME ASKING FOR PERFORMANCE HELP JUST AS A REF FOR THE SERVER SCRIPT
Code:
local originPosition = new.seat.CFrame.Position
local radius = 30 -- STUDS DISTANCE
local findNearbyInstances = function(position, radius)
local PlayerCars = game:GetService("CollectionService"):GetTagged("Car")
local nearbyInstances = {}
if #PlayerCars > 0 then
for _, WildCar: Model in ipairs(PlayerCars) do
if WildCar:GetAttribute("PlayerCar") ~= nil and WildCar:GetAttribute("PlayerCar") == true then
if #WildCar:GetChildren() > 0 then
local Wseat = WildCar:WaitForChild("DriverSeat")
if Wseat ~= nil then
local distance = (Wseat.CFrame.Position - position).magnitude
if distance <= radius then
table.insert(nearbyInstances, WildCar)
end
end
end
end
--[[if part:IsA("Model") and #part:GetChildren() > 0 and part:IsDescendantOf(script.Parent) == false then
-- i need to rewrite this part. it is old and outdated for what i am doing.
if part:FindFirstChildOfClass("VehicleSeat") then
local distance = (part:FindFirstChildOfClass("VehicleSeat").CFrame.Position - position).magnitude
if distance <= radius then
table.insert(nearbyInstances, part)
end
end
end]]
end
end
return nearbyInstances
end