How to Make NPCs Walk Anywhere (Pathfinding Service)
Intermediate 9 min NPCs & AI
Robust NPC navigation with recomputation, stuck detection and streaming awareness.
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How it works, step by step
- 1
ComputePathAsync between NPC and target with agent params matching your world.
- 2
Move through waypoints via Humanoid:MoveTo with MoveToFinished timeouts.
- 3
Recompute when the target moves beyond threshold or blocked-link signals fire.
- 4
Stuck detector: no positional progress in N seconds → repath or teleport-recover.
- 5
Despawn/repath around streamed-out regions for distant players.
Concepts you'll use
- Path computation lifecycle
- MoveTo timeouts
- Stuck recovery
Mistakes that cost you players
- Computing a path every frame melts performance; throttle recomputation.
- NPCs without MoveToFinished timeouts freeze forever on broken paths.
Every script above — written, placed & wired in ~30 seconds
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