How do I make a party member following system like in RPGS?

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- technic
- - Joined 10 Jan, 2022
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- 18 Sep, 2022
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Hello Construct forums,

I was wondering, how do you make a party following system like in most 2D RPGS?

I was trying to do this using pathfinding and events that have the NPC follow the player via checking positioning, but I found that it was extremely easy to get the NPC stuck behind a wall. Is there a more efficient way of doing this?
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- lionz
- - Joined 5 Aug, 2013
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- 18 Sep, 2022
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If you use move to behaviour the movement can be based on grid position which you can use in events. So where the player is standing, you store the grid position and when the player moves you can send the NPC to that previous grid position. No one can get stuck as they can only move to where the player previously moved.
- R0J0hound
- - Joined 15 Jun, 2009
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Here's one possible way if the objects move along a grid:

dropbox.com/s/avc6xvknf80shlo/follow_rpg.capx
You move the player or lead sprite like normal. Then for the rest of the sprites you move each one to the sprite ahead of it.