"the npc should treat the waypoints as 1-11 and the npc should check for nearby players to add to the aggro table while moving between waypoints"

-- server script 
local pfs = game:GetService("PathfindingService")
local dummy = script.Parent 
local waypoints = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Waypoints:GetChildren() -- List of waypoints
local aggroRange = 30 -- define the aggro range
local aggroedPlayers = {} -- table to hold players in aggro range
local currentWaypointIndex = 1

table.sort(waypoints, function(a, b) return a.Name < b.Name end) -- sort waypoints in ascending order

-- Function to check for players in aggro range
local function checkAggro()
	for _, player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
		if (player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position - dummy.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude < aggroRange then
			aggroedPlayers[player.Name] = player
		else
			aggroedPlayers[player.Name] = nil
		end
	end
end

-- Function to move to the next waypoint
local function moveToNextWaypoint()
	while true do
		print("Moving to waypoint: " .. waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].Name .. " at position: " .. tostring(waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].Position)) -- log the next waypoint
		local path = pfs:CreatePath()
		path:ComputeAsync(dummy.HumanoidRootPart.Position, waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].Position)
		for _, waypoint in pairs(path:GetWaypoints()) do
			dummy.Humanoid:MoveTo(waypoint.Position)
			dummy.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
		end
		checkAggro() -- check for players in aggro range
		if next(aggroedPlayers) ~= nil then -- if the aggroedPlayers table is not empty, pursue the nearest player
			local nearestPlayer = nil
			local nearestDist = math.huge
			for _, player in pairs(aggroedPlayers) do
				local dist = (player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position - dummy.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
				if dist < nearestDist then
					nearestDist = dist
					nearestPlayer = player
				end
			end
			if nearestPlayer then
				dummy.Humanoid:MoveTo(nearestPlayer.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
				dummy.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
			end
		end
		currentWaypointIndex = currentWaypointIndex % #waypoints + 1 -- loop back to the first waypoint after reaching the last one
		task.wait(1)
	end
end

-- Start the NPC's behavior
spawn(moveToNextWaypoint)