moving enemies along path

It's me again =P

So basically I have this boss with Three Phases in my game, and during phase 3 he starts to run around, ideally on a set path made in WED, in the direction of the player. I have the boss, a path, and the player in the level. And I am trying to use path_scan to get him onto the path, the only problem is I dont know if its working because Im not sure how to get him to actually move along that path towards the player. The help files i was reading on this assume taht I have some functions already made, which i unfortunatly dont.

check out aum68 unanswered questions section looks like just what you need

i read that and tried it, but it doesn't really work at all. lol.

is there an easy way to just get an entity moving along a path?

this is how i do it atm:
Code:

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action pathRunner()
{
	my.push = 10;
	var health;
	VECTOR temp;
	VECTOR startPos,endPos,nodeCheck;
	var node = 1,anim = 0;
	path_set(me, my.string1);
	while(1)
	{
		health = 100;
		while(health>0)
		{
			path_getnode(my,node, startPos, my.skill1);
			vec_set(my.x,startPos);
			node = path_nextnode(my,node,1);
			path_getnode(my,node, endPos, my.skill1);
			vec_set(temp,endPos);
			vec_sub(temp,my.x);
			vec_to_angle(my.pan,temp);
			my.tilt = 0;
			my.roll = 0;
			while(vec_dist(my.x,endPos)>5)
			{
				c_move(me,vector(15*time_step,0,0),nullvector,IGNORE_SPRITES|IGNORE_PASSABLE|IGNORE_YOU);
				anim += result;
				ent_animate(me,"walk",anim,ANM_CYCLE);
				c_setminmax(me);
				wait(1);
			}
			wait(1);
		}
		wait(1);
	}
	ent_remove(me);
}

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only problem here your path has to be a closed one, since it doesnt walk back... it works quite good here...

im trying that with my character and it keeps setting him at the first part of the path and then he bugs out and goes back and forth in a really small spot quickkkkkkkly

hm, maybe your path has two nodes very nearby and than the path splits into more than one way? since it works here