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Extreme · 08-02-2012 02:35 AM

I have the same problem, thats very strange.

**darksun84** · 08-02-2012 02:59 AM

By commanding npc to kill each other via "chicken kill" mine chickens are still fighting, did you get the problem even in this way?

Anarch Cassius · 08-02-2012 03:53 AM

Just a hunch... try giving them a different brain. A blank one from beyond the end of the list. It will have no behavoir built in. See if that still has these issues or if only defined brain types do.

WRWR · 08-02-2012 04:55 AM

Ahh, its hardcoded thing Smile

just checking it on my sphere

Rayvolution · 08-02-2012 05:47 AM

hmmm, it may be hardcoded then, if so anyone have any tips on a work around?

I don't have elves on my server at all, when I get home I'll try making all my guards "Elves" bodies and see if that fixes it. It won't correct the hardcoded issue, but at least it'll allow my guards to attack anything on my server as they should be.

Update:

Using c_elf_male/female works like a champ, they attack everything now! Since I have no plans on ever having elves on my server, I just simply have to cover their ears with the right hairstyles and no one is the wiser. I'm not keen on hacky workarounds, but hey, it's working! Tongue

Now I just need to code the guards correctly. Does anyone know if there's a way to detect if the target is hostile? Not necessarily in combat mode, but just red/aggressive?

Right now, this is my basic "attack" script:

Code:

ON=@NPCLookAtChar

    IF (<SRC.KARMA> < -2999) || (<SRC.BRAIN> = brain_monster) || (<SRC.BRAIN> = brain_undead) || <SRC.FLAGS>&statf_criminal)

ATTACK 

ELSE

RETURN 0

I know it's missing a few flags/brains, I just set it up for testing purposes. But is there a more simple way to do it or do I have to specify every condition that makes a target red/aggressive?

**darksun84** · 08-02-2012 08:09 AM

== not =

Rayvolution · 08-02-2012 10:37 AM

(08-02-2012 08:09 AM)darksun84 Wrote: == not =

hah, whoops. Good catch.

I'm writing my own AI script now anyway, so it doesn't even matter anymore. Since I'm rewriting all my Mobs 1 by 1 as I add them to the world, I'm also giving them all special events and what not for AI flags.

So now;

Code:

[EVENTS e_AI_Guard]

ON=@NPCLookAtChar

    IF (<SRC.TEVENTS> == e_AI_Hostile)

ATTACK 

ENDIF

But, now all my mobs in the entire game will have event flags setup for the AI, allowing certain types to fight each other. For example, e_AI_Carnivore will attack e_AI_Small_Animals, and e_AI_Hostile will always attack any e_AI_Friendly, etc.

It's also setup so each base event can have abilities.. so it'll be a very simple and easy to expand AI system, pretty much based on Anarch's ideas it's just my spin on it. I'm just not using any tags at all. I just have NPCs/Mobs attack/defend/react to each other based on what events they have. Any advanced AI can be written into the event itself for each event type.

Basic idea os what I have now (Hardly done at all, I'm just setting up)

Code:

[EVENTS e_AI_Guard]

ON=@NPCLookAtChar

    IF (<SRC.TEVENTS> == e_AI_Hostile)

ATTACK 

ENDIF

[EVENTS e_AI_Vendor]

[EVENTS e_AI_Undead] //Incomplete

ON=@Hit

   IF (<SRC.ACT.RESTEST i_mem_undead_acid>)

      SRC.ACT.CONSUME 100 i_mem_undead_acid

   ENDIF

   IF (<SRC.ACT.RESTEST i_mem_undead_acid_2>)

      SRC.ACT.CONSUME 100 i_mem_undead_acid_2

   ENDIF

   SRC.ACT.DAMAGE 5

   SRC.ACT.SYSMESSAGENEG <NAME> burns you with acid!

   SRC.ACT.EMOTE burned with acid!

   SRC.ACT.UPDATE

   SOUND 517

   ACT.EFFECT 3,i_fx_curse,1,17,0

   SERV.NEWITEM i_mem_undead_acid

   SRC.ACT.EQUIP <NEW>

   NEW.TIMER=3

   NEW.LINK=<SRC.UID>

   SERV.NEWITEM i_mem_undead_acid_2

   SRC.ACT.EQUIP <NEW>

   NEW.TIMER=60

   NEW.LINK=<SRC.UID>

[ITEMDEF i_mem_undead_acid]

ID=i_memory

NAME=Acid

TYPE=t_eq_script

on=@EQUIP

   timer=1     

   return 0   

on=@timer

if <LINK.flags>&statf_dead

   LINK.SYSMESSAGE The acid has killed you!

   LINK.CONSUME 100 i_mem_undead_acid_2

   LINK.CONSUME 100 i_mem_undead_acid

   LINK.UPDATE

   return 1

endif

   LINK.DAMAGE 1

   TIMER=2

   return 1

[ITEMDEF i_mem_undead_acid_2]

ID=i_memory

NAME=Acid 2

TYPE=t_eq_script

on=@timer

   LINK.CONSUME 100 i_mem_undead_acid_2

   LINK.CONSUME 100 i_mem_undead_acid

   LINK.UPDATE

   REMOVE

   RETURN 1

[EVENTS e_AI_Friendly] //Friendly NPCs

[EVENTS e_AI_Neutral] //Animals

[EVENTS e_AI_Hostile] //Attacks anything that has "friendly" events, like vendors, guards, healers, most city NPCs.

ON=@NPCLookAtChar

    IF (<SRC.TEVENTS> == e_AI_Friendly)

ATTACK 

ENDIF

Rayvolution · 08-02-2012 03:31 PM

hmmm, it looks like im having another problem now. I didn't notice it before in testing because at the time, the IF statement didnt actually matter to run the script.

It looks like the EVENT cant detect when your target has an event applied to him.

This IF won't fire:
IF (<SRC.TEVENTS> == e_AI_Hostile)

I've wrote up every way I could think of to make the IF statement fire. I can get it to work with tags, but it would be much simplier if it could figure out it's target's TEVENTS.

Any ideas? :/

Extreme · 08-02-2012 03:37 PM

IF STRMATCH(*e_AI_Hostile*,<SRC.EVENTS>)

Gil Amarth · 08-02-2012 04:05 PM

You can try ISTEVENT.

IF (<SRC.TEVENTS.ISTEVENT.e_AI_Hostile>)

It works in my system.

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