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FPSC Classic Scripts / How to prevent enemies to attack through walls

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The Storyteller 01
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Posted: 6th Jul 2010 03:48 Edited at: 6th Jul 2010 03:52
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While working on a reliable tracking AI script I realized that the enemies stop attacking through walls if the lines including the plraddhealth action are modified by adding the plrcanbeseen condition.

just like this:

This is a line of stevepaul's medieval swordattack script, the plrdistwithin=94 is rather large so not even the thickest walls or doorframes prevent the attack. bond1's Zombies p.e. have only plrdistwithin=70 so the problem isn't that big there.

I am sure a lot of people know about this, but since I roam the boards daily and didn't know myself, I thought I'd risk posting it

EDIT: It doesn't prevent attacks through doors or other dynamic entities though.

In case you find my grammar and spelling weird ---> native German speaker ^^
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Plystire
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Posted: 6th Jul 2010 05:05
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Perhaps you can experiment with the Raycast condition to determine if a door is in the way. I can't recall exactly if the command effects dynamic objects (such as doors) but it's worth a try. If they attack you through doors, there seems little point in closing doors behind you.


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The Storyteller 01
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Posted: 6th Jul 2010 11:22 Edited at: 6th Jul 2010 11:33
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At least enemies don't move through dynamic doors so closing them is still usefull (unless the enemies have more brain than a zombie and ought to open doors ) but it seems, that the engine regards dynamic objects as *seetrough*. That's probably why adding plrcanbeseen doesn't change a thing.

I experimented with raycast in combination with rotatetoplr,strafe=x or rotatetoplr,rotatey=x to get enemies *unstuck* at corners, doorframes or obstacles but since I can't teach the AI to move into the *right* direction, I have to randomize it, which only creates random movement with the *chance* of overcoming the obstacle. My best bet is still followplr but the engine isn't too eager accepting ifplrtrail=1 even if the player passed by the enemy NPC...

In case you find my grammar and spelling weird ---> native German speaker ^^
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Nbt
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Posted: 7th Jul 2010 17:59
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To be honest I have played tons of so called AAA titles and even they still suffer a little attack through walls. This has come in a handy a few times by blowing them up with a nade through a wall

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