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Sharky
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Posted: 7th Feb 2006 11:37
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I am pretty new to DB. I have programmed in Basic before and am pretty old school since I wrote programs on the commodore vic 20's and 64's. What I am looking for an answer to simply is this. How would one go about programming the pathing for an NPC. Like I have seen in Everquest or WoW how some mobs will walk a particular path and others roam in one specific area. I am pretty much trying to get into game programming and want to create a small RPG to get my feet wet, but I have no clue as how to program for the pathing of the mobs. If anyone could shed some light on this subject it would be much appreciated.
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John H
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Posted: 7th Feb 2006 13:28
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One technique that can be used for 'wandering' is to find a spheric area around an object, then position a hidden object somewhere in that sphere, then have the monster point towards that object and move to it, the hidden object repositions itself whenever it is met.


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David iz cool
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Posted: 7th Feb 2006 16:23 Edited at: 7th Feb 2006 16:24
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or you could do something like:

have your npc move to different points that you've selected.

if npcstate=10
`move to pt 1 here
endif

remstart
then set some kind of condition here for if the npc gets to
pt 1 or how long u want them to wander toward that pt like:
remend

if npc gets to xyz
npcstate=20`they either go to a different pt or are idle for
a while
endif

endif

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WarGoat
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it's not so hard. What I've done myself is, I've putted a function that make an invisible square(MinX, MinZ, MaxX, MaxZ) If the object is in the square, putt a rnd to see if it is turning, or moving. If turning, then decide, left or right. if moveing, move the object. if the object is trying to go out of the invisible square, then move him back and make him turn around so he can take another move. Maybe be a little confusing, but it work.


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