npc doesn't step_towards its victim.

ID:141380
 
Mar 25 2009, 3:44 pm
Code:
mob/npc
    Rogue
        name = "name"
        icon = 'icon.dmi'
        icon_state = "iconstate"
        Health = 25
        team = "team"
        New()
            ..()
            spawn(5)
                src.Live()
        proc/Live()
            while(src)
                var/mob/e
                if(usr.team == "Alliance" in oview(5,src)).
                    step_towards(src,e)
                else
                    sleep(10)
                sleep(5)
        Bump(mob/M)
            if(istype(M,/mob/))
                src.Eattack(M)

        proc/Eattack(mob/A)
            if(!canAttack) return
            canAttack = FALSE
            var/damage = rand(1,5)
            view() << "[name] Attacked [A]"
            A.Health -= damage
            A.death(src)
            spawn(20) canAttack = TRUE



this npc is soppost to step_towards any mobs that have team = alliance. but it doesn't step_towards any mobs.

Mar 25 2009, 3:57 pm
XskyflakeX wrote:
Code:
> mob/npc
>   Rogue
>       name = "name"
>       icon = 'icon.dmi'
>       icon_state = "iconstate"
>       Health = 25
>       team = "team"
>       New()
>           ..()
>           spawn(5)
>               src.Live()
>       proc/Live()
>           while(src)
>               var/mob/e
>               if(usr.team == "Alliance" in oview(5,src)).
>                   step_towards(src,e)
>               else
>                   sleep(10)
>               sleep(5)
>       Bump(mob/M)
>           if(istype(M,/mob/))
>               src.Eattack(M)
> 
>       proc/Eattack(mob/A)
>           if(!canAttack) return
>           canAttack = FALSE
>           var/damage = rand(1,5)
>           view() << "[name] Attacked [A]"
>           A.Health -= damage
>           A.death(src)
>           spawn(20) canAttack = TRUE
>


this npc is soppost to step_towards any mobs that have team = alliance. but it doesn't step_towards any mobs.

> mob/npc
>   Rogue
>       name = "name"
>       icon = 'icon.dmi'
>       icon_state = "iconstate"
>       Health = 25
>       team = "team"
>       New()
>           ..()
>           spawn(5)
>               src.Live()
>       proc/Live()
>           while(src)
>               var/mob/e
>               if(e.team == "Alliance" in oview(5,src)). // try this
>                   step_towards(src,e)
>               else
>                   sleep(10)
>               sleep(5)
>       Bump(mob/M)
>           if(istype(M,/mob/))
>               src.Eattack(M)
> 
>       proc/Eattack(mob/A)
>           if(!canAttack) return
>           canAttack = FALSE
>           var/damage = rand(1,5)
>           view() << "[name] Attacked [A]"
>           A.Health -= damage
>           A.death(src)
>           spawn(20) canAttack = TRUE
>
Mar 25 2009, 4:07 pm
 
mob/npc
    Rogue
        name = "name"
        icon = 'icon.dmi'
        icon_state = "iconstate"
        Health = 25
        team = "team"
        New()
            ..()
            spawn(5)
                src.Live()
        proc/Live()
            while(src)
                for( var/mob/e in oview(5,src) )
                    if(e.team=="Alliance")
                        step_towards(src,e)
                        break
                sleep(10)
        Bump(mob/M)
            if(istype(M,/mob/))
                src.Eattack(M)

        proc/Eattack(mob/A)
            if(!canAttack) return
            canAttack = FALSE
            var/damage = rand(1,5)
            view() << "[name] Attacked [A]"
            A.Health -= damage
            A.death(src)
            spawn(20) canAttack = TRUE
Mar 25 2009, 4:12 pm
In response to Agrey123
 
proc/Live()
            while(src)
                var/mob/e
                if(e.team == "Alliance" in oview(5,src)). // try this
                    step_towards(src,e)
                else
                    sleep(10)
                sleep(5)


That's not going to work, but it's on the right track.
XskyflakeX, your issue is with the mob e there.

You haven't actually assigned anything to that variable. This means that there's no actual mob for your NPC to step towards. To fix this, you need a for loop that locates all other mobs in view and picks one to step towards. Something like this:

proc/Live()
    while(src)
        var/mob/victim // Naming your variables properly helps a lot
        
        for(var/mob/visiblemob in oview(5,src))
            if(visiblemob.team == "Alliance")
            
                // This part of the code picks the closest "enemy" mob
                if(!victim)
                    victim = visiblemob
                else
                    if(get_dist(src,visiblemob) < get_dist(src,victim))
                        victim = visiblemob
                        
            // If we have someone to step towards AND we aren't already touching them
            if(victim && get_dist(src,victim) > 1)
                step_towards(src,victim)
        else
            sleep(10)
    sleep(5)


That should work more the way you're wanting.
Mar 25 2009, 4:54 pm
In response to Perpetr8r the Perpetu8r
Perpetr8r the Perpetu8r wrote:
> proc/Live()
>             while(src)
>                 var/mob/e
>                 if(e.team == "Alliance" in oview(5,src)). // try this
>                     step_towards(src,e)
>                 else
>                     sleep(10)
>                 sleep(5)
>

That's not going to work, but it's on the right track.
XskyflakeX, your issue is with the mob e there.

You haven't actually assigned anything to that variable. This means that there's no actual mob for your NPC to step towards. To fix this, you need a for loop that locates all other mobs in view and picks one to step towards. Something like this:

> proc/Live()
>   while(src)
>       var/mob/victim // Naming your variables properly helps a lot
>       
>       for(var/mob/visiblemob in oview(5,src))
>           if(visiblemob.team == "Alliance")
>           
>               // This part of the code picks the closest "enemy" mob
>               if(!victim)
>                   victim = visiblemob
>               else
>                   if(get_dist(src,visiblemob) < get_dist(src,victim))
>                       victim = visiblemob
>                       
>           // If we have someone to step towards AND we aren't already touching them
>           if(victim && get_dist(src,victim) > 1)
>               step_towards(src,victim)
>       else
>           sleep(10)
>   sleep(5)
>

That should work more the way you're wanting.



As far as I have ever seen, view already orders them by distance, so choosing the first one would already be the closet. Also he wants to keep smashing into it because he's using Bump() to perform the attack, so he wants to keep moving while touching them.
Mar 25 2009, 5:31 pm
In response to T3h P3ngu1n
Well if that's true, then a break statement needs to be added instead of the distance checking code, else it'll bump into/run towards everything in sight.