I was playing around again...
A little warehouse with zombies...



Without Zombies I had much more frames (+50%)... with Zombies the fps are around 15-20.
We need more... PERFORMANCE !!!!
Maybe someone will say now use a trigger, spawn them... thats not really working here on a small map...

BUG Alert!!!

The warehouse has 2 floors. Floor 0 and 1.
I can not place zombies on floor 1, because if I stand under them at floor 0, they can beat/kill me from floor 1....
Same with weapons, ammo, if they are on floor 1, I can collect them from floor 0. (see video at 0.15 -0.20 there is nothing at floor 0)

The object lock feature with the transparency is nice.

not saying i dont agree on the performance but it has improved a lot on open terrain and pathing on objects has pretty much only just been added and there is a lot of objects for your zombies to process in your map, hopefully a lot of improvement to come there, also recording is bound to slow it down more.

as for the floor issue, a reduction on the GetPlayerDistance(e) y range should fix that, i assume they still use the original maths which did indeed have quite a big allowance.

The zombie attack radius needs to be reduced for multiple reasons. They can attack you through walls.

That's what I mean, they can attack me thru the roof/floor. And I can also pick up things from the floor above me.

Yes, recording reduces the framerate too. But the framerate was already low, without fraps recording.

Are these the Zombies we have been waiting for from TGC, because if so I don't have them. Could someone tell me how to get them.

HI Tazman

Click the + on Characters in GameGuru and you will find your Zombies

Thanks synchromesh I missed that. Very cool

hi! i have started building a map with the warehouse and i have the same problem. i have a console in the first floor and i can activate it when i'm in the basementm thru the wall! i can collect things that are one floor above me without using the stairs. this is very nice but not the way it's ment to be

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how and where do i have to repair this?

This happens too in Classic/Reloaded, prompt you about open a door while you are in other floor, no nice when you want hidden something. I think it has something to do with the entity range.
I want the player having to pass closets of the entity (IE a hidden key or door), in order to get the prompt.

3com

yes that's what i tried to do as well. i found out that the range seems to be different for every object. the SciFi console (from sychromeshs website) that i was talking about has a very large range.
i wanted a key that's hidden in a closet to open another door but i have magic powers and can grab a key thru the floor and thru a closed door this would be nice in real life, please but not in my map

edit: @mookai: nice video btw. i also like your flower island. you have nice maps, very detailed.

in the global file is this code



try change it to this


it should be more accurate but it'll also mean you need to get closer in general - which may mean you need to tweak other scripts if they use low distance values - i tested with the door (100 range) and it still works ok though.

@nuncio thanks flower island was just a test, to see how many trees I need for a bad framerate hahaha

Added multi-layer AI for characters and Zombies attacking through walls to my list, thanks for the report!