Hi smallg, see video this is the best it will go before the van starts shaking everywhere,
it stalls all time along the way and does a 180 at some points along the path
Script set-up
-- LUA Script - precede every function and global member with lowercase name of script
-- globals
local aniplaying = 0
ai_newdest_time = {}
ai_cover_on = {}
-- init when level first runs
function civilian_init(e)
ai_soldier_state[e] = "patrol";
ai_soldier_pathindex[e] = -1;
ai_start_x[e] = nil
ai_starting_heath[e] = nil
ai_ran_to_cover[e] = 0
ModulateSpeed(e,1.0)
ai_old_health[e] = 0
--CharacterControlStand(e)
ai_returning_home[e] = 0
ai_newdest_time[e] = -1
ai_cover_on[e] = 0
ai_alerted_spoken[e] = 0
end
function civilian_main(e)
EntObjNo = g_Entity[e]['obj'];
-- Detect player distance (note: possible optimization here)
PlayerDX = g_Entity[e]['x'] - g_PlayerPosX;
PlayerDY = g_Entity[e]['y'] - g_PlayerPosY;
PlayerDZ = g_Entity[e]['z'] - g_PlayerPosZ;
PlayerDist = math.sqrt(math.abs(PlayerDX*PlayerDX)+math.abs(PlayerDY*PlayerDY)+math.abs(PlayerDZ*PlayerDZ));
--if ai_ran_to_cover[e] ~= 1 then
-- Always looking at player
--if PlayerDist < 200 then
--LookAtPlayer(e)
--AIEntityGoToPosition(EntObjNo,g_Entity[e]['x'],g_Entity[e]['z'])
--else
-- Patrol Mode
if ai_soldier_state[e] == "patrol" then
-- Try and find a close path to patrol, just check once for it
if ai_soldier_pathindex[e] == -1 then
ai_soldier_pathindex[e] = -2
CharacterControlArmed(e)
-- find initial waypoint path to follow
PathIndex = -1;
pClosest = 99999;
for pa = 1, AIGetTotalPaths(), 1 do
for po = 1 , AIGetPathCountPoints(pa), 1 do
pDX = g_Entity[e]['x'] - AIPathGetPointX(pa,po);
pDZ = g_Entity[e]['z'] - AIPathGetPointZ(pa,po);
pDist = math.sqrt(math.abs(pDX*pDX)+math.abs(pDZ*pDZ));
if pDist < pClosest and pDist < 200 then
pClosest = pDist;
PathIndex = pa;
end
end -- po
end -- pa
-- follow found path
if PathIndex > -1 then
ai_soldier_pathindex[e] = PathIndex;
ai_path_point_index[e] = 2
ModulateSpeed(e,5.0)
SetCharacterToWalk(e)
ai_path_point_direction[e] = 1
ai_path_point_max[e] = AIGetPathCountPoints(ai_soldier_pathindex[e])
end
end
-- If we have a path then lets patrol it
if ai_soldier_pathindex[e] > -1 then
ai_patrol_x[e] = AIPathGetPointX(ai_soldier_pathindex[e],ai_path_point_index[e])
ai_patrol_z[e] = AIPathGetPointZ(ai_soldier_pathindex[e],ai_path_point_index[e])
AIEntityGoToPosition(EntObjNo,ai_patrol_x[e],ai_patrol_z[e])
tDistX = g_Entity[e]['x'] - ai_patrol_x[e]
tDistZ = g_Entity[e]['z'] - ai_patrol_z[e]
DistFromPath = math.sqrt(math.abs(tDistX*tDistX)+math.abs(tDistZ*tDistZ))
if DistFromPath < 50 then
if ai_path_point_direction[e] == 1 then
ai_path_point_index[e] = ai_path_point_index[e] + 1
if ( ai_path_point_index[e] > ai_path_point_max[e] ) then
ai_path_point_index[e] = ai_path_point_max[e] -1
ai_path_point_direction[e] = 0
end
else
ai_path_point_index[e] = ai_path_point_index[e] - 1
if ( ai_path_point_index[e] < 1 ) then
ai_path_point_index[e] = 2
ai_path_point_direction[e] = 1
end
end
end
else
CharacterControlFidget(e)
end
end
-- end
--if g_Entity[e]['health'] < 100 then
-- SetCharacterToRun(e)
-- ModulateSpeed(e,1.0)
-- ai_ran_to_cover[e] = 1
-- AISetEntityControl(EntObjNo,AI_MANUAL);
-- AIEntityMoveToCover(EntObjNo,g_PlayerPosX,g_PlayerPosZ);
-- end
end
