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Posted: 9th Jul 2016 08:40 Edited at: 9th Jul 2016 08:42

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Creating a testlevel with two enemies and both the same distance from the player. Both enemies are using ai_soldier.lua
as AI script. Strange, settings of viewrange 0 the enemies are reacting faster on distance then with higher viewrange settings.

So leaving the viewrange settings 0 is the best result

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Posted: 9th Jul 2016 18:48 Edited at: 9th Jul 2016 19:00

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A setting of 0 basically removes the view range and takes the range from the script.

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Posted: 9th Jul 2016 18:56 Edited at: 9th Jul 2016 19:02

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The view range is set in the script so you cannot increase it ..... But last time I tried you can go below the set range ..
Try this ..... place character ....select his properties.... set "View Range" to 200 and "View Cone Angle " to 1000

You should be able to creep right up to him before he detects you .... It worked great for infiltrating an area and not getting noticed if you hide around a corner

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Posted: 9th Jul 2016 21:09 Edited at: 9th Jul 2016 21:16

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Quote: "View Cone Angle"

works like a circle around the player so 0 to 180 (half of 360 because it will calculate left and right from the centre point) with a low value meaning a narrow vision, 180 meaning circular vision (can see all around him, including behind)

Quote: "View Range"

setting from 1 to 1500 (is limited to a max of 1500 due to a hard coded value), anything lower = shorter vision. (0 will act like 1500)

if you want to see if an enemy can see you then you can use a little script like this (will display 1 if you can be seen, 0 if not)

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function vision_test_init(e)

end 

function vision_test_main(e)

Prompt(g_Entity[e]['plrvisible'])

end

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Posted: 9th Jul 2016 22:24 Edited at: 9th Jul 2016 22:24

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Thanks for the info

, something to try out.

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Posted: 11th Jul 2016 17:20

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I've notice in soldier.lua :

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-- Check if we can get to the new position without going around something
	if ( AICouldSee ( EntObjNo , ai_dest_x[e] , g_Entity[e]['y'] , ai_dest_z[e] ) == 0 )  then
		ai_dest_x[e] = g_PlayerPosX;
		ai_dest_z[e] = g_PlayerPosZ;
	end

"AICouldSee" statement, not being declared in the script itself, neither in global.lua.

Someone know how it works, where is it declared?

As aside note, I remember something like "plrCanBeSeen" but I'm not able to find it, I should dream it.

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Posted: 11th Jul 2016 17:32 Edited at: 11th Jul 2016 17:33

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Quote: " if ( AICouldSee ( EntObjNo , ai_dest_x[e] , g_Entity[e]['y'] , ai_dest_z[e] ) == 0 )"

it's a raycast from the "EntObjNo" to the x,y,z (in this case, x = ai_dest_x[e] / y = g_Entity[e]['y'] / z = ai_dest_z[e])
only works for characters and simply returns if the object can see the target location (returns 1 if it can)
note; assumes 360 vision on the character.

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Posted: 11th Jul 2016 17:52

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Thanks to clarify smallg.

What's about "plrCanBeSeen" statement, had I dreamed it?

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Posted: 11th Jul 2016 18:02

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use
g_Entity[e]['plrvisible']
or
GetEntityPlayerVisibility(e)

(returns 1 if character can see the player or 0 if not)

is that what you mean?

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Posted: 11th Jul 2016 18:14

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I already know this.

But for some reason I thought I saw a resemblance to this command; but I think I'm wrong.

Anyway thanks again mate. so another

for you. Many hot here now (summer season here).
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