How to turn something on when object comes too close to AI obj?

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How to turn something on when object comes too close to AI obj? #353908 01/14/11 03:26 01/14/11 03:26
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 5 D Dontstealmyfood OP Newbie
Dontstealmyfood OP Newbie D Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 5	I need to turn on a function or just make something happen when my player object gets close enough to my one of my AI objects but have no clue how to make it work? PS I use lite-c...

Re: How to turn something on when object comes too close to AI obj? [Re: Dontstealmyfood] #353909 01/14/11 04:56 01/14/11 04:56
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,143 United Kingdom DJBMASTER Serious User
DJBMASTER Serious User Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,143 United Kingdom	Code: function AIObject() { while(vec_dist(my.x,player.x) > 200){wait(1);} // player is closer than 200 to me, do something... }

Re: How to turn something on when object comes too close to AI obj? [Re: DJBMASTER] #353910 01/14/11 05:07 01/14/11 05:07
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Dontstealmyfood OP Newbie D Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 5	Many thanks man!!!

Re: How to turn something on when object comes too close to AI obj? [Re: Dontstealmyfood] #353931 01/14/11 10:12 01/14/11 10:12
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 12 P Psygnal Newbie
Psygnal Newbie P Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 12	Oh good lord. That'll teach me to read the bloody manual properly. I was checking distance using a rather more cumbersome formula.

Re: How to turn something on when object comes too close to AI obj? [Re: Psygnal] #354008 01/14/11 18:26 01/14/11 18:26
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Logan Member Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 120 United States	vec_dist() is the best. You can also use it instead of c_scan sometimes when you only have a specific entity in mind for scanning. Just like this AI example. Your enemies could scan every frame for the player, which is slow, or they could just check how far away he is, which is fast.