Trouble with changing entity / function

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Trouble with changing entity / function #369803 05/07/11 11:40 05/07/11 11:40
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2 S Smushi OP Guest
Smushi OP Guest S Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2	Hi everyone! I hope you can help me because this problem is driving me mad >.< Ok so in the game there are enemies moving towards you with a constant speed. Once they are close to you I want to closes one to chang his model und move towards me. Now I managed to reach the two required functions seperatly but never together... Like this it constantly scans and creates a new entity for each frame... well at least they change their model and move towards me and everything works (apart from the freaky effect and waste of resources. Quote: c_scan(my.x, my.pan, vector(45, 45, 1500), IGNORE_ME \| SCAN_ENTS); // scan for any entities that are closer than xxx quants to this entity if (you) // a target was detected? { if ((you == player))//, \|\| (you.skill1 == 1234))// an entity that verifies the conditions was detected \|\| skill?? { set(my,PASSABLE\|INVISIBLE); //make normal fish invisible and passable to save memory and keep entity pointer (ent_remove removes pointer)) ent_create("mdl_wuerfelfisch_attack.mdl",vector(my.x,my.y,my.z),move_attack_fish); //create new model with attack finction } } Now if I use ent_morph when I get scanned I don't get a freaky effect, but I can't change the entities function using my.event = "attack function"; So the model simply changes, but won't move towards me... I guess I somehow have to make the enemy only scan until he finds me and then start the new behaviour. Sadly I could not find any tutorials on this Help me Game Studio Forum, you're my only hope!

Re: Trouble with changing entity / function [Re: Smushi] #369808 05/07/11 12:24 05/07/11 12:24
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,900 Bielefeld, Germany Pappenheimer Senior Expert
Pappenheimer Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,900 Bielefeld, Germany	Use a skill of the entity to mark different 'states' within the same function. If the first state is given let the entity do the first task. As soon as the next condition is given, switch to the second state. In the second state ent_morph the entity and switch to the third state where it follows the second task. http://www.puppenheim.org/ http://www.wuerfels-welt.de Old Game Tutorial: http://www.puppenheim.org/MITutorial.zip Free Game Editor: http://puppenheim.org/AlienalsWeihnachtsmann.zip http://www.puppenheim.org/blender_starting_main_settings.txt

Re: Trouble with changing entity / function [Re: Pappenheimer] #369871 05/08/11 10:37 05/08/11 10:37
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2 S Smushi OP Guest
Smushi OP Guest S Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2	Thanks for the hint. I stumbled upon the Skills from time to time but couldn't make any sense of them... They seem like some kind of variable to me. Can you give me a hint on how to use skills, maybe an example? The Manual doesn't help me much, but I'll keep trying ^^ thanks again

Re: Trouble with changing entity / function [Re: Smushi] #369907 05/08/11 21:12 05/08/11 21:12
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,900 Bielefeld, Germany Pappenheimer Senior Expert
Pappenheimer Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,900 Bielefeld, Germany	Yes, I think that you can say that skills are a sort of local variable, but a local variable is bound to a function, the skill is bound to the entity, means you can use it from different functions of the entity. And, you can use it with a pointer from other functions f.i. from other entities, as well. F.i. you scan or trace another entity, then you have access to that entiy with the 'you' pointer, and you can change that entity's skills like this: you.skill22 = 0; It is a sort of 'private' variable of the entity. #define _state skill2 // for skill _state: #define _state_watch 1 #define _state_switch 2 #define _state_attack 3 in the function/action of the entity use it this way: Code: function enemy_behaviour() { while(1) { if(my._state == _state_watch) { watch(); } if(my._state == _state_switch) { ent_morph(me... my._state = _state_attack; } if(my._state == _state_attack) { attack(); } wait(1): } } http://www.puppenheim.org/ http://www.wuerfels-welt.de Old Game Tutorial: http://www.puppenheim.org/MITutorial.zip Free Game Editor: http://puppenheim.org/AlienalsWeihnachtsmann.zip http://www.puppenheim.org/blender_starting_main_settings.txt

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