i need an ally in my game...how exactly(with detail) would i go about that, coding wise...

what is an ally?

to ally[en] = sich verbünden[de]

oO
Dann ist die Frage ein wenig komisch gestellt..

What do you want exactly?

He wants an AI bot that doesn't fight against the player but against the player's enemies. A friendly bot.


Well, I'm not really good at ally AI but I think you have to code an AI bot (look up the several tutorials in the AUM or somewhere else). Then, where you tell him to attack the player, just tell him to attack all entities who are not in his team. A little more detailed:
You have just one action, for both the ally and the enemy. In this ation, you have a decision making function. Normally, somewhere in this function you say "if player is in sight, attack him". Now you say him "if entity with skill x != my skill x in sight, attack it".
So you have a skill defined that stores the team and that you set to different values.
It's very hard to explain this in english, it's not my first language.
Maybe some of the more experienced coders that are good at AI coding can explain it better. (I'd know some but I don't want to push them ;))

that actually sounds like it could work. i think i will give it a try. i never thought about something so simple as that concept.i guess including a type of function that would make the "ally" entity follow you until he had an enemy in his sights, and then afterwards, start following you again, would make for a pretty cool ally a.i. good luck, guys.

ok, so not as easy as i thought, lol. i still cant figure out how to get the entity to attack someone other than me, and he walks up to me, and stops me, instead of following.

lol thanx u guys...i will try what you guys have suggested ;-)

i created a small demo that lets you choose between two armies "red and blue" and then they battle eternaly, of course they can be killed , then new ones are created. depending on the team you choose - red or blue - you can create that color player and join in the battle , or just watch as your allies and your enemies duke it out forever

hopefully this will help you a bit

get it here

Nice one, badapple! This is really impressive, you could make a whole game out of it... Well, probably not, but it is nice!
And I think it will help clearing the, in my opinion, hardest part, namely a way to let the enemy decide which of HIS enemies to attack.