nicked on 3/11/2019 at 10:28
Goodness, this was waaay simpler than I thought. I think looking at Equilibrium in the first place was a mistake, as there's so much additional stuff in there for the Keeper Agent's behaviour that is not required for what I need.
For my purposes, I just want normal guards that can switch weapons. A simple proximity switch has done the trick. Here's the setup in the simplest possible form:
1. Create a single new Stim -
GarrettProxStim2. Create two new Metaproperties:
MultiWeaponBow- AI > AI Core > AI: Human with bow
- Ranged Combat > Ranged Combat (Minimum Distance: 10 / Ideal Distance: 40 / Firing Delay: 1.15 / Cover Desire: High / Decay Speed: 0.01 / Fire While Moving: Never)
- Creature > Time Warp: 0.85
- Motions > ActorTagList: WithBow 0
- Shape > Model Name: (AI model with a bow)<archermodel>
MultiWeaponSword- AI > AI Core > AI: Human with sword
- Ability Settings > HtoHCombat: Distances: X: 3.75 / Y: 6.00 / 10.00
- Motions > ActorTagList: WithSword 0
- Model Name: (AI model with a sword)
3. Create a new archetype
NewGuard under Animal > Human:
- Speech > Voice: vguardmen
- Metaproperty: MultiWeaponSword
- Receptrons:
- 1. Stimulus: GarrettProxStim / Min Intensity: No Min / Max Intensity: 20 / Effect: Add MetaProperty / Target Object: Me / Agent Object: MultiWeaponBow
- 2. Stimulus: GarrettProxStim / Min Intensity: No Min / Max Intensity: 20 / Effect: Remove MetaProperty / Target Object: Me / Agent Object: MultiWeaponSword
- 3. Stimulus: GarrettProxStim / Min Intensity: 21 / Max Intensity: No Max / Effect: Add MetaProperty / Target Object: Me / Agent Object: MultiWeaponSword
- 4. Stimulus: GarrettProxStim / Min Intensity: 21 / Max Intensity: No Max / Effect: Remove MetaProperty / Target Object: Me / Agent Object: MultiWeaponBow
4. Edit the
Garrett archetype.
- Add Act/React Source:
- 1. Stimulus: GarrettProxStim / Propagator: Radius / Intensity: 100 / Shape Data: (Radius: 30 / Flags: None / Dispersion: Linear) / Life Cycle: (Flags: No Max Firings / Period: 500 / Max Firings: 0 / Intensity Slope: 0)
How it works:
* Garrett gives off a GarrettProxStim with a linear falloff every half second.
* Guards react to the GarrettProxStim based on the falloff (tweak the numbers if you're not happy with the distance).
* If the guard receives less than 20 of the Stim (i.e. Garrett is far away), he'll add the Bow behaviour metaproperty to himself and remove the Sword behaviour metaproperty.
* If it's more than 20 (i.e. Garrett is nearby), he does the inverse - adds the Sword behaviour metaproperty and removes the Bow behaviour metaproperty.</archermodel>
nicked on 3/11/2019 at 11:55
Bit of work with Detailattachement links and the end result is pretty cool:
[video=youtube;8t_-O29dHJQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t_-O29dHJQ[/video]
Yandros on 4/11/2019 at 17:36
That's awesome! Nice work both of you.
PinkDot on 4/11/2019 at 20:21
Looks pretty cool - like a very core feature of the combat system. It's really great, that you managed to do it with such a simple setup.
I wonder if it's technically possible to play animations before and after the state changes, to draw and put back the bow and swords respectively. The flipping is not that apparent (especially, when you runaway facing backwards), but still, it would be a nice touch.
Yandros on 4/11/2019 at 20:47
I agree, as long as the animations are very quick and don't slow down or interfere with the guard's pursuit of the player.
