A few AI questions

Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:40 am

I just had a few questions regarding creatures' AI, as I seem to be doing something wrong.

Is there a way to make creatures wander, even if the player is far away? I'm talking halfway-across-Cyrodiil-distance. Also, can you increase the wander radius so they essentially go anywhere in the game? Basically, what I want to do is make zombies that will search for the closest NPC and kill it, then reapeat. So far they just kill everything in their world space and then wander around without leaving, and don't attack anything else that wanders in. It's strange. I have them set to wander and find -> NPC's, both with "Defensive Combat" flagged.
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Emma Parkinson
 
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:00 am

Might work better if you don't fuss over changing the wander package and just give them a series of Find packages, each with a different location. That way once they find an NPC in one area, they will go on to the next package, next area, to look for another. A wander package is just a fall back position to give them something to do when none of their packages can be completed (ie none of the NPCs have respawned and there are none to find atm). :foodndrink:
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:19 pm

Might work better if you don't fuss over changing the wander package and just give them a series of Find packages, each with a different location. That way once they find an NPC in one area, they will go on to the next package, next area, to look for another. A wander package is just a fall back position to give them something to do when none of their packages can be completed (ie none of the NPCs have respawned and there are none to find atm). :foodndrink:

Well, my main concern about that is that they might not attack people (players, I mean) if they hide out in certain places, like remote caves. Maybe, after completing a cycle throughout the cities, they can hunt down the player for a day or something?

Wait, that might work... Thanks!

EDIT: Umm, does anyone know how a zombie could be made so seek out the player, no matter where he/she is?
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