Someone Else
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There could be a command "pathfind to beethro", where the NPC would act like a brained roach and a command to act like each kind of monster. They wouldn't kill beethro, but they could find him. I know this is possible right now, but very very tedious.

Chaco
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Pathfind to (X, Y) would be even better, actually.

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Yes, but right now to find beethro is a lot of work. Any way to get to him would be nice.

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Hmm. It should also have a brained option (Never, Normal, Always) Figure it out!

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Chaco wrote:
Pathfind to (X, Y) would be even better, actually.

How about simply making the function a "Pathfind to (X, Y)" command only, but provide a seperate function that enters Beethro's current (X, Y) position into the parenthetical? Something like "Pathfind to([Beethro_location])" That would solve both concerns. It could then be used in both ways. You could enter any specific spot, or find Beethro with the same function.

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I think that would be great.

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Garlonuss wrote:
How about simply making the function a "Pathfind to (X, Y)" command only, but provide a seperate function that enters Beethro's current (X, Y) position into the parenthetical? Something like "Pathfind to([Beethro_location])" That would solve both concerns. It could then be used in both ways. You could enter any specific spot, or find Beethro with the same function.

I'm adding this and a couple variants to 3.0 movement scripting.

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Thank you!

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I hope commands like 'Move NW', 'Move Towards X,Y' (Like Pathfind except without multi-turn commitment) will be in there. Spawn X would also be nice. I still like a text-based system best. But, after all, that's what open-source is for! (I'll be working on it myself for those of you who didn't get the hint)

EDIT: It shouldn't be that hard. I will likely be able to extract most of the data from moster patterns, and maybe even make a more annoying WW.

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[Last edited by coppro at 11-29-2005 03:54 AM]

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Yeah, move in X direction would be fantastic, especially for if... goto goto loops.

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