Experiment[GS1]

[DustyPorViva]

This is more of an experiment that people might want to dissect more than slap on their server, especially since it's GS1 and made completely offline with no online testing. It's a baddy I made, but I was messing around and worked it around 8 directions. It chooses it's direction while chasing the player depending on what point in the 8 directions around itself that the player is closest to. The benefit of this over going directly in the players direction is that it can maneuver around walls a bit easier because it's x and y movement are separated. Anyways, maybe it's a technique that could be used more frequently, even though the movement looks unnatural.

PHP Code:

// NPC made by Dusty

function customize() {
  showcharacter;             // Initializes the NPC as a character
  setcharprop #1,sword1.png; // Sword image
  setcharprop #2,shield1.png;// Shield image
  setcharprop #3,head19.png; // Head image
  setcharprop #C0,black;     // Skin color
  setcharprop #C1,black;     // Coat color
  setcharprop #C2,black;     // Sleeve color
  setcharprop #C3,black;     // Shoe color
  setcharprop #C4,black;     // Belt color
  this.walkspeed=.15;        // Wandering walk speed
  this.chasespeed=.3;        // Chasing speed
  swordpower=1;              // I hope it's obvious
  shieldpower=1;             // See the above
  hearts=3;                  // See the above
  this.dir=int(random(0,8)); // Sets a random direction, if you want otherwise, set it 0-7
}

function setgani() {
  tokenize walk walk sword hurt dead; // Respective gani's for each mode in order
  if (!strequals(#m(-1),#t(this.mode))) setcharani #t(this.mode),; // Sets the gani if the new gani is not the current one
}

if (created) {
  customize();
  dontblock;
  this.directions=8;
  this.dirgo={0,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,-1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,1,-1};
  setarray this.onwall,2;

  timeout=0.05;
}

if (timeout) {
  // WANDERING MODE
  if (this.mode==0) {
    x+=this.dirgo[this.dir*2]*this.walkspeed;
    y+=this.dirgo[1+this.dir*2]*this.walkspeed;
    dir=getdir(this.dirgo[this.dir*2],this.dirgo[1+this.dir*2]);
    if (onwall(x+1.5+this.dirgo[this.dir*2],y+2+this.dirgo[1+this.dir*2])) this.dir=(this.dir-1)%8;
    this.delta={(playerx+1.5)-(x+1.5),(playery+2)-(y+2),(this.delta[0]^2+this.delta[1]^2)^.5};
    if (getdir(this.delta[0],this.delta[1])==dir && this.delta[2]<15) this.mode=1;
  }
  // SEEK AND DESTROY MODE
  if (this.mode==1) {
    this.dist=1000;
    for (i=0;i<this.directions;i++) {
      this.x=x+1.5+this.dirgo[i*2];
      this.y=y+2+this.dirgo[1+i*2];
      this.delta={(playerx+1.5)-this.x,(playery+2)-this.y,(this.delta[0]^2+this.delta[1]^2)^.5};
      if (this.delta[2]<this.dist) {
        this.dist=this.delta[2];
        this.dir=i;
      }
    }
    this.x=x+1.5+this.dirgo[this.dir*2];
    this.y=y+2+this.dirgo[1+this.dir*2];
    this.dist=(((playerx+1.5)-this.x)^2+((playery+2)-this.y)^2)^.5;
    if (this.dist<=2) this.mode=2;
    dir=getdir(this.dirgo[this.dir*2],this.dirgo[1+this.dir*2]);
    this.dx=this.dirgo[this.dir*2]*this.chasespeed;
    this.dy=this.dirgo[1+this.dir*2]*this.chasespeed;
    this.onwall[0]=onwall2(x+1.5+this.dx*4,y+1.25,.05,.95);
    this.onwall[1]=onwall2(x+.75,y+2+this.dy*4,.9,.05);

    if (this.onwall[0]==0) x+=this.dx;
    if (this.onwall[1]==0) y+=this.dy;
  }
  // ATTACK MODE
  if (this.mode==2) {
    if (strequals(#m(-1),idle)) this.mode=1;
  }
  // HURT MODE
  if (this.mode==3) {
    if (this.timer>0) this.timer-=0.05;
    else this.mode=1;
  }
  setgani();
  if (this.mode<4) timeout=0.05;
}

if (wa**** && hearts>0 && this.mode<3) {
  hearts-=playerswordpower/2;
  if (hearts>0) {
    this.timer=1; // Sets the timer for how long he remains immobile when hurt
    this.mode=3;
  } else this.mode=4;
}