2007-04-30 Yeah, ladders and more ..., one problem, need tips Options

[Salvax]

___2007.04.30___

Fixed: BOTs don't always duck while attacking (this game is not counter-strike , LOL )

Added:
Ladders can be used (need improvement)
Randomly switch weapon while attacking (not only switch weapon while looping on waypoints)
Randomly change firing speed
Randomly fire @ wall while BOTs feel boring (no enemy in sight)

a video about bot on ladder (not always working like this)
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latest .dll
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latest modified codes
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the problem is how to let bot focus on one action , for example:

in bot_waypoint.cpp

CODE

void CWaypointNavigator :: updatePosition ()
...
..
.
m_pBot->speed();
m_pBot->Ladder();
m_pBot->Randomjump();
m_pBot->campwalk();

so if bot is running on a ladder, the bot also jumps even i set the jump action as a random action , then bot drops from the ladder.

so it's with the campwalk action and sprint action, bot executes the 2 actions @ the same time even both are random actions ,

as i defined in bot.cpp :

CODE

void CBot :: campwalk ()
{
    float fHoldTimeCamp = RandomFloat(0.5,0.8);
    if ( RandomInt(300,400) > 389 && m_pButtons->canPressButton(IN_SPEED) && m_pButtons->canPressButton(IN_DUCK) && !m_pButtons->holdingButton(IN_SPEED) )
        m_pButtons->holdButton(IN_DUCK,0.1/* time to press*/,fHoldTimeCamp/* hold time*/,0/*let go time*/);
}

void CBot :: speed ()
{
    float fHoldTimeSprint = RandomFloat(0.3,0.5);
    if ( RandomInt(1,10) < 5 && m_pButtons->canPressButton(IN_SPEED) && m_pButtons->canPressButton(IN_DUCK) && !m_pButtons->holdingButton(IN_DUCK) )
        
        m_pButtons->holdButton(IN_SPEED,0/* time to press*/,fHoldTimeSprint/* hold time*/,0/*let go time*/);        
}

it seems ( ! m_pButtons->holdingButton(IN_?????) ) is not working ? Thx Captain, and long to see ur reply !

[Cheeseh]

you are putting things in the wrong place.

leave the WAypoint Navigator/Navigator stuff as it is, it is complete because it is just a class built on an abstract class and if you ad any specific code there they will not work if another sub-class object of the same super class calls the updatePosition function (e.g. CNavMesh::updatePosition()) which isn't implemented yet however, you can see that there will be code redundancy if you have to add this exact code in two different places.

the problem is how to let bot focus on one action

That is the main purpose of CBotTasks and CBotSchedules.

You should put the move speed stuff in CBot::doMove() makes sense huh? !!

However you do not need to use IN_SPEED buttons you can just specify the movement speed you want the bot to run at e.g.

m_fIdealMoveSpeed = 160; // (walk speed)

in doMove you will find m_fIdealMoveSpeed, this is the move speed the bot wants to run at. You can either set that in the doMove function (with appropraite if statements) or set m_fIdealMoveSpeed in the appropriate BotTask that is currently being executed