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co-op mp
2004-03-18, 6:44 PM #1
Ok im making a co-perative mp level. Natrauly if this is going to work ill need ai. So how do I add ai into mp. I herd that it was different to sp.

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Rangi
2004-03-19, 4:27 AM #2
Make a COG that Creates AIs. E.G:
Code: 
symbols

message    entered
thing      ghostpos
template   enemy
sector     behindadoor
int        numberofenemies
int        i    local

end
#
code
entered:
        If(GetSenderRef()!=behindadoor) return;
        for(i=0; i<=numberofenemies; i=i+1)
        {
          CreateThing(enemy,ghostpos);
          sleep(0.25);
        }
return;
end

The delay in there is so that the enemies land ontop of each other and spread out instead of being inside each other. This could work...

/Edward
Edward's Cognative Hazards
2004-03-19, 4:57 AM #3
only trouble is they will be as unsynced as a unsynched gets....

i normaly edit the actor cog to add a pulse with the synchthing() statement.

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[This message has been edited by [SF]pjb (edited March 19, 2004).]
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2004-03-19, 10:16 AM #4
There is a cog available that will synch mp ai. Clicky clicky

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2004-03-21, 2:24 PM #5
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by [SF]pjb:
i normaly edit the actor cog to add a pulse with the synchthing() statement.
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So if you just put a phrase into its actor file it will be synched in mp? The ai_basic_jk.cog (or whatever it is) is a pain in that you have to tell the cog everything about the actor (keys etc). I have actors that are more complex than ai_basic_jk.cog (or whatever it is) can handle.
If your way works [SF]pjb, please share it!

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2004-03-22, 4:00 AM #6
well it basicaly just syncs the things positon, allthough it might sync the keyframs i am not shure, but the AI seems to target the same thing so either thers nothing random about the targeting system of the AI or it syncs taht too.

either way a thingpulse with the syncthing statment works after teh actors been crated
EG.
Code: 
created:
actor=getsenderref();
setthingpulse(0.05);
return;

pulse:
synchthing(actor);
return;

but you still need a cog to crate the actor as it wont be crated at startup... i got over that by makeing a template based on the ghost that at startup crated a AI at its positon... sped up adding AI in MP thats for shure.

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i have a plastic lightsaber and a jedi cape.. am i a nerd?

If gravity is a crule mistress, and bar tenders with bad grammar are untrustworthy, what is air?
I am Darth PJB!
well, go on, run away!

i have a plastic lightsaber and a jedi cape.. am i a nerd?

If gravity is a crule mistress, and bar tenders with bad grammar are untrustworthy, what is air?

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