More COG help please!!!

ok, i am working on eventually getting a friendly stormie to follow you around and fires at enemies... but right now i am just figuring out how to get an actor to follow you.

i have it working as of now so that if the actor is ever further than 0.3 distance from you it will move to your current location... but the problem it it moves to your exact location, bumping the player out of the way to get there. i want to get it so once the actor is within 0.3 of the player the actor will STOP...

any help??

Code:

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symbols


message    startup
message    pulse


thing    player       
thing    trooper   


flex    movespeed=1.5
flex    thinkRate=1.0
flex    ctrlocator=0.30    local


vector    position0        local


end
# ========================================================================================


code


startup:
      AiSetMoveSpeed(trooper, movespeed);
    SetPulse(thinkRate);
    return;


# ........................................................................................


pulse:
    position0 = GetThingPos(player);
    if (VectorDist(GetThingPos(trooper), position0) < ctrlocator) {
        return;
    }
    else {
        AISetLookPos(trooper, position0);
        AiSetMoveThing(trooper, player);
    }
    if (GetHealth(trooper) <= 0.0) {
        SetPulse(0.0);
    }
    return;


end

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as a side note i tried adding this with "ctrlocator1" defined as .25
but the actor does not follow the player at ALL now, regardless of how far away it is.

Code:

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if (VectorDist(GetThingPos(trooper), position0) < ctrlocator1) {
    StopThing(trooper)   
}

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Post the version with the addition.

Code:

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symbols


message        startup
message        pulse


thing        player               
thing        trooper       


flex        movespeed=1.75
flex        thinkRate=1.0
flex        ctrlocator=0.30        local
flex        ctrlocator1=0.25        local


vector        position0                local


end
# ========================================================================================


code


startup:
          AiSetMoveSpeed(trooper, movespeed);
        SetPulse(thinkRate);
        return;


# ........................................................................................


pulse:
        position0 = GetThingPos(player);
        if (VectorDist(GetThingPos(trooper), position0) > ctrlocator) {
                AISetLookPos(trooper, position0);
                AiSetMoveThing(trooper, player);
        }
        if (VectorDist(GetThingPos(trooper), position0) < ctrlocator1) {
                StopThing(trooper)       
        }
        if (GetHealth(trooper) <= 0.0) {
                SetPulse(0.0);
        }
        return;


end

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hmm... also do you think something like this might be easier done with several cogs that just move the actors to different ghost positions throughout the level, like waypoints??

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Originally Posted by Darth_Alran

hmm... also do you think something like this might be easier done with several cogs that just move the actors to different ghost positions throughout the level, like waypoints??

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That's what I would do.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by gbk

That's what I would do.

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I thought you'd ride the snake.

Well, you should.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Darth_Alran

Code:

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    if (VectorDist(GetThingPos(trooper), position0) < ctrlocator1) {
        StopThing(trooper)
    }

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bruh;