A question for JackBQuick or anyone else who can figure this out.
LordTarantor
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Hi everybody:
I ask for Jack because every time I have a question he comes up with a demo for it. He is like a demo librarian...
But for everybody else please feel free to help.
I have some victims actors that are supposed to run away from the predator and they do. At the beginning there is only one predator. Then I add more predators but the victims stop running away from the original predator and every time I put a new predator the run away from that one but not from the rest.
I have some predator with a real inferiority complex.
What I would like to create is victims to run away from all predators.
How can I do this?
I ask for Jack because every time I have a question he comes up with a demo for it. He is like a demo librarian...
But for everybody else please feel free to help.
I have some victims actors that are supposed to run away from the predator and they do. At the beginning there is only one predator. Then I add more predators but the victims stop running away from the original predator and every time I put a new predator the run away from that one but not from the rest.
I have some predator with a real inferiority complex.
What I would like to create is victims to run away from all predators.
How can I do this?
Comments
Magnitude DEMO
and
Repel Mouse DEMO
Okay, not so much the second one but it looks real cool
Maybe you can have a rule (using the first demo) that if a victim actor is close to a predator actor, it triggers behaviors that makes it move away.
I tried the demo but it is what I was thinking and What I am trying to avoid. In the demo the 2 targets have different constraining. One is target 1X, 1Y and the other is target 2X, 2Y. In my case if I have 10 predators I would have to make a different constraining for each one. Is there an easier way? because then I will have to put a reaction for avery single predator on each one of the victims.
Look at the Collision angle demo I made.
Make both your victim and predator actors with circular collision shapes.
The predator actors will be a large circle (transparent PNG with image in the centre), larger than what is required -- this will set up a perimeter. When the victim collides with this perimeter you want it to start running away.
The demo above shows you how to calculate collision angles. The only difference I would make is: in the main actor (blue), it saves its position upon collision to game attributes. I would have it saved to actor attributes within itself.
When the victim actor collides with a predator actor, calculate the angle immediately and then you can have the victim actor move in the opposite direction.
Again, I don't know if this will work but good luck.
- What would happen if multiple victim actors collide with multiple predator actors at EXACTLY THE SAME INSTANT?
- What would happen if a victim actor was cornered by predator actor(s) and didn't have anywhere to go?
- If a predator actor were to "capture" a victim actor what should happen? How can you tell if a predator actor was directly above a victim actor?
Just some things to consider...
So we start with one predator but every time that predator touches a victim, that victim becomes a predator too.
So to answer the question, I don't know what exactly happens if multiple predators collide with victims but I don't think there will be a problem there.
The same thing with the second Q and the 3rd one you know, he will become a predator too.
player1Predator (Boolean)
player1X (Real)
player1Y (Real)
player2Predator
player2X
player2Y
...
etc
Then at the start of the game, I'd have the predator chase a random character (assign another attributed called 'chase' random(1,10) and then have rules that say, if chase = 1 AND player1predator is false, moveto player1X, player1Y, if chase = 2 ... etc)
have a rule that says when predator collides with player1, change player1Predator to false and have them both generate a new chase number.
you'll have to add rules to make sure they only go after people who have not been 'tagged', so that's why you need to put a playerXPredator=false check.
it should work in theory, it's gonna be a lot of work on your end to fiddle with the rules to get it to work right, but this should set you down the right path.
@ Jon- Thanks a lot. That is exactly what I was trying to avoid. I did it in my Chupacabras game, I don't know if you remember, you were the one who taught me this method. Since it took a lot of time I was trying to see if there was a faster way because in the Chupacabras there were not even half the amount of victims actors I have in this one. I guess there is no other way.
Thanks a lot every one, lets start to work.