Author Topic: MoveAI and Path Nodes  (Read 6409 times)

Kashlavor

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MoveAI and Path Nodes
« on: September 28, 2013, 01:18:31 PM »
So how can I have a script element which spawns a few enemies, then tells them to go somewhere?  Like in the Hero Defense mode.

I see how you can use MoveAI to get actors to follow nodes, but I'm not sure how you can dynamically select new actors to move.
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Re: MoveAI and Path Nodes
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2013, 05:49:15 AM »
Its not easy to get the  spawns  few enemies as there is no specific ways to do, but still I will find if anything exist in these way.

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Re: MoveAI and Path Nodes
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2013, 02:30:44 PM »
Are you saying there is not a way to spawn just a few enemies? I believe there is, I use something like that for a trap. If you use SpawnObject you can spawn a specific amount of whatever you want - is there a way to have them follow nodes after being spawned?

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Re: MoveAI and Path Nodes
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2013, 03:07:50 PM »
From what I have gathered, you can't apply the MoveAI to creatures spawned with the SpawnObject. I don't believe it will allow you to set the SpawnObject script as the "entity" for the MoveAI.

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Re: MoveAI and Path Nodes
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2013, 03:19:04 PM »
It will, if while you're selecting that node you right-click on the spawn object and choose 'last spawned' or somethign to that effect. It's the only option when right-clicking the spawn object script node. So you CAN select creatures with scripts that are spawned in this way.

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Re: MoveAI and Path Nodes
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2013, 03:45:25 PM »
It will, if while you're selecting that node you right-click on the spawn object and choose 'last spawned' or somethign to that effect. It's the only option when right-clicking the spawn object script node. So you CAN select creatures with scripts that are spawned in this way.

Wow, I had no idea that existed. Would this work for "DeleteObject" as well (for deleting objects created with the SpawnObject)?

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Re: MoveAI and Path Nodes
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2013, 04:21:49 PM »
It should work as a designation for any object trigger. So delete object should work on the 'last spawned' as well.