That code seems pretty messed up to me, sure that's the actual code?
Reactivating the NPC shouldn't be too hard, at least not on the top of my
head!
/ScarT
2008/6/29 Robert Briscoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Thanks, I recently tried something like this with a coder but we ran into
> some problems which he couldnt resolve. We got the NPC sleep radius working
> pretty fast, but I really wanted take the optimisation a small step further.
> The idea I had was to put the NPC into 'stasis' at a certain distance
> (done), but then to also cull it completely from the world and a slightly
> larger distance. So I asked if we could somehow destroy the NPC, leaving
> just a marker of somekind (for position and possibly rotation) and then
> spawn NPC back in again when the player gets within the culling distance.
> The problem he had was that when he spawned in the NPC, for some reason it
> was stuck in stasis, no animation or anything. It was like it wasn't
> initialising the AI upon spawning.
> If you were to approach this idea, what do you think the best way to
> approach it is?
> As I've mentioned I dont know much about code but I can quote from an email
> which he sent to me:
> "I changed the name of the Spawn() function to ActualSpawn(). I added
> Think() function which acts as a think function. The think function gets
> called by Spawn(), which is what I created. This is the only way I can think
> of to get the zombie to check continuously if it should spawn or not. It is
> the think function that is making things messed up and I can't figure out
> what to do just yet."
> Here is the code:
>
> void
> {
> {
> BaseClass::NPCInit();
> ActualSpawn();
> }CZombie::Think()if(BaseClass::GetAbsOrigin().DistTo(UTIL_PlayerByIndex(1)->GetAbsOrigin())
> <=256)else{
> SetNextThink(gpGlobals->curtime +1.0f);
> }
> }void
> {
> Think();
> }CZombie::Spawn()
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Christopher Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, 29 June, 2008 6:52:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [hlcoders] LOD-ing zombie AI, is it possible?
>
> Override NPCThink()
>
> In Psuedo Code
>
> If npc origin - player origin is greater than or equal to 2048
> Return;
>
> BaseClass::NPCThink();
>
>
>
> This actually makes them not animate or do any AI things. Though it is fine
> since player wont see them if he is 2048 units away.
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert
> Briscoe
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:41 AM
> To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming
> Subject: Re: [hlcoders] LOD-ing zombie AI, is it possible?
>
> Apologies, a friend of mine from the steam forums suggested I might have
> more luck posting the problem on hlcoders.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Tom Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 June, 2008 11:47:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [hlcoders] LOD-ing zombie AI, is it possible?
>
> It's best to keep discussions in one place. If you really must
> cross-post, link instead of pasting.
>
> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7749435
>
> Robert Briscoe wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > So I have recently started planning out an idea of a small SP mod for the
> source engine which i plan to make over the summer and release around
> October. Without going into the intricate details of the mod it's self Im
> toying with using either hl2's npc zombies or ideally having slightly
> modified versions which act slightly differently than they currently do.
> >
> > Of course the latter needs code work which as an artist is way out of my
> league, but im wondering if anyone here would be willing to help me out, or
> at least give me an idea how hard it would be, from a coders point of view,
> to implement it into a mod.
> >
> > To give you an idea of exactly what im looking for here is a basic
> description:
> >
> > A way of LODing out the AI if the zombie is at a certain distance from
> the
> player.
> > For example: Once the player is 2048 units away from the NPC it will
> cease
> all AI and just play an idle animation remaining in a 'sleep state' until
> the player is within 2048 units radius of the NPC.
> > The reason for this is that im thinking of ways to have alot of zombie
> NPCs spread over a large area without clogging up the CPU on pointless
> walking and pathfinding stuff like they do now while they idle.
> >
> > Secondly, I recently played the latest version of SMOD and noticed they
> they added a pretty cool new type of zombie as shown in this video from
> SMOD: Tactical:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nIArug7ENk&feature=related
> >
> > It seems like a pretty simple AI modification to an NPC citizen or
> something, where they are idle until they see or hear the player then just
> run straight at them causing damage if they come into close contact with
> the
> player. They also seem to run to random path nodes whilst searching for the
> player also which also crude looks pretty convincing!
> >
> > If you're now thinking "why dont you just use SMOD?" its because they
> have
> no source code to implement the zombie LOD system which is more important
> atm and SMOD is not very mapper/modder friendly (it doesnt even have a FDG
> entity file for hammer). I also need to use some Orange box specific
> features for the mod to have some outstanding visuals.
> >
> > Anyway any advice or help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Robert Briscoe
> > www.littlelostpoly.co.uk
> >
> >
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