You're going to love this lesson. I figured that after that long and messy bot items tutorial that we needed a short and sweet one. This is the one.
After this our bot will sometimes fall down when he gets hurt. You can call it getting knocked unconscious or playing dead. Either way, it is very cool.
Crack open tutor.qc and scroll down to bot_pain(), which looks like this:
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
void(entity attacker, float damage) bot_pain =
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
{
Before that routine, we want to paste this:
void() bot_fall1 =[ $deatha1, bot_fall2 ] {self.pain_finished = time + 18; self.solid = SOLID_NOT;};
void() bot_fall2 =[ $deatha2, bot_fall3 ] {};
void() bot_fall3 =[ $deatha3, bot_fall4 ] {};
void() bot_fall4 =[ $deatha4, bot_fall5 ] {};
void() bot_fall5 =[ $deatha5, bot_fall6 ] {};
void() bot_fall6 =[ $deatha6, bot_fall7 ] {};
void() bot_fall7 =[ $deatha7, bot_fall8 ] {};
void() bot_fall8 =[ $deatha8, bot_fall9 ] {};
void() bot_fall9 =[ $deatha9, bot_fall10 ] {};
void() bot_fall10 =[ $deatha10, bot_fall11 ] {};
void() bot_fall11 =[ $deatha11, bot_fall12 ] {};
This is a new animation sequence with old frames. The frames come directly from the scene bot_deatha1(). In other words, when he falls down, it looks like he's dying.
void() bot_fall12 =
{
self.enemy = world;
self.goalentity = world;
self.think = bot_rise1;
self.nextthink = time + 15;
};
Cool stuff. This clears his variables, so when he gets up, he won't be mad at anyone (in case they left). This also tells him to think the routine bot_rise1() 15 seconds from now. He'll stay still during that time. Now we have to make the rising scene. Paste the following code *before* the previous code:
void() bot_rise1 =[ $deatha11, bot_rise2 ] {self.solid = SOLID_SLIDEBOX;};
void() bot_rise2 =[ $deatha10, bot_rise3 ] {};
void() bot_rise3 =[ $deatha9, bot_rise4 ] {};
void() bot_rise4 =[ $deatha8, bot_rise5 ] {};
void() bot_rise5 =[ $deatha7, bot_rise6 ] {};
void() bot_rise6 =[ $deatha6, bot_rise7 ] {};
void() bot_rise7 =[ $deatha5, bot_rise8 ] {};
void() bot_rise8 =[ $deatha4, bot_rise9 ] {};
void() bot_rise9 =[ $deatha3, bot_rise10 ] {};
void() bot_rise10 =[ $deatha2, bot_rise11 ] {};
void() bot_rise11 =[ $deatha1, bot_rise12 ] {};
void() bot_rise12 =[ $stand1, bot_walk1 ] {};
I just love working with animation; it's so fun. Here all I did was renumber the death sequence to play in reverse, so it looks like he's getting up off the ground. Also, we make him solid again, and we tell him to return to his walking routine, bot_walk1(), when he's done.if (self.pain_finished > time) return; if (random() < 0.25) return;After that, paste this:
if (random() <= 0.02)
{
bot_fall1();
return;
}
So he will get knocked down according to a random number. This 0.02 value may be too frequent or too seldom for you; please feel feel to change it. The bot will now ocassionally get knocked unconscious.if (visible(self.enemy)) self.search_time = time + 6; if (time > self.search_time || self.enemy.health <= 0)The last line is what we're looking at; it's where he gives up fighting if he's been searching too long or if his enemy died. We need to add to that, so change the last line to this:
if (time > self.search_time || self.enemy.health <= 0 || self.enemy.solid == SOLID_NOT)That'll do the trick. Now bots will give up on other bots who fall unconscious. Pretty neat, huh? How many bots do that?
void() bot_fall1 =[ $deatha1, bot_fall2 ] {self.pain_finished = time + 18; self.solid = SOLID_NOT; drop_fake_backpack();};
Now, when the bot plays dead, he will throw an exploding backpack! His killer will go for it and be gibbed. You're probably thinking, "Damn Coffee, you must've had this planned!" And you'd be right. Enjoy.