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TheFirstBigW Posted: Thursday, 27 June 06:13AM
1. Script name: Improved henchman AI
2. What it does: a) When a henchman armed with a ranged weapon is damaged by an enemy wielding a melee weapon, this script causes the henchman to switch to a melee weapon. b) When a henchman is getting low on HP [I currently have it set to fire at 33.3% of their max HP], this script causes the henchman to run away from their attacker, hopefully long enough and far away enough to have time to heal themselves.
3. Notes: While these modifications are far from perfect and do not guarantee the survival of your henchman, I have found that they significantly increase my henchman's chances of making it out alive.

4. The script itself:

Section # 1: Open the standard henchman OnDamaged script [the script file named "nw_ch_ac6" in "Chapter1.nwm"], and then insert the following script just before the last right-brace (looks like a curly bracket) at the end of the file:
NWScript:
// * The following block of code has henchmen run away from their
    // *   attacker if their HP fall below 33.3% of max.
    float fHenchmanHPpctg;
    fHenchmanHPpctg = ( IntToFloat( GetCurrentHitPoints(OBJECT_SELF) ) / IntToFloat( GetMaxHitPoints(OBJECT_SELF) ) ) * 100;
    if(fHenchmanHPpctg < 33.3)
    {
        ClearAllActions();
        ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 );
        ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 );
        ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 );
        DelayCommand(1.5, ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 ));
        DelayCommand(1.5, ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 ));
        DelayCommand(1.5, ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 ));
        DelayCommand(3.0, ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 ));
        DelayCommand(3.0, ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 ));
        DelayCommand(3.0, ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 ));
    }
    // * The following block of code has henchmen switch to melee weapons if they
    // *   are using a ranged weapon and are attacked in melee combat.
    if(GetAssociateState( NW_ASC_USE_RANGED_WEAPON ))
    {
        if(GetNumberOfMeleeAttackers() > 0)
        {
            ClearAllActions();
            SetAssociateState( NW_ASC_USE_RANGED_WEAPON , FALSE);
            EquipAppropriateWeapons( GetMaster() );
            ActionAttack( GetLastAttacker() );
        }
    }


Section # 2: Open the standard henchman OnHeartbeat script [the script file named "nw_ch_ac1" in "Chapter1.nwm"], and then once again insert the following script just before the last right-brace at the end of the file:
NWScript:
// * The following block of code does a check every 6 seconds to have henchmen
    // *   run away from their attacker if their HP fall below 33.3% of max.
    if (GetLastAttacker() != OBJECT_INVALID)
    {
        float fHenchmanHPpctg;
        fHenchmanHPpctg = ( IntToFloat( GetCurrentHitPoints(OBJECT_SELF) ) / IntToFloat( GetMaxHitPoints(OBJECT_SELF) ) ) * 100;
        if(fHenchmanHPpctg < 33.3)
        {
            ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 );
            ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 );
            ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 );
            if(GetDistanceBetween( OBJECT_SELF, GetLastAttacker() ) < 20.0)
            {
                DelayCommand(1.5, ClearAllActions());
                DelayCommand(1.5, ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 ));
                DelayCommand(1.5, ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 ));
                DelayCommand(1.5, ActionMoveAwayFromObject( GetLastAttacker(), TRUE, 40.0 ));
            }
        }
    }


[ Edited By TheFirstBigW: Thursday, 27 June 06:42AM (GMT) ]

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