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Oh Awesome. Very cool. Checking it out now. I see the new animations look great. Though I'm unable to see the AI animation on the demomap for some weird reason, only on the TestAI map. Not that it really matters.
Otherwise I'm diggin the changes. Gonna see if I can add in the savestate system, along with boxstacking and maybe vertex snapping or something. Think this template's gonna make for some dope games.

EDIT: Got the boxstacking added. Actually; would you wanna use the code I'm using for that? I think it'd be a great addition to your template. If I can figure out the savestates you're welcome to that as well.

Domacon Studio108 days ago

Hi stevil935!

Thanks a lot for your support, I'm really glad you liked the new version of this kit :D

Yes, what you noticed on the DemoMap about the AI not playing the 3D screamer animation — that was intentional 🙂

Thanks for suggesting sharing your code, I really appreciate it, but I want to implement these systems myself! I just prefer building everything on my own, so I’ll pass. 😅

stevil93598 days ago (1 edit)

I got ya. Well I wish you luck. It's a great template so far. Definitely hope it leads to some cool games.

Also, offtopic I have noticed a few instances of the AI getting stuck behind doors - just wanted to report that.

Domacon Studio98 days ago

Thanks for your support! I really hope this template will be used to create many cool games :D I'd love to see one of them if it comes out.

The AI isn't very polished yet. Getting stuck in doors is a bug with the navigation mesh and the AI's understanding of the game world. I'll try to fix it in the next update. However, this bug disappears if you use "Simple AI" instead of "Advanced AI."

stevil93598 days ago(+1)

Interesting. I haven't investigated the AI all that much yet. Are there benefits to using one version over the other?

Domacon Studio97 days ago (1 edit)

Yes, there are advantages, with each version of AI, its behavior logic develops and mechanics improve with each new version.

In older versions, for example, "Advanced AI" and "Behavior Tree" did not exist, in newer versions, they have appeared and are being developed.

stevil93588 days ago

Got ya. I'll have to play around with the different ones.

Hey quick question; is the gun supposed to scare the enemy away or hurt them or something? Hopefully I didn't break something, but I've been trying to shoot at the enemy only to see that the bullets don't even seem to be spawning. Wasn't sure if that was by design. Doesn't seem like the enemy reacts to getting shot either.

Domacon Studio88 days ago

This wasn't intended, the AI should immediately activate attack states as soon as it senses damage from a player. This bug was fixed in version 1.1.0 Update 1.

The error is related to the pistol creating a "Line Trace" with the "Visibility" type instead of "Camera." You can change this by editing L1_Player (called BP_Player in newer versions) and going to Macros under "InteractionSystem." In the "LineTraceByChannel" node, select "Camera" instead of "Visibility" in the Trace Channel section. Then, the AI and other objects that sense damage will react to the shot.

stevil93588 days ago(+1)

Awesome! Thank you.

stevil93585 days ago

Would you have any thoughts on how to implement a "run away" system for the enemy instead of a death system (or as an optional choice)? I tried changing the death code so the state enum gets set to 'fleeing' and pointOfInterest to a random spot. Then I modified the behavior tree to add a sequence checking if 'state' equals 'fleeing' and if 'killHiddenPlayer' is set; if so, it does a MoveTo pointOfInterest and waits. But it’s ignoring the state. Any ideas would be great! If you want, I can send my project for a small fee to fix it, and you’d have code to add a 'fleeing' state to your template for others. Just a thought. If you can’t help, no worries—thanks for all your help so far.

Domacon Studio85 days ago

Hmm, I don't even know, I can't really help since I don't really understand AI myself :(

Domacon Studio85 days ago

Unfortunately, I can't help you with AI, as I don't have much knowledge about it myself. I've previously accepted an AI-related project, but I spent too much time on it and couldn't complete it due to a lack of knowledge. Soon, even if I were to see how your AI works, I'd only be wasting your time. I really appreciate your suggestions, thank you, but unfortunately, I can't do anything with AI, as I don't yet have sufficient knowledge.

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