Making NPC to steal random items.

[Deon]

Greetings!

I need to randomly spawn thieves from outside of map which should pick a random item within a set area and try to steal it (pick it up and leave the map through entering a "leaving" region).

It seems easy to do but I somehow struggle to produce a working trigger, because every time they refuse to pick items...


Help me with it please.



[EDIT] After a few more tries it looks like the "race" affects their behaviour >.>

When I had them "neutral", NPC units canceled their task and returned where they are (even while under control of a hostile AI player!).

When I set the race to "orc", they happily stole items and ran away.

I didn't know a simple "race" field affects so much .

 

[Berb]

Oh, yea, you must be experienced the infamous Unit Refuses To Pick Up Item bug.

 

[ikillforeyou]

• Events
  • Unit - A unit leaves (Playable map area)
• Conditions
  • Unit type of (Triggering unit) Equal to Thief
• Actions
  • Create a thief for (Neutral hostile) at (Random point in (Playable map area)) facing 0.00 degrees
  • Order (last created unit) to pick up (Random item in (Playable map area)

• Events
  • Time - Every 2 seconds of game time
• Conditons
• Actions
  • Pick every unit in (Playable map area) matching unit type of (Matching unit) equals Thief and Matching unit's current order not equals to "smart" do actions:
    • order (Picked unit) to Take (Random item in (Playable map area))

• Events
  • Unit - A unit aquires an item
• conditions
  • Unit type of triggering unit equals Thief
• Actions
  • Remove (Triggering unit)
• Remove point leaks and unit group leaks and TADAH!
• replace (Playable map area) with your "rect" (region in gui)