creeps search for players

[Enkei]

I'm making a game where thers a battle arena, and the creeps come out of the gate and fight the players. But, when the players hide in the corners.. the creeps just run out into the center, and then after a while.. they will run back to the gate. I want to make the creeps run out of the gate and automatically run to the nearest player and start attacking them. any ideas??

 

[Kingz]

Uh, issue them to patrol?
Or order them via triggers.

 

[leet.firefox]

Is it a square or rectangle map?
make 5 regions, 1 at each corner, and 1 in the middle.
Then when the gate opens have them attack to a random region and when they enter a region have them attack to another random region, that way they will all run around the map, lulz.

Or you do
set a unit group variable to heroes

Events - Periodic event
Pick every units in Arena controlled by Neutral Hostile and do Unit - order picked unit to attack random unit from hero group
Maybe, I'll take a look when I get home

 

[doom_sheep]

give creeps huge acquision range

 

[Xarxos]

Yes, like doom sheep said, that is the best solution.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Give them map hack (they attack move to the position of the player every period).

Cheating AI always is the best.

 

[Chief-Oblivion]

Just change the creeps:

Sight Radius (Day)
and
Sight Radius (night)

to like 99999 and they'll see/attack any enemy on the map

 

[deathreaven]

Chief, just because the vision is high, doesn't mean they attack. If units attacked at full vision only, the siege weapons would have less range. It still need target acusition.

 

[doom_sheep]

1800 is max sight range :|

 

[Dr Super Good]

Remember you can hold shift when editing some field to allow any value to be entered. This does not mean thou that it will affect the value past a hard coded limate thou but you can always try.

 

[Xarxos]

Otherwise you can give the creeps visibility across entire map by using a "Visibility Modifier"-trigger.

 

[Need_O2]

Give full map vision to creeps
make their Aqusition Range 99999999999
and order them to attack move center

 

[TheDivineBoss]

But if the players also got a secured safehouse or shopping center, that may raise some questions then.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Do what I said and get them to move to the position of the players every X seconds. How you get the players is by getting all valid heroes from within a region (the play field). Thus safe houses will not be a problem.

 

[Need_O2]

But if the players also got a secured safehouse or shopping center, that may raise some questions then.

then give access to shops only by teleporters which only teleport player heroes

 

[Dr Super Good]

Need_O2 Still will mess up the creeps if they have LOS as they will run into a wall trying to get there.
This however is fixable by giving the LOS via triggers and hiding sight of the player bases specifically.

Or you can use my method above which is truely AI and not just auto engaging.

 

[Need_O2]

anyway Topic says Creeps "Search" for players so they will hunt them everywhere so I dont think there is a safehouse