My CHERUBS freeze when they are too close to the player!?

[Hidden Hands]

I have a problem. I recently scripted my Cherubs to attack with a leap melee. It works reasonably well, though it is still in progress. My issue is however, that when they leap and corner me, they tend to freeze in attack frame.

Here is a video of my monster freezing when trying to melee attack me in a corner.



And here is the monsters code. Any help or advice on how to prevent this please?

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ACTOR Cherub 2009
{
  XScale 0.8
  Health 50
  PainChance 180
  Speed 15
  Radius 10
  Height 40
  Mass 40
  Monster
  +FLOORCLIP
  SeeSound "cherub/sight"
  AttackSound "cherub/melee"
  PainSound "cherub/pain"
  DeathSound "cherub/death"
  ActiveSound "cherub/active"
  Obituary "%o was slashed by a cherub."
  States
  {
  Spawn:
    CHRB AB 10 A_Look
    Loop
  See:
    CHRB AABBCCDD 2 Fast A_Chase
    Loop
  Melee:
    TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfCloser(200, "JumpAttack")
    CHRB EF 3 Fast A_FaceTarget
    CHRB GG 3 Fast A_SargAttack
    Goto See
  JumpAttack:
    CHRB E 1 A_FaceTarget
    TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfCloser(50, "Melee")
    TNT1 A 0
    CHRB CD 4 
    TNT1 A 0
    TNT1 A 0 ThrustThingZ(0,25,0,1)
    TNT1 A 0 A_FaceTarget
    TNT1 A 0 A_Recoil (-10)
    TNT1 D 0 
    CHRB E 2
    CHRB F 2
    TNT1 A 0 //A_GiveInventory ("IsJumping")
    TNT1 A 0 A_FaceTarget
    CHRB F 6 
    TNT1 A 0 A_SargAttack
    CHRB G 1
    CHRB GG 2 A_SargAttack
    CHRB G 1
    TNT1 A 0
    Goto See
  Pain:
    CHRB H 2 Fast
    CHRB H 2 Fast A_Pain
    Goto See
  JumpUp:
    CHRB E 8
  JumpDown:
    CHRB F 1 A_CheckFloor ("Land")
    loop
  Land:
    CHRB A 2 A_Stop
    goto See
  Death:
    CHRB I 8
    CHRB J 8 A_Scream
    CHRB K 4
    CHRB L 4 A_NoBlocking
    CHRB M 4
    CHRB N -1
    Stop
  Raise:
    CHRB N 5
    CHRB MLKJI 5
    Goto See
  }
}

Also, how can I make the cherub melee attack me without looking like a constant loop? It needs to behave a little more like its DOOM 3 counterpart.

Thanks in advance.

[Apeirogon]

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 Melee:
    TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfCloser(200, "JumpAttack")
    CHRB EF 3 Fast A_FaceTarget
    CHRB GG 3 Fast A_SargAttack
    Goto See
  JumpAttack:
    CHRB E 1 A_FaceTarget
    TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfCloser(50, "Melee")

You create loop using jump if closer function.
If you close enough:
This line

A_JumpIfCloser(200, "JumpAttack")

throw monster to state jump attack, where this line

A_JumpIfCloser(50, "Melee")

throw it into melee state, where this line

A_JumpIfCloser(200, "JumpAttack")

throw monster to state jump attack, where this line

A_JumpIfCloser(50, "Melee")

throw it into melee state, where this line
...
You get it.

If you really cant live without this two checks

A_JumpIfCloser(50, "Melee")

A_JumpIfCloser(200, "JumpAttack")

combine them

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 Melee:
    TNT1 A 0 
    {
        if( A_JumpIfCloser(200, "JumpAttack") )
            {
            return state("JumpAttack");
            }
        if( A_JumpIfCloser(200, "CustomMeleeAttack") )
            {
            return state("CustomMeleeAttack");
            }
    return state("");
   }
goto see

This will make two check.
Firstly it check if target closer than 200 doom meters. If it so, it return "true" jump to "jump attack" state.
If no, it continue and check if target closer than 50 doom meters. If target closer than 50, it return "true" and jump to state "Custom Melee Attack".
If even this check dont return true, monster go to see state and try approach close enough to attack.

All you need to do, its define ""Custom Melee Attack" state

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    CustomMeleeAttack:
    CHRB EF 3 Fast A_FaceTarget
    CHRB GG 3 Fast A_SargAttack
    Goto See