Make an actor stay within the radius of a player?

[Epōllon]

Hi, I am currently working on a marine ally actor which fights alongside you, the problem is that they generally run directly into large groups of monsters without the logic of a player, and as a result die easily. Is there any way to implement code in DECORATE that would make the actor always stay within a radius of the player?

[Void Weaver]

Definetily yes, but it depends on pointers relations between player nd mrine lly.

For ex. in cse if that marine is player's friendly summon (lets assume tht it was spwned via A_SpawnItemEx(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,SXF_SETMSTER)) then mke some check longside of its See stte:

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States
{
See:
TNT1 A 0 A_Chase
ABCD AA 1 
{
If(GetDistance(1,AAPTR_MASTER)>Radius+1024)
    {
    A_ClerTarget //Optionlly
    Return A_Warp(AAPTR_MASTER,frandom(-Radius,Radius));
    }
Else{Return state("");}
}
TNT1 A 0 A_Chase
ABCD BB 1
{
If(GetDistance(1,AAPTR_MASTER)>Radius+1024)
    {
    A_ClerTarget //Optionlly
    Return A_Warp(AAPTR_MASTER,frandom(-Radius,Radius));
    }
Else{Return state("");}
}
TNT1 A 0 A_Chase
ABCD CC 1
{
If(GetDistance(1,AAPTR_MASTER)>Radius+1024)
    {
    A_ClerTarget //Optionlly
    Return A_Warp(AAPTR_MASTER,frandom(-Radius,Radius));
    }
Else{Return state("");}
}
TNT1 A 0 A_Chase
ABCD DD 1
{
If(GetDistance(1,AAPTR_MASTER)>Radius+1024)
    {
    A_ClerTarget //Optionlly
    Return A_Warp(AAPTR_MASTER,frandom(-Radius,Radius));
    }
Else{Return state("");}
}
Loop

[Epōllon]

Definetily yes, but it depends on pointers relations between player nd mrine lly.

For ex. in cse if that marine is player's friendly summon (lets assume tht it was spwned via A_SpawnItemEx(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,SXF_SETMSTER)) then mke some check longside of its See stte:

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States
{
See:
TNT1 A 0 A_Chase
ABCD AA 1 
{
If(GetDistance(1,AAPTR_MASTER)>Radius+1024)
    {
    A_ClerTarget //Optionlly
    Return A_Warp(AAPTR_MASTER,frandom(-Radius,Radius));
    }
Else{Return state("");}
}
TNT1 A 0 A_Chase
ABCD BB 1
{
If(GetDistance(1,AAPTR_MASTER)>Radius+1024)
    {
    A_ClerTarget //Optionlly
    Return A_Warp(AAPTR_MASTER,frandom(-Radius,Radius));
    }
Else{Return state("");}
}
TNT1 A 0 A_Chase
ABCD CC 1
{
If(GetDistance(1,AAPTR_MASTER)>Radius+1024)
    {
    A_ClerTarget //Optionlly
    Return A_Warp(AAPTR_MASTER,frandom(-Radius,Radius));
    }
Else{Return state("");}
}
TNT1 A 0 A_Chase
ABCD DD 1
{
If(GetDistance(1,AAPTR_MASTER)>Radius+1024)
    {
    A_ClerTarget //Optionlly
    Return A_Warp(AAPTR_MASTER,frandom(-Radius,Radius));
    }
Else{Return state("");}
}
Loop

Thanks, I will either implement this or maybe have the ally check the distance from player at the end of the see state, and clear targets if so, so they return to the player automatically.