Can we make monsters hate non-monster/player objects?

Macil · Post by **Macil** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:11 pm

Can we make monsters hate non-monster/player objects using Thing_Hate or or NoiseAlert? I've already tried so far with Thing_Hate and dead cacodemons and lights.

I want to make it look like a bunch of monsters are attacking a plane.

wildweasel · Post by **wildweasel** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:32 am

Your best bet would be to slap a bunch of hate targets in there, but I don't know the details.

Grubber · Post by **Grubber** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:42 am

Conditions for hating a thing:
1. flag SHOOTABLE must be set
2. it can't be dead (health > 0)
3. flag DORMAT must not be set

Macil · Post by **Macil** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:37 pm

Thanks!

Anyways, I solved my problem by using an invincible and invisible lost soul.

What's a hate target?

Post by **Enjay** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:49 pm

Agent ME wrote:What's a hate target?

Probably thing type 9076. An invisible, blocking actor that can be used (amongst other things) as a hated item. The actor just sits there, but can be used to provide an object for an enemy with thing_hate to head for. If the enemy sees the hated item, it will attack it. The angle that you set the thing at is used to determine its health.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:50 pm

An invisible shootable thing. Just what you created by hacking.

Macil · Post by **Macil** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:50 pm

How do we set it to be invincible?

Post by **Enjay** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:51 pm

Angle = 0 I *think* Maybe making it dormant would work too. Not sure.

Costja · Post by **Costja** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:57 pm

Enjay, you're wrong, hate targets are not blocking:

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IMPLEMENT_ACTOR (AHateTarget, Any, 9076, 0)
	PROP_RadiusFixed (20)
	PROP_HeightFixed (56)
	PROP_Flags (MF_SHOOTABLE|MF_NOSECTOR|MF_NOGRAVITY|MF_NOBLOOD)
	PROP_SpawnState (0)
	PROP_MassLong (INT_MAX)
END_DEFAULTS

Macil · Post by **Macil** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:08 pm

Costja wrote:Enjay, you're wrong, hate targets are not blocking:

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IMPLEMENT_ACTOR (AHateTarget, Any, 9076, 0)
	PROP_RadiusFixed (20)
	PROP_HeightFixed (56)
	PROP_Flags (MF_SHOOTABLE|MF_NOSECTOR|MF_NOGRAVITY|MF_NOBLOOD)
	PROP_SpawnState (0)
	PROP_MassLong (INT_MAX)
END_DEFAULTS

Yes, they do block. NOSECTOR simply means it doesn't use certain physics checks and its invincible.

Is it possible to make it not block?

Post by **Enjay** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:10 pm

Oops, you're quite right. Shootable but not blocking. My bad. Thanks for the correction.

BTW, angle 0 does seem to make it fairly invincible. A load of SSG shots didn't destroy it. Mind you, an MDK did.

[edit]Argh! cross posting.

I put one in a map and was able to walk through it as if it wasn't there. However, I was able to shoot it.[/edit]

Costja · Post by **Costja** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:18 pm

Agent ME, what flags means it fully non-blocking?
Do you create vehicles too?

Macil · Post by **Macil** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:20 pm

+NOCLIP makes it fully non-blocking.

And about vehicles, I've thought about it, but I haven't. Anyways, the player can already move very fast...

Risen · Post by **Risen** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:21 am

Grubber wrote:3. flag DORMAT must not be set

Of course. Everyone loves door mats!