making bots use a force

[NathanRahl]

I need to make the bots use certain forces under certain conditions. What I tried was

 

level.clients[bs->client].ps.fd.forcePowerSelected=MY_FORCE;

useTheForce=1;

[\code]

 

in the StandardBotAI() function. Well, it doesn't seem to work, the bot does not use the force I want him to... Anyone have an idea?

[Azymn]

Did you put that before/inside/after the big if statement for bot force select?

[NathanRahl]

I put a new if statement around the existing force-selection-if, so if my condition is met I choose the force - else the old code is used...

[Azymn]

Perhaps if you posted the beginning of your statement, along with the beginning of the original statement as found in your current code thenwe could examine why it's not working.

[NathanRahl]

Basically it looks liek this:

 

...

if (MyCondition)

{

level.clients[bs->client].ps.fd.forcePowerSelected=MyForce;

useTheForce=1;

if (ChosenForceIsHostile)

{

forceHostile=1;

}

}

else

{

[standard if-else clauses]

}

 

if (useTheForce && forceHostile)

{

...

}

 

This all seem logical to me - the only thing I can imagine is that the condition for using a force are not good enough and the bot simply cannot use MyForce... Or what else could be it?

[Azymn]

Are you setting MyForce before it sets their forcePowerSelected?

[NathanRahl]

Yes, MyForce is set... I even checked the variables (useTheForce, forcePowerSelected) at the end of the function - they are correct. The bot just doesn't seem to use it...

[Azymn]

Well, i don't know if this helps, but i modified the same bit of code and the bots did use different force powers.

Now, they certainly didn't use them with the sort of frequency i'd hoped, but they used them...

 

One problem could be if you're telling bots to use powers they don't have - that won't work in this function.