How did you find sandbox tell us your story

[arcones]

Lucky me I'm not using Win 7!

[Leo_V117]

yeah, but its still useful.

[arcones]

Definitely!

[Leo_V117]

Before Autosave: Oh no!! My computer just crashed and i didnt save the map.

After Autosave: Oh no! My computer just crashed. Lucky I have Autosave.

[GR1M]

Glad your proud of yourself Leo lol

[arcones]

That sounds like one of those commercial's where they try to get you to buy something and say, "Thank you Autosave!"

[Leo_V117]

haha. Hey, why dont I try to create AI?

[arcones]

Yeah! Why don't you?

Tho' seriously, you should...

[Leo_V117]

Okay then Anyone want to assist me?

Use Steam or MSN if you want to help.

MSN address: elitechamp@hotmail.co.uk
Steam Account: Leo_V117

[Venima]

I will help by explaining what you need to do to achieve decent AI.

Objectives - the character needs an aim or objective. Should they try to kill the player? Should they walk up to the player and say hi? What should they do with themselves?

Pathfinding - the character needs to know where they can move and where they can't. Can they jump across an obstacle? Can they not? How close to a wall do they get before they realise they can't go that way? How do they know that they can jump up onto a platform? (And what about moving platforms? Could you get an npc to independently jump across from one to another and back?) If the player is behind a wall, do they know the player is there? What if they're attacking the player and the player goes out of sight? Do they just stop because they can't see the player? Or do they go to the spot where they last saw the player and then continue in a random direction to hunt the player down? Would they jump down into a hole that they can't get out of again?

Actions - the character needs to be able to perform actions other than moving. Do they have weapons? Do they attack? Do they talk to someone? Do they respond to the player? Are they scared of the player? Do they follow the player around? How do they respond if the player is attacking them? Do they dodge spells? And if so, how good are they at it? Is it impossible for anyone to hit them? Are they clumsy? How do they know when they've run out of mana to cast spells? How do they know when they're gonna lose a battle unless they run away?