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limiting a bot/player to weapon it starts with

by Donald Teal · in Torque 3D Professional · 09/22/2010 (10:48 pm) · 4 replies

what is the best way to keep a bot from being able to to pick up weapons?
I have animals like dogs and such that are melee based but they tend to grab weapons if they are dropped.
and a rotwieller looks awefully funny with a rocket launcher sticking out of his head. I have tried several things to do this and nothing is working so far.

datablock PlayerData(WarRottwielerData : DefaultPlayerData)
{
   shapeFile = "art/shapes/actors/warRottwieler/warRottwieler.DAE";
   boundingBox = "0.75 0.8 1.3";
   swimBoundingBox = "0.75 1.5 1.15";
   
   maxInv[RocketLauncher] = 0;
   maxInv[RocketLauncherAmmo] = 0;
   maxInv[Crossbow] = 0;
   maxInv[CrossbowAmmo] = 0;
   maxInv[Halberd] = 0;
   maxInv[Hammer] = 0; 
   maxInv[Transweapon] = 1;
};

and even changed this in weapon.cs
if (%shape.getClassName() $= "AIPlayer") {


to this
if (%shape.getClassName() $= "AIPlayer" && %shape.getDatablock().getName() !$= "WarRottwielerData") {
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Torque Owner Jules
Something2Play
#1
09/23/2010 (10:49 am)
Remove the max inventory ones that are set to 0? Worth a shot, but never tried it myself. My logic states that even though they are defined and set to 0 means they can still pick it up but not equip it.

Torque Owner Donald Teal
Duck's Den Productions Inc
#2
09/23/2010 (11:04 am)
well my understanding was that 
maxInv[RocketLauncher] = 0;

ment they could not pick up at all and
%player.setInventory(RocketLauncher, 0);

ment they could pick them up but had none in inventory

If this is incorrect please could you explain why

Torque Owner Jules
Something2Play
#3
09/23/2010 (12:48 pm)
Last time I checked, leaving out maxInv for a weapon, makes the player run through the item and not being able to pick it up. Comment out that line - maxInv[RocketLauncher]=0; and see if you can still pick it up as a player, then try it with AI. I'm assuming that you have seperate datablocks for players and AI ?

Torque Owner Donald Teal
Duck's Den Productions Inc
#4
09/23/2010 (2:16 pm)
we have player and ai datablocks using the same models. most ai are also available as playable characters.