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Unlimited Ammo Problems

by N.K. · in Torque Game Engine · 04/26/2009 (4:42 pm) · 4 replies

Hey,
I wanted to give my AI bots unlimited ammo so I created a function AddBots(%num) with the following lines

for(%i =0;%i < %num; %i++) {

%bot = new AiBot() {
datablock = PlayerBody;};

%spawn = pickSpawnPoint();
%bot.setTransform(%spawn);
%bot.mountImage(crossbowimage, 0);
%bot.setInventory(crossbowammo, 100000);
}

The problem is that despite setting a very large number for the crossbowammo, the bots run out of ammo after about 5 mins of almost continuous shooting. Is there some limit on the maximum ammo that can be assigned to a bot or is there something wrong with my code?

Cheers
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Torque 3D Owner Camel Taylor
#1
04/26/2009 (7:59 pm)
Did you remember to adjust the max inventory settings, there are a few.

Torque 3D Owner Bruce Wallace
#2
04/27/2009 (4:20 am)
You could make a bot only weapon.. basically a copy of the weapon you want to use.. then in the on fire function remove these lines(bottom of crossbow.cs is an example in the CrossbowImage::onFire function):
// Decrement inventory ammo. The image's ammo state is update
   // automatically by the ammo inventory hooks.
   %obj.decInventory(%this.ammo,1);

The weapon will no longer decrease the ammo when fired.

Associate Michael Hall
Distracted...
#3
04/27/2009 (4:56 am)
Quote:adjust the max inventory setting
That's in the datablock by the way, and it looks like from your spawn function that you're simply using the standard PlayerBody datablock -- which is limited to 50 CrossbowAmmo. So if you want bots to have different limits than players you'll need to use a derived datablock and inheritance for you bots.

Torque 3D Owner Chris Cain
#4
04/27/2009 (5:25 pm)
or, you could do the decrement inventory ammo like this:

// Decrement inventory ammo. The image's ammo state is update
   // automatically by the ammo inventory hooks.
   if(!%obj.client.isAiControlled()) // only decrement if the player is NOT a bot...
      %obj.decInventory(%this.ammo,1);