How do i create, ai that shoots upon variables

AjBlue

in my game i need to create an enemy, when spawned it moves straight to the other side and when another actor gets within a certain distance, for the enemy to shoot at the actor. any ideas?

JohnPapiomitis

You use magnitude to determin how close or far something is from something else. And then trigger your behaviors at the position you want.

Usage: magnitude(x,y)

Find the length of a line segment from the origin, (0,0), to the given point. You can include an offset,(x',y'), to find the length between the two points. i.e. magnitude(x-x',y-y')

Example: If I wanted to find the length between my actor at coordinates (25,30) and another actor at coordinates (100,240), I would use the expression magnitude(25-100,30-240)

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AjBlue

ok so then, how would i get the object to shoot in the direction of the enemy inside of the magnitude range?

magic101hi

Rules for shooting actor:

First things first create an actor called projectile(the bullet your guy will be shooting)
and 2 attributes named HeroX ,and HeroY
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//Inside the hero

=====constrain attribute=====

Self.Position.X - to - Game.HeroX

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=====constrain attribute=====

Self.Position.Y - to - Game.HeroY

=====================

//inside the enemy

-------Rule---------

actor - overlaps or collides with - actor of type - range

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====Timer====

Every 1 second

====Spawn actor====

Projectile

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//Inside Projectile Actor

====Move To====

Game.HeroX

Game.HeroY

`

Hope I helped....

-Josh

AjBlue

so... i successfully managed to make everything stop working. i must have done something wrong

when you say make an attribute, what type should it be?