Behaviors

Behaviors let you assign schedules and functionality to more than one NPC class without having to re-write or derive off a certain class.

For example:

You have three NPC classes : npc_bob , npc_fred , npc_jane

You make two behaviors : MensBathroomBehavior and WomensBathroomBehavior

You'd assign MensBathroomBehavior to the male NPCs and WomensBathroomBehavior to npc_jane.

Steps to add a Behavior:

• Add a function to your NPC class : bool npc_class::CreateBehaviors() (comes in virtually from CAI_BehaviorHost)
• create the behaviour as a member variable in your class
• Add the behavior AddBehavior( &m_WhateverBehavior ); in your CreateBehaviors() function
• Let your npc class know you want to use a behavior by calling BehaviorSelectSchedule() in your SelectSchedule().

To allow the Behavior to be used you'll need a function in the behavior:

bool CAI_WhateverBehaviour::CanSelectSchedule()
{
	return true;
}

There are a few more things that are different between an npc class and a behavior class :

AI_BEGIN_CUSTOM_NPC -> AI_BEGIN_CUSTOM_SCHEDULE_PROVIDER (body)
DEFINE_CUSTOM_AI -> DEFINE_CUSTOM_SCHEDULE_PROVIDER (header)

That should do it. Take a look at something like AssaultBehavior if you have any trouble.