ai_goal_patrol

ai_goal_patrol is an e0 available in Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

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It is used to make NPCs patrol between info_node_hints or make them wander around the map.

Keyvalues

Movement type (movetype) <integer>

How the NPC should move around while under the influence of this entity.

• 1: Walk
• 2: Run
• 3: Custom Move—Use Custom Animation

Patrol Modes (patrolmode) <integer>

Which patrol mode the NPC should use.

• 1: Idle
• 2: Wander Around
• 3: Node to Node Cycling
• 4: Node to Node Ping-Pong

Radius for wander state (wanderradius) <float>

The radius for which the NPC will find nodes to move to. Only used if Patrol Modes is set to Wander Around.

Custom Move Animation (m_iszCustomMove) <string>

Custom move animation to use for the NPC if Movement type is set to Custom Move.

Node 1 (goal1) to Node 15 (goal15) <targetname>

Nodes the NPC will go to depending on the patrol mode. In Wander Around mode, Node 1 is used as the center of the Radius for wander state keyvalue.

AI_GoalEntity:

Actor(s) to affect (actor) <target_name_or_class>

The targetname or classname of any NPCs that will be included in this goal. Wildcards are supported.

Search Type (SearchType) <choices>

What the Actor(s) to affect keyvalue targets by.

• 0: Entity Name
• 1: Classname

Start Active (StartActive) <boolean>

Set if goal should be active immediately.

Inputs

AI_GoalEntity:

Activate

Make the goal active if it wasn't already. NPCs will begin taking orders.

Deactivate

Make goal inactive.

UpdateActors  !FGD

Tell the goal entity to re-check Actor(s) to affect in case any disappeared, or any new NPCs spawned.^[confirm]