Improved NPC Targeting

[Hachem_Muche]

This addon is a buff for NPC's.
It improves the way NPC's locate and keep track of the player when they can't see or otherwise detect him/her.

Tracking is less random, has a limited amount of error, and is more consistent from turn to turn.

The tooltip for NPC's has been updated to give stealthed/invisible players a hint about which enemies have successfully detected them.

This addon is compatible with ToME 1.0.5, commit a801604d1610f49560862d15dfaecd03fda8ab40

It includes changes to:

engine.interface.ActorAI.lua
mod.class.NPC.lua

It can be downloaded at:
http://te4.org/games/addons/tome/npc-ta ... provements

In debug mode the tooltip will show where NPC's think a stealthed/invisible player is if they've lost track.

[spiralrazor]

I don't think npcs need to be buffed in this way. they already pretty much autodetect you unless you have crazy high lvls of the skill(stealth) and if buffed, invis will be even more useless then it already is.

[HousePet]

That would depend on whether the current targeting method uses any cheating.
If so, this change would make it much fairer.

[Hachem_Muche]

This addon doesn't change the chance for NPC's to detect you, it makes them guess better where you are when they lose track of you. In addition, it gives the player a hint which way the NPC's are looking on the tooltip.

NPC's already cheat a little bit (The game knows where you are exactly, but gives the NPC's a pretty large fuzz radius depending on how long it's been since they last saw you). This addon keeps them from being helpless just around a corner because their guesses are too random.

[jenx]

I'm getting endless lua errors, even when all other addons are removed:

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error = "Lua Error: .../addons/NPCTarget/superload/engine/interface/ActorAI.lua:39: attempt to call method 'clearAITarget' (a nil value)\
  At [C]:-1 clearAITarget\
  At .../addons/NPCTarget/superload/engine/interface/ActorAI.lua:39 doAI\
  At /mod/class/NPC.lua:61 act\
  At /engine/GameEnergyBased.lua:126 tickLevel\
  At /engine/GameEnergyBased.lua:62 tick\
  At /engine/GameTurnBased.lua:46 tick\
  At /mod/class/Game.lua:1054 "
seen = true
reported = true

[Crim, The Red Thunder]

Is this inability to find and path to you related to enemies being stuck in walls and not pathing their way out, or is that a completely unrelated problem? And would enabling this addon solve the problem of things like sandworm queen/Telos/Aletta/etc getting stuck in walls?

And in the hope that the answer is yes, If I edit this addon into a savefile, will it apply the new pathing algorithms to creatures already in existence? Or only creatures generated afterwards?

[Hachem_Muche]

I'm getting endless lua errors, even when all other addons are removed:

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error = "Lua Error: .../addons/NPCTarget/superload/engine/interface/ActorAI.lua:39: attempt to call method 'clearAITarget' (a nil value)\
  At [C]:-1 clearAITarget\
  At .../addons/NPCTarget/superload/engine/interface/ActorAI.lua:39 doAI\
  At /mod/class/NPC.lua:61 act\
  At /engine/GameEnergyBased.lua:126 tickLevel\
  At /engine/GameEnergyBased.lua:62 tick\
  At /engine/GameTurnBased.lua:46 tick\
  At /mod/class/Game.lua:1054 "
seen = true
reported = true

I've uploaded an revised version at http://te4.org/games/addons/tome/npc-ta ... ovements-0

No idea how I missed that obvious error before.

[Hachem_Muche]

Is this inability to find and path to you related to enemies being stuck in walls and not pathing their way out, or is that a completely unrelated problem? And would enabling this addon solve the problem of things like sandworm queen/Telos/Aletta/etc getting stuck in walls?

And in the hope that the answer is yes, If I edit this addon into a savefile, will it apply the new pathing algorithms to creatures already in existence? Or only creatures generated afterwards?

Adding this addon into the desc.lua file in the save folder will enable the new detection algorithms as soon as you reload the character.
I'm not sure what the problem is with certain NPCs (like the Sandworm Queen) in walls not finding the player, but this addon should help them find you once they get you targeted. So it's worth a try and it won't hurt anything. I suspect that the problem is an issue with level generation and NPC placement.

[jenx]

I'm getting bad addon message with the latest versionof this.

[Hachem_Muche]

I've posted a new version (configured for ToME version 1.0.4), but the server appears to be slow to update.

You can download it here: http://te4.org/sites/default/files/game ... et1.2.teaa

Let me know if there's still problems getting it to validate.

[jenx]

I've posted a new version (configured for ToME version 1.0.4), but the server appears to be slow to update.

You can download it here: http://te4.org/sites/default/files/game ... et1.2.teaa

Let me know if there's still problems getting it to validate.

new lua errors all the time, e.g. with deep below boss:

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error = "Lua Error: .../addons/NPCTarget/superload/engine/interface/ActorAI.lua:93: attempt to index local 'LSeen' (a number value)\
  At [C]:-1 __index\
  At .../addons/NPCTarget/superload/engine/interface/ActorAI.lua:93 aiSeeTargetPos\
  At .../addons/NPCTarget/superload/engine/interface/ActorAI.lua:50 doAI\
  At /mod/class/NPC.lua:61 act\
  At /engine/GameEnergyBased.lua:126 tickLevel\
  At /engine/GameEnergyBased.lua:62 tick\
  At /engine/GameTurnBased.lua:46 tick\
  At /mod/class/Game.lua:1054 "
seen = true
reported = true

[Hachem_Muche]

I'm having trouble reproducing this error. Is this under 1.0.4 or git and do you have any other addons running?

[jenx]

I'm having trouble reproducing this error. Is this under 1.0.4 or git and do you have any other addons running?

I have better tactical ai, tough dumb ai, store wish list, rest tweaks.

running 1.0.4

[Hachem_Muche]

Still can't get this error.

Started a new character (rogue) with NPC Targeting and the latest versions of better tactical ai, tough dumb ai, store wish list, and rest tweaks. Ran around in the Trollmire and The Deep Bellow (against the boss).

[Jeoshua]

Validates now, new version, new thread here:

http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=5 ... 0&start=15