i should know this, but i dont

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May 11 2003, 8:23 am
Ok, I want to make it so that monsters check if there is a player within 5 squares of them (can do that already) and then they take ONE step tward them, what is the command to do that? I know of step_towards() but that just makes them jump to the player... is that the only command and i just have to add some major sleep()s or what?
May 12 2003, 7:01 am
I'll use an example from my game.

mob/monsters
    New()
        ..()
        spawn(rand(10))
            LifeCycle()
        return

    LifeCycle()
        if (client || isDead())//makes sure the monster isn't dead
            return//if it is, runs the proc isDead and deletes the monster

        var/action_taken

        for (var/mob/other_mob in oview(1, src))
            if (istype(other_mob, /mob/monsters) || other_mob.isDead())//makse sure it doesn't attack another monster
                continue

            Attack(other_mob)//if not, it will attack
            action_taken = 1 //it's done something, so it waits and goes down to part 1

        for (var/mob/other_mob in oview(3, src))
            if (istype(other_mob, /mob/monsters) || other_mob.isDead())
                continue
                step_towards(src, other_mob)//if it hasn't attacked or done anything like that, it takes ONE step towards a player in oview(3)
                action_taken = 1

//part 1
        if (action_taken) //if the variable action_taken is 1 or higer, it waits for lifecycle_delay/20ths of a second and starts over.
            spawn(lifecycle_delay)
                LifeCycle()
            return//otherwise, it starts over.
        ..()//calls the parent.

Hope that helps! if you have anymore questions, post here or page me!