Automatic Mob

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Feb 22 2008, 5:56 pm
How do I make an automatic attacking and chasing mob?
Feb 22 2008, 6:12 pm
You make it check for mobs around it. It's called "AI," or artificial intelligence.
Feb 23 2008, 9:46 am
I'm still working on basic stuff so I haven't created an aggro mob yet, but I think the following might work if you fill in the blanks.

mob
    aggro
        var/mob/target
        var whatever = 5
        New()
            spawn (whatever) heartbeat()
        proc
            heartbeat()
                while(1)
                    target=findtarget()
                    if(target) chaseandkill(target)
                    healalittle()
                    sleep(whatever)
            findtarget()
                var/T
                // put code to check for player mobs here
                return T
            chaseandkill()
                // put code to chase and attack them here
            healalittle()
                // put code for stuff while resting here


There are other ways to do this. For example, if the mob is put in a certain room, you could have the turf at a doorway trigger it to attack instead.