Noob questions at creating multiplayer map

[Slann]

Thanks mate, now it works as intended

[Slann]

I'm back. I have something in mind, but i dont know how to solve it. In this map, there is a castle at center (not a hex). There are rooms, hallway, corridors, etc... What i need is to place some units around the castle and make them to patrol. So, for example, 4 units at south-west goes to north-west, the ones at north-west to north-east, and so. This units only would attack enemies at their range while patrolling, and once enemies are defeated or out of range, continue their patroll.

There are things that i know how to (as deploy this units), but i dont know how to set them to protect certain location, then change it and force them to move up to this new location. Any help?

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[SkyOne]

Ah... You have probably referred it already, but... on the first scenario of IftU, its side=4 behaves something like you want. I roughly researched it, but unable to find what file these macros come from:

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{IS_HOSTILE_NPC}
{NPC_BIRD_BEHAVIOR 4 1 40 1 35}

If you can find it, I am sure it will be a great help for you.
(sorry for an unclear tip...)

[Slann]

Ah... You have probably referred it already, but... on the first scenario of IftU, its side=4 behaves something like you want. I roughly researched it, but unable to find what file these macros come from:

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{IS_HOSTILE_NPC}
{NPC_BIRD_BEHAVIOR 4 1 40 1 35}

If you can find it, I am sure it will be a great help for you.
(sorry for an unclear tip...)

No man, this is better than nothing. Indeed, this is a great help, now i know where to start. Thanks man.

EDIT: i found it, although im not sure if i should use it , too complicated.

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#define NPC_BIRD_BEHAVIOR SIDE LEFT RIGHT TOP BOTTOM
    {__NPC_BEGIN_SIDE_EVENT {SIDE}}
        {__NPC_INIT_BOUNDARIES  ({LEFT}) ({RIGHT}) ({TOP}) ({BOTTOM})}

        [store_unit]
            mode=always_clear
            [filter]
                type={NPC_BIRD_UNIT_TYPES}
                side={SIDE}
            [/filter]
            variable=NPC_birds
            kill=no
        [/store_unit]
        # Sanity checks go first; make sure that in the real bird movement [if] block we are not
        # going to place an unit out of the move area boundaries!
        {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> found $NPC_birds.length birds for sanity checking"}
        {FOREACH NPC_birds i}
            [if]
                {VARIABLE_NUM_GREATER_OR_EQUAL_THAN  NPC_birds[$i].x  $NPC_boundaries.right  }

                [or]
                    {VARIABLE_NUM_LESS_OR_EQUAL_THAN     NPC_birds[$i].x  $NPC_boundaries.left   }
                [/or]
                [or]
                    {VARIABLE_NUM_LESS_OR_EQUAL_THAN     NPC_birds[$i].y  $NPC_boundaries.top    }
                [/or]
                [or]
                    {VARIABLE_NUM_GREATER_OR_EQUAL_THAN  NPC_birds[$i].y  $NPC_boundaries.bottom }
                [/or]
                [then]
                    {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> killing $NPC_birds[$i].id| (side $NPC_birds[$i].side|) to prevent invalid unit positioning"}
                    [kill]
                        id=$NPC_birds[$i].id
                        side=$NPC_birds[$i].side
                        fire_event=yes
                        animate=no
                    [/kill]
                [/then]
            [/if]
        {NEXT i}

        # Refresh list of NPC birds with the above changes
        [store_unit]
            mode=always_clear
            [filter]
                type={NPC_BIRD_UNIT_TYPES}
                side={SIDE}
            [/filter]
            variable=NPC_birds
            kill=no
        [/store_unit]

        {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> found $NPC_birds.length birds for artificial AI behavior process"}

        {FOREACH NPC_birds i}
            {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> entering fake AI procedure: $NPC_birds[$i].id (side $NPC_birds[$i].side|)"}
            [if]
                {VARIABLE_NUM_GREATER_THAN NPC_birds[$i].moves 0}
                [then]
                    {RANDOM "n,s,ne,nw,se,sw"}

                    {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> RNG threw movement direction '$random|'"}

                    {VARIABLE NPC_temp_movepath_x "$NPC_birds[$i].x"}
                    {VARIABLE NPC_temp_movepath_y "$NPC_birds[$i].y"}

                    {VARIABLE j     0                   }
                    {VARIABLE j_max $NPC_birds[$i].moves}

                    {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> entering movement loop"}
                    {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> bird movement limited to $j_max hexes"}

                    [while]
                        {VARIABLE_NUM_LESS_THAN j $j_max}
                        [have_unit]
                            id=$NPC_birds[$i].id
                            side=$NPC_birds[$i].side
                        [/have_unit]
                        [do]
                            {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> step $j of $j_max|..."}

                            # Get an adjacent location in that random direction
                            [store_locations]
                                [filter_adjacent_location]
                                    adjacent="-$random"
                                    x,y="$NPC_birds[$i].x","$NPC_birds[$i].y"
                                [/filter_adjacent_location]
                                variable="temp_NPC_target"
                            [/store_locations]

                            {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> adjacent hex at $random from ($NPC_birds[$i].x|,$NPC_birds[$i].y|): ($temp_NPC_target.x|,$temp_NPC_target.y|)"}

                            #
                            # OK, got it. Prepare for next recursion cycle and extend the MUF path string
                            #
                            {VARIABLE NPC_temp_movepath_x "$NPC_temp_movepath_x|,$temp_NPC_target.x|"}
                            {VARIABLE NPC_temp_movepath_y "$NPC_temp_movepath_y|,$temp_NPC_target.y|"}

                            {VARIABLE NPC_birds[$i].x      $temp_NPC_target.x}
                            {VARIABLE NPC_birds[$i].y      $temp_NPC_target.y}

                            {CLEAR_VARIABLE temp_NPC_target}

                            #
                            # Ensure default AI cannot move the unit at the end of
                            # this code.
                            #
                            {VARIABLE_DECREMENT NPC_birds[$i].moves}
                            {VARIABLE_INCREMENT j}
                        [/do]
                    [/while]

                    {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> passed movement loop"}

                    #
                    # Now move the bird
                    #
                    [kill]
                        id=$NPC_birds[$i].id
                        side=$NPC_birds[$i].side
                        fire_event,animate=no,no
                    [/kill]

                    [move_unit_fake]
                        gender=$NPC_birds[$i].gender
                        variation=$NPC_birds[$i].variation
                        type=$NPC_birds[$i].type
                        side=$NPC_birds[$i].side
                        x=$NPC_temp_movepath_x
                        y=$NPC_temp_movepath_y
                    [/move_unit_fake]

                    {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> set facing for bird $NPC_birds[$i].id to $random"}

                    {VARIABLE NPC_birds[$i].facing $random}

                    [unstore_unit]
                        # In case the coordinates were screwed up in the process by a design flaw in this code,
                        # make sure we don't kill any existing units by unstoring in an used hex
                        find_vacant=yes
                        variable=NPC_birds[$i]
                    [/unstore_unit]

                    [redraw][/redraw]

                    {CLEAR_VARIABLE "j, j_max, random"                                }
                    {CLEAR_VARIABLE "NPC_temp_movepath_x, NPC_temp_movepath_y"}
                [/then]
            [/if]

            {LOG_IFTU "<NPC> exiting fake AI procedure: $NPC_birds[$i].id (side $NPC_birds[$i].side|)"}
        {NEXT i}

        {CLEAR_VARIABLE NPC_birds}
    {__NPC_END_SIDE_EVENT}
#enddef

[SkyOne]

EDIT: i found it, although im not sure if i should use it , too complicated.

Wow! It is much more complicated than I expected. I have to study how it works. But congratulations for finding it. Could you tell me what file was it? Was it in the macros folder? I tried to check all files in the folder, but it seems I missed some.

By the way, the units (falcons) are flying around the whole map from the beginning of the first scenario, so you can at least see easily how they behave.

[Slann]

Yeah, i played the first scenery to see it by my own. I use notepad++, so was easy to find it. The exactly path is : add-ons\Invasion_from_the_Unknown\ai\fake\npc.cfg