alien bots: do not chase players when attacked by turrets #2933
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| if ( G_Team( self ) == TEAM_ALIENS | ||
| && G_Team( attacker ) != TEAM_NONE | ||
| && attacker->s.modelindex == BA_H_MGTURRET | ||
| && self->botMind->goal.targetsValidEntity() | ||
| && self->botMind->goal.getTargetedEntity()->s.eType == entityType_t::ET_PLAYER ) |
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Do you think there should be some type of heuristic for tradeoff between pursuing into a base (ie, human attacker equipment > bot value) or is this sufficient.
Can this be abused by players by simply building a turret to have bots discourage people from attacking?
Lastly, should this consider rocket pods as well, or is the range too great for this to be effective?
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A better heuristic can never hurt. The current heuristic is in BotFindBestEnemy.
I assume it can be abused. But the current situation can be abused even more. Build a wall of turrets, make an alien bot chase you, run to the wall and jump over it. The bots will not even try to attack the turrets. A tyrant will get stuck there, because it cannot jump over.
Rocket pod range is too high for a simple solution.
| // alien bots should not chase human players when attacked by turrets | ||
| if ( G_Team( self ) == TEAM_ALIENS | ||
| && G_Team( attacker ) != TEAM_NONE | ||
| && attacker->s.modelindex == BA_H_MGTURRET |
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This should check that the attacker is a buildable before reading modelindex
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The thing is: with our current gameplay, destroying a turret is almost always a more valuable goal than killing a player. I am not yet conviced if this is a proper solution. |
If attacked by a turret: choose a new goal. Most often, this will be one of the turrets. Attacking them is a good idea.