Zombie path mod

[lordneg]

Is there a mod that will stop zombie pathing and have them just attack, blocks that are between you and them. or maybe hit doors, or windows then walls. It sucks .IMO, the zombies will have a set path and it can be exploited. thnks

[The_Great_Sephiroth]

This is inside the game engine itself, I believe. Modifying it would require writing a mod in C#, disabling EAC, and all players would need the mod, unless I am mistaken. There are some VERY talented authors in this community that might be able to do this, but I do not know of a mod that does what you're asking for.

 

I have watched many times as a zed would walk into a cactus or one of my helicopters and instead of turning 90deg, walking a block or two, then resuming their path, they start attacking. It is silly, considering the fact that they have the brains to bring exploding guys on horde night and can see you on top of a building and path to you from the ground, but cannot walk around an object. This IS alpha though, and I guess it'll change at some point.

[BFT2020]

You can make some basic modifications to the Zombie AI through the UtilityAI file in the xml config folder.

 

For example.

 

            <action name="MeleeAttackBlock" weight="3">
                <task class="AttackTargetBlock" action_index="0"/>
                
                <consideration class="PathBlocked"/>
                <consideration class="TargetType" type="Block"/>
                <consideration class="TargetDistance" flip_y="true" min="2" max="4"/>
            </action>

 

That's the xml values for zombies attacking blocks.  You can change things like the min and max numbers to increase how many blocks they will go through to get to you.

 

In addition, there are additional values in entityclasses you can adjust

 

From ZombieTemplateMale

 

    <property name="AIFeralSense" value="1.5"/>
    <property name="AINoiseSeekDist" value="8"/>
    <property name="AIPathCostScale" value=".15, .4"/>
    <!-- ApproachAndAttackTarget class=class,chaseTimeMax (go home) -->
    <!-- SetNearestEntityAsTarget class=class, hear dist, see dist (checked left to right)(0 dist uses entity default, neg no sense scale) -->
    <property name="AITask" value="
    BreakBlock|
    DestroyArea|
    Territorial|
    ApproachDistraction|
    ApproachAndAttackTarget class=EntityPlayer,0,EntityBandit,0,EntityEnemyAnimal,0,EntityAnimal|
    ApproachSpot|
    Look|
    Wander|
    "/>
    <property name="AITarget" value="
    SetAsTargetIfHurt class=EntityPlayer,EntityBandit,EntityEnemyAnimal|
    BlockingTargetTask|
    SetNearestCorpseAsTarget flags=edible|
    SetNearestEntityAsTarget class=EntityPlayer,0,0,EntityBandit,0,-10|
    "/>

 

AIPathCostScale is how they determine if they should take a straight path to you or if they should just destroy blocks in a straight line to you.  You can modify those values to change the zombie behavior.

 

More complex changes would require changes to the source code that @The_Great_Sephiroth mentioned.

[lordneg]

3 minutes ago, BFT2020 said:

You can make some basic modifications to the Zombie AI through the UtilityAI file in the xml config folder.

 

For example.

 

            <action name="MeleeAttackBlock" weight="3">
                <task class="AttackTargetBlock" action_index="0"/>
                
                <consideration class="PathBlocked"/>
                <consideration class="TargetType" type="Block"/>
                <consideration class="TargetDistance" flip_y="true" min="2" max="4"/>
            </action>

 

That's the xml values for zombies attacking blocks.  You can change things like the min and max numbers to increase how many blocks they will go through to get to you.

 

In addition, there are additional values in entityclasses you can adjust

 

From ZombieTemplateMale

 

    <property name="AIFeralSense" value="1.5"/>
    <property name="AINoiseSeekDist" value="8"/>
    <property name="AIPathCostScale" value=".15, .4"/>
    <!-- ApproachAndAttackTarget class=class,chaseTimeMax (go home) -->
    <!-- SetNearestEntityAsTarget class=class, hear dist, see dist (checked left to right)(0 dist uses entity default, neg no sense scale) -->
    <property name="AITask" value="
    BreakBlock|
    DestroyArea|
    Territorial|
    ApproachDistraction|
    ApproachAndAttackTarget class=EntityPlayer,0,EntityBandit,0,EntityEnemyAnimal,0,EntityAnimal|
    ApproachSpot|
    Look|
    Wander|
    "/>
    <property name="AITarget" value="
    SetAsTargetIfHurt class=EntityPlayer,EntityBandit,EntityEnemyAnimal|
    BlockingTargetTask|
    SetNearestCorpseAsTarget flags=edible|
    SetNearestEntityAsTarget class=EntityPlayer,0,0,EntityBandit,0,-10|
    "/>

 

AIPathCostScale is how they determine if they should take a straight path to you or if they should just destroy blocks in a straight line to you.  You can modify those values to change the zombie behavior.

 

More complex changes would require changes to the source code that @The_Great_Sephiroth mentioned.

unfortunately I don't understand 99% of this. but it seems like it is doable. 

[BFT2020]

5 minutes ago, lordneg said:

unfortunately I don't understand 99% of this. but it seems like it is doable. 

 

Here, I will link you to the gateway drug we call xpath modding  😏

 

 

[lordneg]

3 minutes ago, BFT2020 said:

 

Here, I will link you to the gateway drug we call xpath modding  😏

 

 

Ummm, thanks, I think  

[The_Great_Sephiroth]

2 hours ago, BFT2020 said:

 

Here, I will link you to the gateway drug we call xpath modding  😏

 

 

Gateway drug my behind! Link us to some good C++ tutorials, like Neon Helium's OpenGL stuff, or Boost! Yeah, even I am still confused by the XML mess. Things I believe should work logically, don't actually work.

 

Thanks for the info on the AI though, I may tweak that if I can find a way to make them only attack player blocks unless scripted to bust through something.

[BFT2020]

Try this file.  You can modify the values but it does the changes I mentioned.  I haven't played around with the values to see what they do and how you need to adjust them, but the code is there for anyone to experiment with

 

https://github.com/BFT2020/A21ZombieBehaviour.git

 

Edited August 5, 2023 by BFT2020 (see edit history)

[The_Great_Sephiroth]

I'll look at it, thank you!