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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Multiple enemies of one sort.

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Indecom
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Posted: 6th Jun 2007 11:48
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I am planning an fps game, because they are the simplest to do, i think, and because there is much emotion they convey and still many technical aspects to explore. A question i have is what is the best way to go about coding multiple enemies of the same sort? Lets say that i want to have 15 zombies strewn about my level, can i use some array database to control each one based on their general info, or how would you go about doing something like that?

Thanks in advance for any help.
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Silvester
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Posted: 6th Jun 2007 23:22
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You can allways use types,as those can store data in a few lines of codes,with allmost unlimited DIFFERENT pieces.
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Code Dragon
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Posted: 6th Jun 2007 23:31
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These tutorials are probably exactly what you're looking for.

http://www.thegamecreators.com/data/newsletter/newsletter_issue_28.html#9
http://www.thegamecreators.com/data/newsletter/newsletter_issue_29.html#9

I just finished the basic entity (not enemy system because it does player and NPCs too) system in my FPS by the way. Each entity can have it's own name, 3d object, health, walking speed, and turning speed. Hundreds of completely different entities can be controlled in just 100 lines of code.

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Zotoaster
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Posted: 6th Jun 2007 23:59
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Here is a tutorial I wrote:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=63411&b=7

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Indecom
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Wow, lots of responses real quick. Thanks, i will go ahead and take a look at those tutorials before i do too much else.

Also, is there an A* path finding algorithm available that uses way points instead of a grid based system? I really dont want to have my level designs restricted to a grid based schematic.
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BrokenGlass
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Posted: 7th Jun 2007 05:52
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Use arrays or types

Current Project: Learning DBP
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