ai Ok back to needing more help. The Creation of NPCs..

[Spidergamer1248]

Ok. I have finally got my stuff to work after a several month long hiatus. On to what I need to know and where to possibly find it if you are willing to help.
I am making a wilson bot that will eventually become an interact-able npc. One that will act and work with you. It's like having actual friends but not really. The actual ai I have planned is a bit far in the future for how complicated I want to make it.

What I have so far: I have a wilson that stands around doing nothing and has a third arm holding an invisible tool.

What I plan on: An AI that will walk around randomly and do tasks based off what he sees.

What I need help with: First is sight range. I have no way of measuring units on the screen and I don't know how much "sight" to give wilson so it seems realistic. What is the range of sight that is given to a player?

High hopes for my first don't starve mod yes but taking it a step at a time will eventually get me to my goal.

 

BTW sorry if this is confusing but I am still at the beginning and there's not much to ask for but I still need help for each step along the way. I made this a general ask because, I will be coming back here to ask more questions about this topic. I did a previous ask article but it was archived due to my long hiatus. I fixed my previous problem of stategraph basics now I am here. Join me along the ride as I make a mod that somehow has over 300 steam subscribers despite me blatantly saying it doesn't work. Also if you haven't already noticed I am a noob coder. Gotta start somewhere right?

[boardman94]

I have just been working on a similar mod.

I found that reading the code for the monkeys and perds was really helpful.

There you can see that a perd has a "sight range" of 40 for bushes, and 20 for food.

According to this post each tile is 4 units square.

Hope that helps!

[Spidergamer1248]

OH thank you! That helps quite a bit with what I am trying to do. I just wish there was an easier way to measure how much the player could see. Gonna have to take an educated guess on where sight range ends from the map.

 

 

[Spidergamer1248]

Hmmm if is possible, can anyone explain to me how exactly to use the brain? It doesn't seem to want to work half the time. Kinda like many league of legends players.