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Learning game AI programming with Lua

You're reading from   Learning game AI programming with Lua Leverage the power of Lua programming to create game AI that focuses on motion, animation, and tactics

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783281336
Length 352 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Getting Started with AI Sandbox FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating and Moving Agents 3. Character Animations 4. Mind Body Control 5. Navigation 6. Decision Making 7. Knowledge Representation 8. Perception 9. Tactics Index

Agent sighting events


Now that we can detect when another agent is visible, we can create specific messages about an agent sighting, a dead enemy, or even a dead friend that can be sent to teammates. By extending our EventType table, we can create the three new event types for which we'll be sending out events:

AgentCommunications.lua
AgentCommunications.EventType.DeadEnemySighted =
    "DeadEnemySighted";
AgentCommunications.EventType.DeadFriendlySighted =
    "DeadFriendlySighted";
AgentCommunications.EventType.EnemySighted = "EnemySighted";

New enemy sighted event

To send out a new enemy sighted event, we can create a wrapper that handles all the event-specific information such as the sighted agent, where it was sighted, as well as the time at which it was sighted. The last information about when they were sighted will come in handy when dealing with stale information:

AgentSenses.lua:

function SendNewEnemyEvent(
    sandbox, agent, enemy, seenAt, lastSeen)

    local event = {
        agent...
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