Managing events

As the sandbox broadcasts events to every sandbox object that registers a callback function, we'll create an agent communication system that provides commonly used functionalities such as event type registration and event filtering.

Assigning agent teams

So far, our agents fend for themselves in a free-for-all style; now, we'll assign teams to utilize team-based communication as well as the beginnings of cooperative strategy. By changing the initialization of the agent, we can assign the agent to either team1 or team2 and assign a different character model accordingly:

IndirectSoldierAgent.lua:

function Agent_Initialize(agent)
    Soldier_InitializeAgent(agent);
    agent:SetTeam("team" .. (agent:GetId() % 2 + 1));

    soldierUserData = {};

    if (agent:GetTeam() == "team1") then
        soldierUserData.soldier = Soldier_CreateSoldier(agent);
    else
        soldierUserData.soldier = 
            Soldier_CreateLightSoldier(agent);
    end
    
    ...
    
end

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