Make monsters walk to locations.

[Dridmar]

I can do it for half-life but for some reason I can't do it for msc. Could someone tell me exactly how to set it up so I can make a wolf run to a spot? All help will be appreciated.

P.S. I think the ms_npc entitiy doesn't work with a aiscripted_sequence

 

[Jelly]

- ms_npcscript -
ms_npcscript can be used to make an individual NPC or monster move to a specific locale, or play a particular animation. Some NPC's and monsters have special 'eventnames' that make them do special things. (Note that in MSC, unlike MS 1.35, you usually cannot use ms_npcscript to affect more than one monster at a time.)

Example: This makes Edrin freak out when you trample his flowers in the original Edana:

 {
"origin" "1328 96 -112"
"angles" "0 260 0"
"targetname" "edrinstrict1"
"firewhendone" "edrinspot"
"eventname" "trig_flowercompliant"
"moveanim" "run"
"target" "edrin"
"firedelay" "4"
"type" "4"
"classname" "ms_npcscript"
}

The ms_npcscript has the following properties:
• Target - The monster or npc to be affected (matches targetname of the npc you intend to affect)
• Type - The type of NPC script
0 = make this the movement destination for the npc
1 = play an animation (use Jed's Model Viewer to determine which animations sequence names are available.)
2 = Run script event, ie. use one of the NPC's embedded eventname's (see more below)
3 = Move, then play anim - move to this location, then play the animation
4 = Move, then Run Script Event - move to this location, then use the eventname.
• Moveanim - which animation to use while moving (most NPC's have walk and run animations)
• Actionanim - which animation to play for Type1 or Type3.
• Eventname - the eventname to use for Type2 or Type4 (see below)
• firewhendone - After the movement is made and/or animation is played, trigger this map event
• firedelay - Delay before event starts
• stopai - Setting to 1 disables the monster AI (prevents monster from attacking, etc.)

Eventnames: There are far too many available eventnames to list them all here (indeed, I'm not even sure I have a complete list, short of combing over every script) - but here's some examples:
calruin/cavetroll (Lord BS) - responds to: give_clubs (give him his clubs), invincible_on, vulnerable (toggles invulnerability)
monsters/orc_unarmed (developer orc) - responds to: superorc (godmode), godoff (returns to vulnerable)
The orc warboss - godon_warboss, offgod_warboss, infernal_warboss (adds fire damage), normal_warboss (returns to normal)
Atholo and Undamael - vulnerable (makes vulnerable - both are invulnerable by default)
All specific keyholes - return_keys (causes keyhole to return any keys used after this event is run)

Universal Eventnames:
for use with ms_npcscript, these work with most NPCs, including monsters/lure:
XXXX_race - where XXXX is, replace with desired race. This is buggy, and may cause issues (including crash). Common uses include: orc_race, hated_race, beloved_race, human_race. Full faction list and relations can be found here.
ELEMENT_immune: Where ELEMENT is, replace with desired element. Valid elements currently include: lightning, fire, poison, and cold. Using normal_immune sets all immunities to normal (including any immunities the creature might normally have).
fifty_armor - sets 50% damage absorption.
eighty_armor - sets 80% damage absorption.
make_invulnerable - makes monster invulnerable (godmode)
make_vulnerable - makes monster vulnerable
add_XXX_health - where XXX is use 10, 100, 500, or 1000 (untested)
double_health - Doubles creature's health based on current. Prefixes name with "Strong ", can be used repeatedly (but name effect stacks)
quad_health - Quadruplescreature's health based on current. Prefixes name with "Very Strong ", can be used repeatedly (but name effect stacks)

Note that: sometimes second spawns of monsters will not respond to the eventname requests from the ms_npcscript, if they were used on the first spawn. This does not seem to affect playanim nor movement requests, however.

If you have issues with a monster being 'stuck' after running a script event such as quad_health on him, add an animation the monster has to actionanim and moveanim. If yer not sure, "idle" is usually a safe bet. You can use Jed's Model viewer to view models and examine what anims are available for each monster.

For a tutorial RMF & BSP that demonstrates ms_npcscript in detail, download the ms_npcscript_tutorial archive.

MS:C Note: The ms_npcscript entity was accidentally left out of the MS 1.4 FGD. You can add it by appending the fgd with the code below.

 @PointClass base(named) = ms_npcscript : "NPC Script"
[
	target(string) : "Monster Name"
	type(choices) : "Type" : 0 = 
	[
		0 : "Move"
		1 : "Play Anim"
		2 : "Run Script Event"
		3 : "Move, then Play Anim"
		4 : "Move, then Run Script Event"
	]
	moveanim(string) : "Move Anim"
	actionanim(string) : "Action Anim"
	eventname(string) : "Script Event"
	firewhendone(string) : "Fire, when finished"
	firedelay(string) : "Fire Delay" : "0"
	stopai(choices) : "Disable Monster AI" : 0 = 
	[
		0 : "No"
		1 : "Yes"
	]
]