Spawn AI on Multiple Paths

#1 AI do not have to be spawned on a path. You can just flat out spawn an AI Player and go from there.

To spawn on a path, you'll obviously need a path object, looping or not, it doesn't matter.

Then define it like so:

%player = AIPlayer::spawnOnPath("Some Dude","MissionGroup/Paths/MyPath");

adjust the bot name and Path to fit your needs.

#2 Ok, I wasn't sure if it was proper to create multiple lines of

%player = AIPlayer::spawnOnPath("Some Dude","MissionGroup/Paths/MyPath");

in order to have multiple bots on paths. I really need to get better at programming so I can create my own custom code.

Thank you.

#3 That can work, but you'd be better served with a for loop, such as:

%numberOfBots = 10;
for(%i = 1; %i <= %numberOfBots; %i++)
{
   AIPlayer::spawnOnPath("Some Dude " @ %i,"MissionGroup/Paths/MyPath" @ %i);
}

Now when you want a different number of bots, just change %numberOfBots!

(Note that this relies on having 10 paths, named "MyPathX", which you might want to change.)

#4 Daniel that is perfect. Thanks for that.

#5 Well I have been banging my head against the wall with this. I tried the script you suggested Daniel but it causes multiple bots to only spawn in one spot. I have tried various retoolings of the code to get it to spawn on multiple paths only when there are no bots spawned yet but so far no good.

function AIManager::spawn(%this)
{
   %numberOfBots = 2;
   for(%i = 1; %i <= %numberOfBots; %i++)
   {
      %player = AIPlayer::spawnOnPath("Shootme"@%i, "MissionGroup/Paths/Path"@%i);
   }
   if (isObject(%player))
   {
      %player.followPath("MissionGroup/Paths/Path1", -1);

      // slow this sucker down, I'm tired of chasing him!
      %player.setMoveSpeed(1);

      //%player.mountImage(xxxImage, 0);
      //%player.setInventory(xxxAmmo, 1000);

      return %player;
   }
   
   else
      return 0;
}

I have two paths named accordingly but the spawns just seem to restack on top of themselves till it causes the system to lock up. I need some way to limit the spawning but what I have tried so far has failed and no clue really what is needed at this point.