[DFX2] Mapping With The MEd - AI Detection

[Guest001]

In a previous post I wrote about the process of working out how to detect player deaths without problems.

Though after recent events I decided this topic needed reposting in the DFX2 forum...

The short story is, during the latest round of mapping for DFX2 I discovered quite a few new things.

One of them being there's a real difference between the statements "is not alive" and "is dead".

Particularly when it comes to the way the AI is detected by the engine.

This led me to discovering a new script to detect player deaths accurately.

The resulting code is so simple that I nearly fell over when it worked.

;Count Player Deaths
if never() then
set(v1,0) // Triggers once then resets
set(v2,0) // Count 1 adds
set(v3,0) // Count 2 Subtracts
endif

if not ssnalive(player) then
set(v1,1)
endif

if eq(v1,1) then
set(v1,0)
endif
; Use chain to trigger once each time the variable flips - link will keep counting
if chain(1) then
add(v2,1)
sub(v3,1)
endif

[Oscarmike247]

Interesting. I know this is the same script you shared with me earlier. Thanks.

So what exactly is the difference between "not alive" and "dead" ?

[Guest001]

Seems like this is a distinction for finer scripting control, you could argue that their meanings are different not.

Dead - Not Dead vs Alive - Not Alive

So I think it goes something like this:

You can be dead in area 1 because there's a body there (you just died) to detect but you can't be not alive in area 1 because you're not there (you're not alive).

[Oscarmike247]

Originally Posted by stompem

Seems like this is a distinction for finer scripting control, you could argue that their meanings are different not.

Dead - Not Dead vs Alive - Not Alive

So I think it goes something like this:

You can be dead in area 1 because there's a body there (you just died) to detect but you can't be not alive in area 1 because you're not there (you're not alive).

interesting.