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So now when an enemy enters the Chase state it tries to raycast to the player and if nothing is in the way - chase em! If something is in the normalized ( ) break func _physics_process (delta ) : var motion = enemy. normalized ( ) # or chase first scent we can see else : for scent in enemy.target. force_raycast_update ( ) # if we can see the target, chase it if !look. # ChaseState.gd func _init (enemy, params ) :Ĭhase_target ( ) func chase_target ( ) : var look = enemy.
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With Physics Layers assigned to your objects, now you want to update the Ra圜ast2D on your enemies to check against the layers enemies cannot move through (in our case its solid, object, crate, hole, gate_closed)Īnd with our Physics Layers all setup, our last step is to update our Chase state. For your objects you want to assign them as Layers. Once you have them named, go through the objects in your game, and in the Property Inspector sidebar you can expand Collision then click
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Name these whatever you like for your game. To set up Physics Layers in Godot you want to click on Project from the top menu, then Project Settings, then near the bottom on the left side is a Layer Names section, and you want to choose 2D Physics. But to make that work, we will need to add a Ra圜ast2D node to our enemies, and setup Physics Layers in Godot so our ray knows what it can collide with. Now we want our enemies to embrace their inner bloodhounds and follow these new scents when they cannot see the player. With this in place you should see scent's being left behind your player as you run around. If you want the scents to be visible while debugging, you can add a ColorRect node to them, then just hide it once its working. connect ( "timeout", self, "remove_scent" ) func remove_scent ( ) : This is just a simple Node2D scene that includes a Timer, so that the scent can expire. Then we have to make our actual Scent.tscn that gets dropped. connect ( "timeout", self, "add_scent" ) func add_scent ( ) : var scent = scent_scene. # Player.gd extends KinematicBody2D const scent_scene = preload ( "res://Player/Scent.tscn" ) var scent_trail = func _ready ( ) :
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So to make this scent trail work we need to add a Timer node to our player, make it autostart and set a wait_time (we used 0.1s), then add some code so when it times out it drops a scent. Since this is similar to how a dog would track something, we'll call it a scent trail. This way, if the enemy cannot see the player, it can check if it can see any of these past positions, then follow them to the player. To improve this we make the player leave a trail of their past positions as they move. normalized ( ) func _physics_process (delta ) : var motion = enemy. To begin with, here is a simple Chase state for a dumb enemy that just runs towards its target, and probably gets stuck on something along the way: # ChaseState.gd func _init (enemy, params ) :Įnemy. Not sure what a State Machine is? I like this article explaining State Machines and why you would use them - and here's another article on implementing simple State Machines in Godot. We are going to assume you are making your enemies as KinematicBody2D objects, and that you are using a State Machine to manage their states.
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But for Helms of Fury we used a different method which works great for our game and we wanted to share in this tutorial. To solve this, you could use the Navigation2D or AStar nodes built into Godot ( here's a tutorial by GDQuest covering both of them).
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Making a game where your enemies need to chase the player? This starts out easy, make the enemy run towards the player! But what happens when they are behind a tree? Or around the corner of a wall? Well, now your enemy looks quite silly as it is stuck against the object, running in place.