Grenades

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  1. TONGSyaBASS

    TONGSyaBASS Member

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    Is Sebastian the only creature in all of Aranum who can throw grenades?

    Does he ever throw grenades during battle or is it only at the start?
    I've played around using a copy of Sebastian and a bunch of critters with different AI but they only seem to throw a grenade when entering combat.
     
  2. Vorak

    Vorak Administrator Staff Member

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    One of the bandits in the gun mastery quest throws them at you. But its all that that guy is armed with, so maybe other weapons simply take precedent.
     
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    Does this bandit actually throw grenades during the battle or is it just at the start?

    I've made critters who have max throw skills with no other skills and no weapons. They only throw one grenade at the start of battle and then run into melee.
    I've also tried to give them ranged weapons and ranged AI to keep them at a distance. However this doesn't make them throw grenades during battle.
    I guess the AI was never really written to use grenades. Feels like a rush job.

    I've been writing some scripts to simulate grenade throwing. It's amazing how complicated it can be to accomplish "simple" actions in game. I've ended up with 3 large scripts that run simultaneously. It works, but not as well as I'd like.



    Kind of unrelated but enh:

    {267}{Sebastian! What are we going to do now?}{}{5}{ss 24, ss -24}{545}{}

    {545}{What do you think we're going to do? We're going to turn off this game and go to bed! Sometimes I wonder about you...}{What do you think we're going to do? We're going to turn off this game and go to bed! Sometimes I wonder about you...}{}{}{}{}

    This dialogue is available *after* you complete the game.
     
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    Yeah, also a reputation after you speak Kerghan out of his idiotic plot. And Z'an is supposed to have some lines after the game too. I don't remember the others.
     
  5. Vorak

    Vorak Administrator Staff Member

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    Yes TONGS, I've definitely had them thrown during the battle.
     
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    I think he throws one grenade per turn before his every move- unless he can't get a clear shot, in which case he runs towards the opponent and shoots.
     
  7. Vorak

    Vorak Administrator Staff Member

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    I'm still uneasy about your return Solaris, no doubt your scouting for the Israeli army.
     
  8. TONGSyaBASS

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    You guys are talking about turn based combat, right?

    I've done all my testing in real time so maybe that's why I haven't seen it.
    One of these days I'll have to play through the whole game in turn based to see what it is like.
     
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    Why yes. Greater Israel from Roseborough to Ashbury and all that. :)
     
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