Hey there,
great! This worked perfectly. I've simply put UTIL_Remove(this) at the
end of CAI_BaseNPC::RunDieTask() and now the corpse gets removed after
the death animation is played. Thanks for the help!
Regards from Germany
xs57
Ryan Sheffer wrote:
> I was a bit off with what I said, the death thing I was thinking about is
> actually a task set called TASK_DIE and it handles the wait cycle for the
> NPC while it does its death animation.
>
> Find this function in ai_basenpc_schedule
>
> void CAI_BaseNPC::RunDieTask()
> {
> AutoMovement();
>
> if ( IsActivityFinished() && GetCycle() >= 1.0f )
> {
> m_lifeState = LIFE_DEAD;
>
> SetThink ( NULL );
> StopAnimation();
> ...............
>
> You will notice IsActivityFinished() there, that is how it waits for the
> death animation to complete. It will run this task until the time in which
> it is safe to stop thinking.
> You can see there the think is set to NULL, overriding this function should
> help you set a new think instead of nothing which you can add your timer
> too. Also keep in mind if the NPC turns into a ragdoll on the client, the
> NPC itself will be destroyed along with the chance to think.
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Biz <b...@cs-dsf-clan.de> wrote:
>
>
>> Heya,
>>
>>
>>> When an NPC becomes a ragdoll it is essentially an independent object to
>>>
>> the
>>
>>> npc and generally one that is generated client-side versus server-side.
>>>
>> If
>>
>>> you are trying to remove the corpse after 5 seconds then you may need to
>>>
>> be
>>
>>> looking for the ragdoll entity then.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks for the hint, but my NPC is not becoming a ragdoll. I think a
>> ragdoll would cost too much performance as i'm working with many NPCs.
>> That's why i only have them play simple death animations.
>>
>>
>>> Instead of removing the npc go to the client side ragdoll in
>>> c_baseanimating and have it remove itself after 5s. If you aren't
>>> using a ragdoll and just animations, then you need to look in
>>> combatcharacter for a deadthink function or something similar and add
>>> your timer there. By setting the think on your npc, you are taking
>>> away the natural thinking process that contains the wait for death
>>> animation completion stuff. Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> ~Ryan / skidz
>>>
>> Ryan: What you described with the death-think function is exactly what
>> i'm trying to figure out. I'm looking for what you called the "natural
>> thinking process that contains the wait for death animation completion
>> stuff". I need to find exactly that function, but i'm having trouble
>> with it ;) Thanks for the hint though.
>>
>> Regards from Germany
>> xs57
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: hlcoders-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
>>> [mailto:hlcoders-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Biz
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:41 AM
>>> To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com
>>> Subject: [hlcoders] Remove corpse 5s after NPC death
>>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> i've ported my mod to ob-engine and now my NPC corpse fade after 5
>>> seconds isn't working anymore. Does anyone have an idea what the last
>>> function that is called after NPC death is? When i try to define a new
>>> think-function Dying() at the end of the Event_Killed() function like:
>>> SetThink( &Bla::Dying );
>>> SetNextThink( gpGlobals->curtime + 5.0f );
>>>
>>> void Dying()
>>> {
>>> UTIL_Remove(this);
>>> }
>>>
>>> This works, but my death animation won't play anymore then. That is if i
>>> kill an NPC it just freezes and disappears after 5s.
>>>
>>> So i would either need a command that resumes my animation or i would
>>> have to know which function is called after death. I've tried figuring
>>> it out myself, but i didn't find it.
>>>
>>> Any help greatly appreciated :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Greets from Germany
>>> xs57
>>>
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