I need stealth system.. without useing scripts

[dac420]

I can I do a stealth system using events and variables only noo scripts.

I wanna have it that u can go into a house and sneak around with the npc is in the house
and if u get too close to the npc. it will get spooked and run to a spot on the map and call police or run upstairs or w/e I can think of.

please help

 

[Injury]

thats a lot of work with just events and no script, not going to lie...


Just an FYI...When you think of a system you want to add, think of all the things that are required for it to work...Like this stealth system...or your weather system....or anything else.

You should make it a practiced thing to write it all down in steps

Its going to help you become a better event creator and hopefully make you realize there are certain constraints on a system without scripting it.

You can do it, don't get me wrong, but its a lot more hassle and its going to be slower than scripting.

 

[dac420]

Im doing ok so far. im having trouble with the detection through walls i dont wanna lower the radius I wanna have it so when you walk past the door way there is a chance to get caught.

 

[Injury]

well you know what you want, so make it happen! If you have to make a separate event to induce the player to almost getting caught, do it! It can add some excitement

 

[ZenVirZan]

If you make a conditional branch, use the script tab and put this in:

(r = 4; c = $game_map.events[@event_id]; a = ($game_player.x-c.x)**2; b = ($game_player.y-c.y)**2; Math.sqrt(a+b) <= r)

Change the r value to the number of squares to be active radius around the character.

That snippit will make whatever is in the conditional branch run when the player is within 4 units of the character who has this in their event.

You can make an event chase you if you get too close by making something like this:

Spoiler: He'll chase you if you get too close!

I hope this helped :grin:

EDIT: I just noticed this was for VXAce. I have no idea if this will work with VXA or not, but you could give it a try :tongue:

 

[Brewmeister]

So, you have 2 conditions:
IF player is within a constant RADIUS
AND
IF player is within a direct line of sight.

The radius test is simple. To do direct line of sight, first you need to identify obstructions (walls, cabinets, tall plants, etc...) somehow.
You could use passability, but then short objects like tables, chests would block line of sight.
I would suggest using a terrain type. (does this still exist in Ace?)
Then you need an algorithm to check every tile between the NPC & player.

I would do it this way:
Check the Delta distance between the NPC & Player
Using whichever distance is larger (X or Y), iterate through a formula to solve the other axis.
So, if NPC is at (0,0), and player is at (2,3), The Y distance is larger.
The formula is X = Y * 0.75
So,
when Y = 0, X = 0
when Y = 1, X = 0.75
when Y = 2, X = 1.5
when Y = 3, X = 2

When X (in this case) is a fractional number. (X%1 > 0), You need to both round up, and round down.
So, when X = 0.75, you need to check for both X = 0 & X = 1
So, the tiles you have to check are: (0,0) (0,1) (1,1) (1,2) (2,2) (2,3) You can skip the first & last, since a character is standing on that tile.
If any one of those tiles is an obstruction, no detection occurs.

Make sense?

 

[dac420]

@ZenVirZan your script does work for VX ACE ty