Moving a NPC To multiple locations without blocking scripts

[jamesreg]

Hello.

I need to move a NPC character to multiple coordinate locations.

I need him to move to location A then B then C and so on and so forth.

But I do not want the script to be blocked as I want the player character to be doing stuff as the NPC is moving around.

So i cant use walk or move with a blocking feature.

I thought about using an int and with each number added having it to tell it to then go to the new location but I cant do that without blocking eighter.

Whats the best way to script it so the NPC moves around to all these multiple locations and does not block script.

[Sslaxx]

Hello.

I need to move a NPC character to multiple coordinate locations.

I need him to move to location A then B then C and so on and so forth.

But I do not want the script to be blocked as I want the player character to be doing stuff as the NPC is moving around.

So i cant use walk or move with a blocking feature.

I thought about using an int and with each number added having it to tell it to then go to the new location but I cant do that without blocking eighter.

Whats the best way to script it so the NPC moves around to all these multiple locations and does not block script.

Is there a reason you can't use eNoBlock?

[jamesreg]

But wouldnt that just keep fireing all the other lines so in effect he would walk to my last location or somehting and not go from location 1 to location 2 to location 3 and so forth?

[Ryan Timothy B]

Basically something like this:

The room variable:

Code: ags

int characterLocation;

Also you put this in the room's Repeatedly Execute Always since you probably want the NPC to walk around during the Player's blocking moments and such.

Code: ags

function repeatedly_execute_always()
{
  if (!theCharacter.Moving) //only check if the NPC isn't moving
  {
    if (characterLocation==1)
    {
      theCharacter.Walk(100, 100, eNoBlock);
      characterLocation==2;
    }
    else
    if (characterLocation==2)
    {
      theCharacter.Walk(200, 100, eNoBlock);
      characterLocation==3;
    }
    else
    if (characterLocation==3)
    {
      theCharacter.Walk(150, 200, eNoBlock);
      characterLocation==1;
    }
  }
}

characterLocation==0  can be when the NPC isn't in one of those locations.  When you start his cycle, you'll have to change the characterLocation variable to whichever location he's going to.