Attacking Envoirment and sender of a bullet

[damion]

Hello,



so I'm rather a complete newcomer to Unity and not really an experienced programmer (learning by doing, but so far I've only done websites and database connections... )



So now I wanted to realise the following: A base in the middle, surrounded by fences/walls and towers. On the towers are fighters from the player, who kill incoming zombies and gain experience.

So far so good, but there are some things I can't find out:



1st problem ) How can the zombies attack the fences/walls/towers? I put layer and tag "Defence" on them and told the zombies to find and attack them ( FSM ). They do find them, but they do not attack them. Instead of this I get:



NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Invector.vCharacterController.AI.vControlAIMelee.Attack (System.Boolean strongAttack, System.Int32 _newAttackID, System.Boolean forceCanAttack) (at Assets/Invector-AIController/Scripts/AI/AI Controllers/vControlAIMelee.cs:94)

Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vSimpleCombatAction.EngageTarget (Invector.vCharacterController.AI.vIControlAICombat controller) (at Assets/Invector-AIController/FSM/Scripts/Actions/vSimpleCombatAction.cs:86)

Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vSimpleCombatAction.OnUpdateCombat (Invector.vCharacterController.AI.vIControlAICombat controller) (at Assets/Invector-AIController/FSM/Scripts/Actions/vSimpleCombatAction.cs:73)

Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vSimpleCombatAction.DoAction (Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vIFSMBehaviourController fsmBehaviour, Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vFSMComponentExecutionType executionType) (at Assets/Invector-AIController/FSM/Scripts/Actions/vSimpleCombatAction.cs:44)

Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vFSMState+FSMComponent.DoActions (Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vIFSMBehaviourController fsmBehaviour, Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vFSMComponentExecutionType executionType) (at Assets/Invector-AIController/FSM/Scripts/Components/vFSMState.cs:161)

Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vFSMState.UpdateState (Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vIFSMBehaviourController fsmBehaviour) (at Assets/Invector-AIController/FSM/Scripts/Components/vFSMState.cs:99)

Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vFSMBehaviourController.UpdateStates () (at Assets/Invector-AIController/FSM/Scripts/vFSMBehaviourController.cs:35)

Invector.vCharacterController.AI.FSMBehaviour.vFSMBehaviourController.Update () (at Assets/Invector-AIController/FSM/Scripts/vFSMBehaviourController.cs:26)


Then the second problem to which I have not found a solution. The fighters of the player should get better with time, so when they shoot they get some experience points (no problem, I found an event for that, at the weapon OnShot() ), but when they hit or kill they should get more experience points and I simply didn't find an event for that.
Is there an event which is called when the opponent is hit? I could assign the fighter to this event and give them a script for the experience points. But the script has to know how much damage someone has done and optimally if the shot was deadly... )

And the last problem:
Look at the picture. This is a mixamo character ( Remy ). And the hand is not where it should be. Is there a wrong setting or do I have to rework the animation by hand????


Thank you very much for your help, but please: Suitable for beginners -> Thank you

Damion

[damion]

ok, it seems that there are no professionals around here???? I regret having bought Invector, because you only have problems with it and the documentation is outdated and doesn't go into the thousands of features... The youtube tutorials refer to a version of Invector that hasn't been used for a long time....

Sorry thanks, but no thanks! I'd rather script it myself, it's quicker than trying to figure out the thousands of little stupid features.

An example? I create a new AI with Invector (e.g. a shooter) and it just won't shoot? Why only??? I search and search and find nothing, only when I accidentally add a headtrack to the character does it suddenly shoot. Before, the debug only said "Can Shoot -> false".
If this is necessary for a shooter, why doesn't the generator simply generate a headtrack for it?????

I could find a few more examples, e.g. I haven't found out yet how I can give a shooter, for example, 2 pistols at the same time, which he then also uses? He always shoots with only one. Somewhere there must be a flag that says: The gun in the 2nd hand is also there for shooting and does not hold the right hand. I deactivated both IK, but it doesn't help... In order to be able to find something like this easily, you either need CURRENT documentation, or you should think about putting the features in a single "template" and keeping it so that you can activate or deactivate something with a click or vary it with a value... E.g. I can set Combat Range in 2 places: Which one is valid now???

No sorry: I don't buy anything here anymore, because in the time it takes me to find out, I scripted myself what I need. I don't even need 5% of the scope. And then I don't have the problems.

Another example? The heroes are supposed to stand on the spot and shoot at enemies. They should not run around, but just stand still. I turn off all the movement I can find and they still run! So I set all movement speeds to 0, but they still run (just now without running movement, now they hover...). If I don't activate walking around, why are they walking?

I don't understand it and can't find anything in the documentation or in the forum. And my questions are not answered either...

Ergo: Predicate: Useless

Damion

[Invector]

Hey Damion, I see that you're very frustrated with the template but please take a deep breath and let's figure out your issues.

First, let me say that this Forum and the Discord channel was created for the community to interact and help each other, and this, of course, doesn't mean that all of your questions will be answered, we do answer here and the discord but not 24hrs a day, Invector is not a big corporation, just 2 developers.

If you need quicker support you should use our support email: [e-mail] which we do answer every day (business days)

Now, you started your post saying that you don't have much experience with Unity and that's ok, but 3D projects are quite complex and it takes time and a LOT of try and error, plus the better you know the engine features, the quicker you will handle things.

Your first complaint is about making the AI attacking a fence, just a tag and layer won't solve this, the AI needs to know if the target is alive in order to attack and this is cover in the Documentation, just look for 'How to apply damage to a custom target'

That covers the basics, try taking one step at a time.
I feel that you're overwhelming yourself trying to do advanced things without knowing the basics first, resulting in frustration.
Try watching our tutorials, check the demo scenes to see how things work for example the AI applying damage to a custom target is demonstrated on the FSM AI main demo scene where the AI breaks some vases, you can learn a lot just by studying these scenes.

ps* If you create a Shooter AI using the AI Creator Window it does add the Headtrack for you.