SensedObject methods

[zchaoz]

About the method for SensedObject, can you add a method that can return if SensedObject array contains a wolf or sheep or shepherd?

Foreach works but it is not as my intend. For example:

I have a SensedObject array like {WOLF, SHEEP, SHEEP}

With foreach, it will check for each object in the array. In my code, i wrote something like:

If(Obj is WOLF) --> Increase Panic Level by 1

Else if(Obj is not WOLF) --> Decrease Panic level by 0.5

So, if there is only one WOLF in the SensedObject array, Panic Level will never increase! I can fix this by modify the "Increase Panic Level" rating to 3 or 4 but that doesn't solve anything.

[zchaoz]

Ok, I tried my old methods written in the SensoryCortex.cs. isContainAgent(Agent Type) is working flawlessly now.

Will test it for Wolf and update it later today

[Syclamoth]

I should mention that currently, your implementation of 'isContainAgent' (with its redundant loops) is by a factor of 2 the least efficient code in the entire system. I still keep by what I said last week, that you should just perform all those operations in a single loop, in the AI state, or otherwise implement some kind of caching arrangement to store the results within a single frame.

[zchaoz]

As I mentioned above, a single loop doesn't solve most of the problems I'm having.

For example, an array of SensedObjects has {Sheep, Sheep, Wolf, Shepherd, Sheep}

If I use a single loop, it will check for each object in the array by using an If Else statement like below:

If( Obj is not Wolf) -> Panic decrease 1 Else If (Obj is Wolf) -> Panic increase 1

So at the end of the loop, the Panic level will decrease, not increase like I want to. As the result, the Sheep never reaches another AI state.

I also took a look at your suggestion. It works but I think it has the same efficiency as the "isContainAgent", period. It goes something like:

Foreach Obj in SensedObjects.

If Obj is Wolf --> bool thereIsWolf = true; If Obj is Shepherd --> bool thereIsSheperd = true;

Each frame, both variables above is reset to false.

[Syclamoth]

I understand what you mean here, but there's still no reason why you can't do it all in a single loop, like so:

int totalwolves int totalsheep int totalshepherds

foreach(whatever) switch on agent type: if wolf: totalwolves++ if sheep: totalsheep++ if shepherd: totalsheherds++

Then AT THE END, tally these up and apply the appropriate logic based on the existing numbers:

if(totalwolves > 0) then panic increase else panic decrease by (totalsheep * calmingrate)

So, you can do it in a single loop by collecting ALL the data you need at once.

[zchaoz]

thanks, I'd already done that before your comment.

Trying to make it simpler now.