Infinite Patroling

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If you want to make a monster patrol infinitely, pick two of path nodes which the monster will move along. If it's a linear path, choose the two end points, if it's a circular or other irregular path, just choose any two that are decently far apart.


Around each path node, create a script area. Add an entity collide callback between the monster and each script area. When the monster collides with one area, run a function which adds patrol nodes leading to the OTHER area, and vice versa. This way, the monster will always be moving because it always has somewhere to go. Shouldn't be any issue if the player is seen by the monster, since it will return to its last path node and continue its scripted path when it stops hunting/searching for the player.