Troubles with monster

[thaniels]

Hello dear forum,

I am having some trouble making my monster listen to me.

The situation I am dealing with is that I have a monster that is behind a door, what i want to achieve is to make the monster inactive (but visible) until the player hits a particular script area, the thing that is happening right now is that the monster is active regardless of me adding a script making him inactive at the start of the level, and activating him when the player has set a few steps inside the hallway where the monster is hiding in the mist. I have a timer of 15 seconds before the monster should actually become active and attack the player

Can anyone have a look at my script and see if they can find the reason I could be having this trouble with my monster?

Also, if i have this in my script:
if(ScriptDebugOn()) {

}

where do i put my code, i have been looking all over the internet but i can't seem to an find and answer which actually answers my question, where does my code go? between the {}? I have no idea

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[code] void OnStart()
  {
    AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "script_slam", "DoorClose", true, 1);  
    AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "Sir?", "Hello", true, 1);
    AddEntityCollideCallback("Myboi", "MonsterPlzStahp2", "Stahp", true, 1);
    AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "DisableMonster", "QuietYou", true, 1);
  }
  void OnEnter()
    {
    }

    //===========================================
    // This runs when the player leaves the map
    void OnLeave()
    {
    }
    
    void QuietYou(string& asName, bool abDisabled)
    {
    SetEnemyDisableTriggers("Myboi", false);
    }
    
    void DoorDelay(string& asName, float afTime, string& asFunction)
    {
    AddTimer("WaitForIt", 4, "DoorClose");
    }

    void DoorClose(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
SetSwingDoorClosed("mansion_4", true, true);
PlaySoundAtEntity("", "react_breath_slow.snt", "Player", 0, false);  
PlaySoundAtEntity("", "react_scare", "Player", 0, false);  PlaySoundAtEntity("", "close_door.snt", "Player", 0, false);
GiveSanityDamage(5.0f, true);
}

void Hello(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
PlaySoundAtEntity("NothingScaryYet", "enemy_hallucination_disappear.snt", "Player", 0, false);
AddTimer("Conversation", 15, "Attack");
}


void Attack(string& asName, bool abDisabled)
{
SetEnemyDisableTriggers("Myboi", true);
AddEnemyPatrolNode("Myboi", "MoveHerePlease1", 0, "");
}

void Stahp(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
    {
    SetEntityActive("Myboi", false);
    }

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Is the monster not attacking or what?
What is the problem with the monster?

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And Scriptdebug is not easy i can tell you i got it in my script looks like this.

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void OnStart(){
   SetLocalVarInt("CellarDoorOpen", 0);          
   SetLocalVarInt("FirstTimeCellar", 1);
}

void EnterCellar(string &in asEntity) // Teleport Player Into The Cellar.
{    
        if(GetLocalVarInt("CellarDoorOpen") != 1)
    {        
        SetMessage("Messages", "DoorLocked", 0);      
        return;    
    }        

        TeleportPlayer("InsideCellar");        
        if(GetLocalVarInt("FirstTimeCellar") == 1)
    {        
         SetMessage("Messages", "EnteringTheCellar", 0);        
         SetLocalVarInt("FirstTimeCellar", 0);
    }
}

Also if you want the monster to attack you, it should be this Func.

ShowEnemyPlayerPosition("MonsterName");


When you add this script the monster is instant seeing the player and chase him.

If you got any question i like to hear them.

the problem with the monster is, that is should only be activated after the player has walked into a certain trigger area, the problem now is, it is already active and is directly going towards the player once the door is opened. I want the monster to remain inactive for a small period of time before it becomes active and heads towards the player

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Actually, try this script:

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SetEnemyDisableTriggers(string& asName, bool abX); 


string& asName = enemy's name (eg brute_01)
bool abX = true will prevent the enemy from attacking the player, but it will not be set to inactive (non-existent and invisible) false will make it behave like a normal enemy.

While the ShowEnemyPlayerPosition function isn't entirely incorrect. It will do exactly what it says and, well, show the enemy where the player is no matter what. This means that, no matter how skilled you are at avoiding the gaze of the enemy and no matter how many doors you put between yourself and the enemy, it will know exactly where you are.

Also, I noticed you're using a .txt file. Save it as a .hps or it won't actually let you apply it to the map (at least, not in my past experience)

Kiandra, i don't know if you red my code, but i am already using the SetEnemyDisableTrigger code, that is what i am trying to get working and what does not do what i want.