While I finally pushed to do this because of the epic Blue Sphere reference, I was kinda thinking about doing this for a while, because it gives more room for bots to level up during Hard GP.
I thought about just making the new level cap go up normally, but I decided on keeping the bots' passive buffs (like top speed & ring boosts) go up linearly, while rubberbanding range is kept the same.
I don't think I can properly explain it, but this basically means level 13s are a touch harder than old level 9s before, and new level 9s are touch easier than old level 9s. Basically think of it as more level range than actually making the bots harder.
The expanded range means that Hard GP can start off easier, but end harder. (And of course, Master is even more ridiculous c:)
- K_FindBotController returns the line_t directly, instead of a linedef index.
- Trick panel code is in its own function.
- Try to fix infinite bot heat death
Kind of lazy. When checking bot traversal, it considers tripwires as walls. K_BotCanTakeCut now is limited to whatever can take tripwires (no more hyudoro invisibility).
Probably should have something more foolproof, but it's annoying to test any changes to this. The only maps I can think of with really easy tripwires clearly don't have their waypoints with bots in mind, the rest are very optional or out of the way or otherwise the bots don't want to even touch them at all.
Instead of searching for walls around the player, and then deciding to make the radius tighter if it found anyway, it instead checks if the waypoint it's trying to predict towards was blocked by any walls / hazards.
Needs adjusted some, I think its being pulled back too hard sometimes, but I am optimistic about some of the improvements I already saw.
- Removed the "minor adjustment" threshold, since that was done before global easing
- Removed the "accel + brake to slowdown and reorient yourself if you're facing too far away from the track" bit, because 1.) it was done before accel + brake was turned into EBrake (so it now often makes them come to a STOP instead of simply slowing down) and 2.) turning harshly will slow them down anyway, so maybe isn't necessary
They will no longer do it on a whim after getting bumped out of position of hitting walls, instead checks if they're trying to accelerate and they physically can't.
Wall detection range was doubled, how much the prediction is adjusted was halved. This is a much nicer middle-ground compared to what it was doing before.
Controls bot behavior while they're touching a tagged sector.
X texture offset is angle to force the bot in (0 is east, 90 is north, 180 is west, 270 is south)
Y texture offset is trick type -- if a bot enters the sector while in trick panel state, then they'll do the input for the trick. Without the effect present, they'll do nothing and eventually tumble.
Y offset 1 does a left trick, 2 is right, 3 is forward, 4 is back/up.
