Previously based on prediction radius, which meant it was so low that it might barely even nudge at all. Now we try to nudge a lot, but clamp the radius to make it thinner if it goes off-road.
- Their waypoint radius gets thinner quicker
- Waypoint distance is scaled with each ones' floor slope, instead of done once at the end of the prediction.
- Prediction is pulled back further when it goes through a wall
- Prediction starts earlier and goes less far
- Bots will brake at shallower angles (allows them to brake-turn more often)
- K_AddDodgeObject and K_AddAttackObject now adjust based on the radius of the object
- Fixed K_AddDodgeObject adding to the goto objects instead of avoid objects
- Optimized blockmap search size for K_FindObjectsForNudging
- Current waypoint is no longer cleared each frame
An optimized error check was put into P_BlockThingsIterator for tmthing, but this meant that anything that was not using or even setting this variable (the supermajority of them) would exit after finding 1 thing in each block.
To keep this error check & keep it optimized, the PIT_ functions were expanded to three options instead of two: BMIT_CONTINUE lets the search continue. If used as the last mobj, it will return true when the iterator finishes. BMIT_ABORT ends the search and forces the iterator to return false.
BMIT_STOP ends the search and forces the iterator to return true.
- Rename to Lightning Shield (it keeps fucking me up when I want to kartgiveitem it to myself)
- Fix inflictors causing damage being considered damage hitlag. Fixes the player using Lightning Shield being in damage hitlag state (most notable in the DI branch because hurting someone with it lets you DI afterwards, which also fucks with your turning)
- Rewrote attack function to use custom blockmap search instead of P_NukeEnemies.
- It can no longer attack below you, only above & around you.
- Increased the attack radius, so that it actually lines up with the sprites...
- Fixed extremely inconsistent ring blockmap search by moving it to playerafterthink (don't ask me why)
- Rings get joulsted by Lightning Shield when you pass by them without
- Added MAXRADIUS to the blockmap checks for lightning shield & mines, to reduce blockmap inconsistencies
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.
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.
This means that if there's objects on both sides of the bot, then the tie is broken by which side has the most objects. Before, it would average out to the middle, so they wouldn't swerve at all, which is kind of stupid for rings, but can ruin the bot's performance for dodging items & players especially!
Instead of doing its best to avoid P_DamageMobj, it embraces it, using the damagetype system to decide how the player takes damage. Overall less stupid.
