Monster

A hostile NPC that can see and hear

Example maps: MonsterTest.json , Simple_map_test_extended.json and spawn_test.json

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• Awake - Monster is active at game start
• Damage - Damage dealt to player per attack
• health - Maximum health
• Monster Id
• Monster Type - human or flying
• Variant - Skin variation
• Sprite Height
• Sprite Width

### AI

• Range - Range of monster senses (sight and hearing)
• Can hear gunfire - Will investigate gunshots within range
• Team - Monsters on different teams are enemies and will fight

• Patrol - Monster follows a path whilst remaining alert
  ### Behaviour Flags

• Trigger - Monster remains asleep until triggered

• Wake when sees player (Default behaviour)
• Dead
• Non-hostile

Note: If a monster is killed in Play Mode, the dead flag will be True when returning to editor mode

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Inputs

Input	Description
Activate	Activate the monster
Deactivate	Deactivate the monster
SetTarget	Set the target for the monster [string]
SetState	Set the monster state [string]
Kill	Kill the monster
Hide	Hide the monster
Show	Show the monster
ToggleVisibility	Toggle visibility

Outputs

Output	Description
OnDeath	Fired when the monster dies
OnSeePlayer	Fired when the monster sees the player
OnLosePlayer	Fired when the monster loses sight of the player

see also:

• Monster AI Thread
• Monster-related console commands