Enchanter mez code

[Criimson]

SO looking through some of the code I found an agro check and thought I'd start there.

But my C++ knowledge hasn't quite gotten to pointers. Ive only taken early classes at this point and am hoping somone can help.

//Criimson:  Testing AI mez code
					//Say("BotOwner = %s.", GetBotOwner());
					//Say("Target = %s.", GetTarget());
					//int testMez = (entity_list.GetHatedCount(GetBotOwner(), GetTarget()));
					//Say("The number of mobs I could mez is %s.", testMez);

This is the code I was working with. A simple check during the enchanter spell ai to see if the chanter can even see how many mobs the MT has agroing him.

Here is the actual code I am calling:

int EntityList::GetHatedCount(Mob *attacker, Mob *exclude) {

	// Return a list of how many non-feared, non-mezzed, non-green mobs, within aggro range, hate *attacker

	if(!attacker) return 0;

	int Count = 0;

	LinkedListIterator<NPC*> iterator(npc_list);

	for(iterator.Reset(); iterator.MoreElements(); iterator.Advance()) {

		NPC* mob = iterator.GetData();

		if(!mob || (mob == exclude)) continue;
		
		if(!mob->IsEngaged()) continue;

		if(mob->IsFeared() || mob->IsMezzed()) continue;

		if(attacker->GetLevelCon(mob->GetLevel()) == CON_GREEN) continue;

		if(!mob->CheckAggro(attacker)) continue;

		float AggroRange = mob->GetAggroRange();

		// Square it because we will be using DistNoRoot
			
		AggroRange = AggroRange * AggroRange;

		if(mob->DistNoRoot(*attacker) > AggroRange) continue;

		Count++;

	}

	return Count;

}

I was hoping this code could be modified a bit to allow the enchanter bot to mez the adds.

I'm guessing I'm missing something simple

Criimson

[louis1016]

If you add in the mez spells to the enchanter bot spell list in the database with the proper spell type (i think 256?) they will mez adds.

[Criimson]

Thank you

I'll try that.
I did notice that the code seemed to be in place, but wasnt behaving.

Criimson

[Criimson]

I added a couple mes spells to the chanter bot list from:
Mes spells

INSERT INTO `npc_spells_entries` (`id`, `npc_spells_id`, `spellid`, `type`) VALUES (8146, 705, 292, 2048);

Is one of the early ones. And you are right the code starts to fire. !addMob starts spamming the screen during each fight, but even when there is an add it doesn't seem to realize it.

Testing with a level 15 group.

case SpellType_Mez: {
			if (tar->GetBodyType() != BT_Giant) {
					if(!checked_los) {
						if(!CheckLosFN(tar))
							break;	//cannot see target... we assume that no spell is going to work since we will only be casting detrimental spells in this call
						
						checked_los = true;
					}
					
					botSpell = GetBestBotSpellForMez(this);

					if(botSpell.SpellId == 0)
						break;

					Mob* addMob = GetFirstIncomingMobToMez(this, botSpell);

					if(!addMob){
						Say("!addMob.");
						break;}

					if(!(!addMob->IsImmuneToSpell(botSpell.SpellId, this) && addMob->CanBuffStack(botSpell.SpellId, botLevel, true) >= 0))
						break;
					
					castedSpell = AIDoSpellCast(botSpell.SpellIndex, addMob, botSpell.ManaCost);
			}
			break;
							}
		default: {
			break;
					  }
	}

Did more testing and added a Say("") check where the mez should fire on add and it reaches the say, but no mezzing of any adds.

[Criimson]

Got it working after getting spells set up better. I think the Bot was trying to use a spell it couldn't on first tests, but unsure. Kind of weird, but after I added the line

//Criimson Added - Test code
					//Say("There is an add to be mezzed and I could use %d.", (botSpell.SpellId));

it started working.

Thank you for the advice of where to start work.

Criimson