Create Enemy AI in TBS?

Hi, I am currently trying to a turn based strategy game using construct 2.

While I manage to successfully create a grid-like movement system for the player, I have no idea on how to create an enemy AI for such a game since the movement must be restricted by the distance, which I have no idea how to code for the AI.

Can a kind soul please guide me, thanks <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Hello Seth,

Could you give additional information?

Maybe you could give your enemies "pathfinding" behaviour? I advice you read it and see the examples given with the Construct 2.

Regards;

-Wind

I have already given the enemies family the pathfinding behavior among others.

What I am trying to do and failing at is trying to give the enemies limited pathfinding based on distance that they can move since it is a turn-based strategy when all the actors have movement based on how many grids that they can move per turn.

Basically what I want is that they to move towards the player but at stop within and not out of a set movement range. Currently, I am trying my luck with creating a highlighted path first and then force them to move towards the nearest highlighted grid from the player.

I would appreciate any advice, thanks

I'm not 100% sure what you want, but maybe you could try using the clamp expression to restrict the distance possible to travel.

Ok Sethmaster, lets imagine your enemies move in random directions, but you want the distance they travelled to be limited. (I don't want to use a function) In that case, on the top of my head, we can do something like

find path to (enemy.X + random (-100,100), enemy.Y+ random (-100,100)

This way they can only go to a maximum of 141 distance. Basically, an imaginary square over the enemies. Maybe this helps or helps you get a new idea?