Is there an alternative boid flocking behavior I could install? Or is there any way I could get this one to work?

flocking boid behavior

https://www.construct.net/en/forum/extending-construct-2/addons-29/behaviour-boids-flocking-55286?kws=flocking

Every time I try to install a plugin, I get this error: "Failed to install the addon. Check the browser console for details."

I do, and this is what I get:

Error installing addon:

Error

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columnNumber: 167633

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fileName: "https://editor.construct.net/r157/main.js"

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lineNumber: 63

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message: "missing addon.json"

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stack: "ǃbqT@https://editor.construct.net/r157/main.js:63:167633\n"

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__proto__: Object { … }

Help!

Yes thank you Fengist I did find a plugin that uses boids, however, I am not sure how to install it. I was given a zip file and every time I try to install it my computer says there is nothing there, both when it is zipped and unzipped.

Might be able to do this with the pin behaviour. Set one fish to be the leader, then have the others pinned to that leader, offset at different random x/y to give the impression they're bunched up.

Yes I have thought of doing this, but I kind of wanted more "freedom" for fish, in my case, to move around. The fish are moving around randomly seemingly swimming as a group, but weaving between each other.

Thank you for the reply!

blackhornet Thanks for the response, but I am using C3, so I am not sure if that would work. If it does...

Is there any way to create a flocking behavior? I feel like this would be especially helpful for army-type games, with lots of troops staying in the same area. In my case, I have a handful of fish I would like to stay together, but not necessarily in the same place with reference to each other.

Any ideas?

Thank you yes. This worked perfectly.

I am making a tank game, but I would like to create treads everywhere all of the the tanks move. I also want the treads to be detailed, no just black streaks on the ground. If they were in 8-direction that would be even better.

Well, you could probably use the tween behavior and a series of invisible objects. However, in order to do that, you might need someone with a little bit more experience with the tween behavior than me. Sorry I can't help more.

Also, depending on the type of game you are making, you could make the Eat 'm All template work, if you stored a direction variable and made the player follow that direction until otherwise specified by the player.

Good luck!

Hi, if you are looking at something like pacman, there is a Eat 'm All template that you can use. This template uses a tiled behavior.

However, I am lost when you say way-point. Could you further evaluate on what you mean?

Raycasts work (I think) but I cant get my turrets to shoot at the player if they have line of sight.

Here is the project:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V7vBRv2EtH7z-d9j4qG_pPeihrIA5grj

All the turret has to do is shoot the 'BulletCollision' if the player intercepts the green lines.

Thank you Magistross so much! I was going to use a lot of variables, but this is so much easier.

I would say it worked, but after copying the code, I restarted C3 to make it run smoother (old computer) and now the game is throwing the error 'invalid function' and won't let me open the project. I also made the mistake of no backup.

Shouldn't take me too much time to restart my project, but this will definitely be alerted to support.