Ai Escorts (and Special Objectives)

WIP page on Special Objective Escorts and things you can do with them. A test map is provided: "Beardlib Editor Escorts Test Map"

Escort Characters

All Escort characters will stop moving when enemies block their path, different radiuses apply for different hostages. Escort unit data typically contains the following (using Matt as an example)

<!--Escort Animations-->
<anim_state_machine name="anims/units/escort_guy/escort_undercover_machine" />

<!--Escort Extensions-->
<extensions>
	<extension name="base" class="CivilianBase" >
		<var name="_tweak_table" value="escort_undercover" />
		<var name="_spawn_state" value="escort_undercover/spawn/loop" />
	</extension>
	<!--Most important, makes the escort not die.-->
	<extension name="character_damage" class="CivilianDamage">
		<var name="immortal" value="true" />
		<var name="_no_blood" value="true" />
	</extension>
</extensions>

Escort Special Objectives/Patrols

Escorts in heists are fairly simple preset tracks for Escort civilians to follow.

First step is to choose your patrol path/s and add those positions to the level. Keep in mind you may need multiple patrol groups if you want your Ai to take different paths for different reasons.

Once you have a path for the Escort to take you need to add a SpecialObjective element for them to use that patrol group and use it like one. Not all of these settings are required, but most are not neccisary for what we are doing here. (Access Flags are not shown in the following image but use civ_male/civ_female to make it work for escorts.)