Spawning and Movement Mechanics for Dinosaurs

[AddisonG]

Dinosaurs should spawn in numbers appropriate for both the difficulty and the number of players.

Any given (non-roaming) dinosaur should be assigned a player. It will always head in the general direction of the survivor, by attack-moving every several seconds to a point within a few hundred units of the middle of a line drawn between the survivor and the dinosaur. This ensures that the dinosaur is not heading in a straight line towards the survivor, but will always approach their location, even if they are left far behind on the map.

Care must be taken to ensure that dinosaurs do not lose their target if they enter a vehicle or building.

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Possibilities:

• A time-to-live value can be given to dinosaurs, if needed.
• A movespeed bonus can be given to dinosaurs that are not within X range of any survivors.

[AddisonG]

Beginning work tomorrow.

[AddisonG]

Dinosaurs are currently spawning for each survivor, and following their survivor, with some intentional deviance.

The dinosaurs spawn only in valid locations, although are prone to spawning in valid locations that are... completely boxed in (among trees).

This can be alleviated by not making a Swiss-cheese pathing map (I tried when I was creating it), or by having some check to kill dinos that spawn and cant move much.