ChimpLogik

I am trying to get a combatant to perform abilities only on player group combatants but no matter how I change the battle AI, it keeps selecting the wrong targets and apply abilities either on itself (which should be excluded by the first Check Status) or to vegetation combatants (which should be excluded by the Ignore Vegetation battle AI).


Ignore Vegetation battle AI

GeneralK

HI @ChimpLogik I notice you are using All instead of None on the check vegetation, so it's checking all available targets in the battle not just what's already been checked by the first nodes. So it's adding back targets that were excluded by Check Status / Distance. At least I think so heh :)

Now as to why it's getting vegetation as well is hmmm. Are the combatant types on those combatants for Vegetation / Tree set as the first type or secondaries?

Are you using All on the check distance as well? That could be a problem if so because you just want to check None for what is already in the target list after the Check Status player group node.

I'm not super great with these but that's my first idea. The Target tooltip explains the None.

gamingislove

If only enemies of the combatant should be targeted, using All targets will add unneeded checks on combatants that shouldn't be used (e.g. allies of the combatant).

Anyway, the Check Distance node would add new targets unless you use it only on the already found targets (i.e. setting Target to None and only using the Found Targets check).

ChimpLogik

Thank you for the clarifications @GeneralK and @gamingislove!
I really misunderstood how nodes were checking targets, I thought it was a waterfall filter of targets from previous nodes and read the nodes descriptions with that mindset :(

gamingislove

It can be a waterfall filter if you only check the already found targets :)