Disabling collisions and package processing?

[Jojash]

Is there a way to disable an NPC's collisions and package processing? I know that there's, "SetActorsAI", which can disable package processing, but it also disables pretty much everything else too. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[llamaRCA]

Is there a way to disable an NPC's collisions and package processing? I know that there's, "SetActorsAI", which can disable package processing, but it also disables pretty much everything else too. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

What are you trying to do with the NPC? I'm asking because a lot of us have tried to do various things with NPCs and have come up with various solutions to problems so telling us where you are trying to go might be a better place to start.

[Jojash]

Basically, I'm trying to allow the player to take control of an NPC, I'm doing this by constantly moving the NPC to the player's position and then allowing the player to move around. However, with this set-up, while you can control the NPC's movements, the camera is excessively jerky and at times it'll veer away from wherever you want to go. I'm assuming the jerkiness is caused by clipping between the player and the NPC or by the NPC and the terrain as the player moves, and I'm assuming that the veering is to do with the NPC trying to follow a package and take one route, while the player wants to go in a different direction.

Edited April 5, 2013 by Jojash

[Jojash]

Sorry to bump, but I'm still having issues with this. I tried using the "tcl" command in-game to see if I was right about disabling collisions, and it seemed to work quite well. Is there any way of doing this in a script with the NPC?

 

Let me clarify what I mean when I say that the camera is "jerky". When moving around and having the NPC move to the player, sometimes, when moving in particular directions, it will feel as though you are "running against the wind". I've since added "SetActrosAI to 0". However this has made no difference. Again, I'd be very grateful if anyone could offer any assistance. :) Here's the part of the script that is simulating the player controlling the NPC's movements.

 

	If RobotPossessed == 1
		Set CDRobotPossessed to 1
		If CDRobotCounter == 1
			DisablePlayerControls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
			Set StartingPosition to Player.PlaceAtMe XMarker 1
			Player.SetGhost 1
			Set RobotPosition to Robot01a
		Elseif CDRobotCounter == 2
			DisablePlayerControls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
			Set StartingPosition to Player.PlaceAtMe XMarker 1
			Player.SetGhost 1
			Set RobotPosition to Robot02a
		Elseif CDRobotCounter == 3
			DisablePlayerControls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
			Set StartingPosition to Player.PlaceAtMe XMarker 1
			Player.SetGhost 1
			Set RobotPosition to Robot03a
		Elseif CDRobotCounter == 4
			DisablePlayerControls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
			Set StartingPosition to Player.PlaceAtMe XMarker 1
			Player.SetGhost 1
			Set RobotPosition to Robot04a
		Elseif CDRobotCounter == 5
			DisablePlayerControls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
			Set StartingPosition to Player.PlaceAtMe XMarker 1
			Player.SetGhost 1
			Set RobotPosition to Robot05a
		Elseif CDRobotCounter == 6
			DisablePlayerControls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
			Set StartingPosition to Player.PlaceAtMe XMarker 1
			Player.SetGhost 1
			Set RobotPosition to Robot06a
		Elseif CDRobotCounter == 7
			DisablePlayerControls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
			Set StartingPosition to Player.PlaceAtMe XMarker 1
			Player.SetGhost 1
			Set RobotPosition to Robot07a
		Elseif CDRobotCounter == 8
			DisablePlayerControls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
			Set StartingPosition to Player.PlaceAtMe XMarker 1
			Player.SetGhost 1
			Set RobotPosition to Robot08a
		Elseif CDRobotCounter == 9
			DisablePlayerControls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
			Set StartingPosition to Player.PlaceAtMe XMarker 1
			Player.SetGhost 1
			Set RobotPosition to Robot09a
		Endif
		Set RobotPossessed to 0
	Endif

	If RobotPosition != 0 && PossessCounter < 1
		Set RobotScale to RobotPosition.GetScale
		Set PlayerScale to Player.GetScale
		Player.SetScale RobotScale
		ApplyImageSpaceModifier CyberianDawnBifrostPossessionISFX
		RobotPosition.SetActorAlpha 0
		Player.AddSpell CyberianDawnRobotPossessedEffect
		ShowMessage CyberianDawnBifrostPossessedMessage
		Set PossessCounter to 1
	Endif

	If PossessCounter == 2
		If IsKeyPressed CDMarkHotkey != 1
			RobotPosition.SetActorsAI 0
			Set PossessCounter to 3
			EnablePlayerControls 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
		Endif
	Endif

	If PossessCounter == 4
		If IsKeyPressed CDMarkHotkey != 1
			RobotPosition.SetActorsAI 1
			Set PossessCounter to 1
			DisablePlayerControls  1 1 1 1 1 1 1
		Endif
	Endif

	If IsControlPressed 4
		If PossessCounter == 3
			Set RobotWeapon to RobotPosition.GetEquippedObject 5
			RobotPosition.FireWeapon RobotWeapon
		Endif
	Endif

	If PossessCounter == 1
		If RobotPosition.GetDead != 1 && ISMCounter != 1
			If IsKeyPressed CDHackHotkey != 1 && IsKeyPressed CDMarkHotkey != 1
				DisablePlayerControls  1 1 1 1 1 1 1
				Player.StopCombatAlarmOnActor
				Set MovePosition to RobotPosition.GetPos X
				Player.SetPos X Moveposition
				Set MovePosition to RobotPosition.GetPos Y
				Player.SetPos Y Moveposition
				Set MovePosition to RobotPosition.GetPos Z
				Player.SetPos Z Moveposition
				Set RobotAngleX to RobotPosition.GetAngle X
				Set RobotAngleY to RobotPosition.GetAngle Y
				Set RobotAngleZ to RobotPosition.GetAngle Z
				Player.SetAngle X RobotAngleX
				Player.SetAngle Y RobotAngleY
				Player.SetAngle Z RobotAngleZ
			Elseif IsKeyPressed CDHackHotkey
				RobotPosition.SetActorAlpha 1
				Player.Dispel CyberianDawnRobotPossessedEffect
				RemoveImageSpaceModifier CyberianDawnBifrostPossessionISFX
				Player.MoveTo StartingPosition
				StartingPosition.Disable
				StartingPosition.MarkForDelete
				Player.SetScale PlayerScale
				Player.SetGhost 0
				EnablePlayerControls
				Set RobotPosition to 0
				Set PossessCounter to 0
				Set CDRobotPossessed to 0
				Set HotKeyCounter to 0
				Set ISMCounter to 0
			Elseif IsKeyPressed CDMarkHotkey
				Set PossessCounter to 2
			Endif
		Else
			RobotPosition.SetActorAlpha 1
			Set Timer to 2
			Set ISMCounter to 1
			RemoveImageSpaceModifier CyberianDawnBifrostPossessionISFX
			ApplyImageSpaceModifier CyberianDawnBifrostSignalLostISFX
		Endif
	Endif

	If PossessCounter == 3
		If RobotPosition.GetDead != 1 && ISMCounter != 1
			If IsKeyPressed CDHackHotkey != 1 && IsKeyPressed CDMarkHotkey != 1
				Player.StopCombatAlarmOnActor
				Set MovePosition to Player.GetPos X
				RobotPosition.SetPos X MovePosition
				Set MovePosition to Player.GetPos Y
				RobotPosition.SetPos Y MovePosition
				Set MovePosition to RobotPosition.GetPos Z
				Player.SetPos Z MovePosition
				Set RobotAngleX to RobotPosition.GetAngle X
				Set RobotAngleY to RobotPosition.GetAngle Y
				Set RobotAngleZ to RobotPosition.GetAngle Z
				Set PlayerAngleZ to Player.GetAngle Z
				RobotPosition.SetAngle Z PlayerAngleZ
			Elseif IsKeyPressed CDHackHotkey
				RobotPosition.SetActorAlpha 1
				RobotPosition.SetActorsAI 1
				Player.Dispel CyberianDawnRobotPossessedEffect
				RemoveImageSpaceModifier CyberianDawnBifrostPossessionISFX
				Player.MoveTo StartingPosition
				StartingPosition.Disable
				StartingPosition.MarkForDelete
				Player.SetScale PlayerScale
				Player.SetGhost 0
				EnablePlayerControls
				Set RobotPosition to 0
				Set PossessCounter to 0
				Set CDRobotPossessed to 0
				Set HotKeyCounter to 0
				Set ISMCounter to 0
			Elseif IsKeyPressed CDMarkHotkey
				Set PossessCounter to 4
			Endif
		Else
			RobotPosition.SetActorAlpha 1
			RobotPosition.SetActorsAI 1
			Set Timer to 1
			Set ISMCounter to 1
			RemoveImageSpaceModifier CyberianDawnBifrostPossessionISFX
			ApplyImageSpaceModifier CyberianDawnBifrostSignalLostISFX
		Endif
	Endif

	If ISMCounter >= 1
		If Timer == 0
			ShowMessage CyberianDawnBifrostSignalLostMessage
			Player.Dispel CyberianDawnRobotPossessedEffect
			Player.MoveTo StartingPosition
			StartingPosition.Disable
			StartingPosition.MarkForDelete
			Player.SetScale PlayerScale
			Player.SetGhost 0
			EnablePlayerControls
			Set RobotPosition to 0
			Set PossessCounter to 0
			Set CDRobotPossessed to 0
			Set HotKeyCounter to 0
			Set ISMCounter to 0
		Else
			Set Timer to Timer - GetSecondsPassed
		Endif
	Endif

Edited April 10, 2013 by Jojash