BSL:AI activity

Commands for controlling the activity of AIs.

Kind	Type	Name	Platform
	void	ai2_active
	void	ai2_allpassive
	void	ai2_inactive
	void	ai2_passive
	void	ai2_setalert
	bool	chr_all_active
	bool	chr_disable_visactive
	bool	chr_draw_all_characters
	void	chr_freeze
	void	chr_lock_active
	void	chr_neutral
	void	chr_peace
	void	chr_unlock_active

Active status

void string or int ai2_active( ai_name or script_id ); default: -- --

void string or int ai2_inactive( ai_name or script_id ); default: -- --

bool chr_all_active

bool chr_draw_all_characters

bool chr_disable_visactive

void string or int chr_lock_active( ai_name or script_id ); default: -- --

void string or int chr_unlock_active( ai_name or script_id ); default: -- --

Active characters are ones that can be collided with, attacked, etc. An active character can be passive or not passive (see next commands). It is normal for characters to become inactive when they have not been drawn (i.e., have not been on-screen) for a while. Thus, using chr_all_active or chr_draw_all_characters to force all characters to be evaluated as active is an unusual measure that is not to be taken lightly. Those two variables might in fact only have been useful for Oni's developers. Set chr_disable_visactive to true to avoid making characters active simply because they are being drawn. chr_lock_active obviously prevents a character from automatically going inactive, and chr_unlock_active removes the lock.

Passive status

void bool ai2_allpassive( passive ); default: -- false

void string or int bool ai2_passive( ai_name or script_id, passive ); default: -- -- false

void string or int bool chr_freeze( ai_name or script_id, passive ); default: -- -- false

void string or int bool chr_neutral( ai_name or script_id, passive ); default: -- -- false

When these functions are passed "true" or a non-zero number for "passive", the specified AI (or all AIs, with ai2_allpassive) will stop all "intelligent" activity (melee, gunfights, pursuit), but passive AIs will still patrol. Since the default value for "passive" is 0, you don't need to pass anything for that argument to make an AI active again; i.e., ai2_allpassive() makes all AIs active. chr_freeze and chr_neutral are simply aliases for ai2_passive.

Alert status

void	string or int	string
ai2_setalert(	ai_name or script_id,	alert	);
default: --	--	--

Set AI's alert level. The argument "alert" can be "lull", "low", "medium", "high", "combat".

void	string or int
chr_peace(	ai_name or script_id	);
default: --	--

Turns off fighting animation pose (used in cutscenes).