NPC Code:

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if (created) {

  setcharani popie,;

  initialize();

  setcharprop #P(1),hat#v(int(random(0,100))).png;//this should be done before calling the initialize function

}

if (timeout) {

  if (this.found==0) {

    for (i=-1;this.found==0;i+=1) {

      this.found=1;

      if (i>playerscount) i=-1;

    }

  }

  if (this.found==1) {//don't make two separate timeout checks, redundancy is bad in scripts



    if (abs(players[i].x-x)<=20&&abs(players[i].y-y)<=20) {

      dir=getdir(players[i].x-x,players[i].y-y);

      setcharani podies-walk,;

      tx=players[i].x - x;

      ty=players[i].y - y;

      dist= (tx*tx+ty*ty)^0.5;

      nx= (tx/dist)*1.2;

      ny= (ty/dist)*1.2; 

      move nx,ny,1.2,4;

    } else {setcharani podies,;message;this.found=0;timeout=.1}

    if (players[i].x in |x-2,x+2|&&players[i].y in |y-2,y+2|) {

      setcharani podies-attack,;

      with(players[i]) {

        setani hurt,;

        playerhearts-=.5;

      }

    sleep .5;//sleep has been known to interrupt timeout loops

    timeout=1;

    }

  }

  timeout=.3;

}



if (waS**t) {

  message;

  setcharani podies,;

  hearts-=.5;

  message #v(hearts);

  sleep 1;

  checkdead();

}



if (actionprojectile&&!hearts<=0) {

  message;setcharani podies-hurt,;

  hearts-=strtofloat(#p(1))*2;

  this.number=strtofloat(#p(1))*2;

  if (this.number != 0) {

    this.temp ++;

    showtext 13,x,y-2*this.temp,veranda,r,#v(this.number);

    if (this.temp = 4) this.number = 0;

  }else{

   hideimg 13;

  this.temp = 0;

  }

  sleep 1;

  checkdead();

}

function initialize() {

  setcharani podies,;

  setshape 1,50,50;

  this.found=0;

  hearts=30;

  setcharani podies,;

  timeout=.3;

}

function checkdead() {

  if (hearts<=0) {

    setcharani podies-dead,;

    for(a=i;a<i+3;a++) {

      with (players[a]) {//use a for loop with like operations

        setplayerprop#c, I got some experience, yay!;

        setstring client.playerexp,#v(strtofloat(#s(client.playerexp  ))+3);

      }

    }

    timeout = 0;

    setcharani podies-dead,;

    sleep 2;

    hide;

    sleep 30;

    show;

    initialize();

  }

  else timeout=.3;



}

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