[Dach]

red text added by Chad

Originally Posted by sparkers

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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as for the ani not showing, you are setting it over in the script, check to see if the ani is already set before resetting it

and please do follow the rules
edit: I didn't see that ! by the =, my bad