How do I make HECU Grunts not instantly attack Vortigaunts? Created 10 months ago2023-06-21 15:42:33 UTC by RengerVanDerZande

I want to make a mod where the player fight Grunts & Vortigaunts, but I don't want Grunts & Vortigaunts to fight each other. I've had a look through hgrunt.cpp and islave.cpp and I can't find any references to each other in either files, but I might have just missed it. Please help.

In goldsrc, monsters use a Classification system to decide how they feel about another monster.
The Classify() method is used by the monster to return which classification it belongs to, and IRelationship(CBaseEntity* pTarget) method is used to find the monster's relation to a target monster.

I guess you could override the IRelationship method in both hgrunt.cpp and islave.cpp to check if the target's classname is the opposite and return R_AL (-2, ally), something like:

if (FClassnameIs(pTarget->pev, "monster_human_grunt"))
{
    return R_AL;
}

Since both monsters already override that method with special handling, I'd suggest adding this check at the start of the method.

Oh and you can check out the Monsters Programming - Classifications and Relationships guide for more info about this

Thank you!

honestly, i really should've been able to figure that out myself