How do I create a few NPCs that will fight alongside the player?

[Himesjb]

I want to have 4 NPCs or so who will fight along with the player in my game. Is there a way to create a Monster with CombatLib who will befriend the player and fight with him? I have looked up this set of instructions...

...but I can't figure out how or where to access this list (game.friends). I did Ctrl-F and searched for it in the code view of my game, and also in CombatLib, but I just don't see where I should plug it in.

[ThePix]

Say you have a monster called "friendly monster", put this in the game start script:

do(friendly monster, "settodefend")

[Himesjb]

Thank you!

[Himesjb]

Okay, so I tried this, but now the ‘friendly monster’ I created will only attack himself. I wonder if I’m leaving something out. What do I need to add to make him attack the other monsters in the room (instead of me or himself) ? One more thing: How do I get it to stop saying that the NPC "has no target to attack" when they are just walking around and not in a battle? Thanks so much – I am now addicted to Quest! From: ThePix [mailto:notifications@github.com] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 7:38 AM To: ThePix/quest <quest@noreply.github.com> Cc: Jonathan Himes <JHimes@jbu.edu>; Author <author@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [ThePix/quest] How do I create a few NPCs that will fight alongside the player? (#6) Say you have a monster called "friendly monster", put this in the game start script: do(friendly monster, "settodefend") — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#6 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ApT6m0lQAT_uy_-maFO4buce2y8ZiVkVks5ueNIrgaJpZM4W2AL1>.

[Himesjb]

Okay, so I tried this, but now the ‘friendly monster’ I created will only attack himself. I wonder if I’m leaving something out. What do I need to add to make him attack the other monsters in the room (instead of himself) ? I have tried looking through the code, but I can't figure it out. What file and what chunk of code would be crucial for this to work out?

[glen-mills]

#9 (comment)

Try this