A question on monster behavior.

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HaunterV
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A question on monster behavior.

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I was wondering, about the monsters and their patrolling behaviors when they don't have LoS on you.

Is that a part of the monster AI? or from a dungeon editing standpoint, are there triggers designating the paths they take? Or a combination?
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Re: A question on monster behavior.

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HaunterV wrote:I was wondering, about the monsters and their patrolling behaviors when they don't have LoS on you.

Is that a part of the monster AI? or from a dungeon editing standpoint, are there triggers designating the paths they take? Or a combination?
That's a really great question. I'd love to hear the devs chime in about this.

I've seen some different patrolling behaviors from different types of enemies.
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Re: A question on monster behavior.

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HaunterV wrote:I was wondering, about the monsters and their patrolling behaviors when they don't have LoS on you.

Is that a part of the monster AI? or from a dungeon editing standpoint, are there triggers designating the paths they take? Or a combination?
That's a really great question. I'd love to hear the devs chime in about this.

I've seen some different patrolling behaviors from different types of enemies.
This.

I've been down a few pits now and once or twice I've seen skeletoons (Platoons of skeletons) walk just by the hall i was in and not notice me until an archer did. Same with the fire guys.

I'm basically curious about the behaviours of all the monsters, I know slimes have no facing per se but they seem to all have variances in the amount of interest in pursuing the player. Not that I want to find out behaviour exploits but we do need this info for dungeon design.
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