Hello,

i have a game with a mainloop - on each loop i call for every NPC in the game ->ProcessAI() to execute any actions.
This is a server so the call to ProcessAI is not executed on every frame like on a client game! Its also singlethreaded.

Now i wanted to extend the C++ codebase with lua using luabind (maybe, even with boost overhead). So i expose some functions of my NPC class to LUA.

I wanted to create actor scripts for example - boss battles which have more sophisticated behaviour - whenever in my c++ ProcessAI function an event happens - i would delegate this to the corresponding lua script for the specific NPC.

i imagined in my boss.lua script i would have something like this

function OnEngageCombat(NPC)
NPC:say ("Some taunts...")
ScheduleEvent(CastEvilSpell,/*time*/2000,/*numExecutions*/1,)
end

function CastEvilSpell(NPC)
NPC:CastSpell("someSpell")
end

However - i have no idea how to do this - i gather ScheduleEvent should be some C++ function exported to Lua - but what would be the best approach to keep the object reference of the NPC (boss) with this and call a function in that script about 2 seconds later ?

Furthmore along with this delayed execution - i want that NPCs can interact with each other - my current idea is to have an actor behavior script for each special NPC.

Now what i imagined is to initiate a conversation between two NPCs e.g.

function DoGossip(NPC)
// check if NPC1 is close to NPC2
if NPC:DistanceToNpc("SomeGuy") < 10 then
StartConversation1()
end

function StartConversation1(NPC)
NPC:Say("Hello ...")
// wait a moment now trigger NPC to reply
????

Basically - how do i call a function from lua scriptA which exists in lua scriptB which is the behavior script for NPC2.
What would be a good design?

Thanks

Hello,

i have a game with a mainloop - on each loop i call for every NPC in the game ->ProcessAI() to execute any actions.
This is a server so the call to ProcessAI is not executed on every frame like on a client game!

Now i wanted to extend the C++ codebase with lua using luabind (maybe, even with boost overhead). So i expose some functions of my NPC class to LUA.

I wanted to create actor scripts for example - boss battles which have more sophisticated behaviour - whenever in my c++ ProcessAI function an event happens - i would delegate this to the corresponding lua script for the specific NPC.

i imagined in my boss.lua script i would have something like this

function OnEngageCombat(NPC)
NPC:say ("Some taunts...")
ScheduleEvent(CastEvilSpell,/*time*/2000,/*numExecutions*/1,)
end

function CastEvilSpell(NPC)
NPC:CastSpell("someSpell")
end

However - i have no idea how to do this - i gather ScheduleEvent should be some C++ function exported to Lua - but what would be the best approach to keep the object reference of the NPC (boss) with this and call a function in that script about 2 seconds later ?

Furthmore along with this delayed execution - i want that NPCs can interact with each other - my current idea is to have an actor behavior script for each special NPC.

Now what i imagined is to initiate a conversation between two NPCs e.g.

function DoGossip(NPC)
// check if NPC1 is close to NPC2
if NPC:DistanceToNpc("SomeGuy") < 10 then
StartConversation1()
end

function StartConversation1(NPC)
NPC:Say("Hello ...")
// wait a moment now trigger NPC to reply
????

Basically - how do i call a function from lua scriptA which exists in lua scriptB which is the behavior script for NPC2.
What would be a good design?

Thanks