ENTITIES

Entities represent the computer controlled players within the AI system and they will move and react according to their surroundings and the values of their parameters. These parameters can be set using commands beginning AI Set Entity ___ and retrieved using AI Get Entity ___ and usually have no immediate impact on the entity until an event occurs that they need to react to, such as discovering an enemy. The commands beginning AI Entity ___ are more like commands to the entity to tell it to do something and usually have an immediate effect on the entity's movement, depending on their current mode.

Entities have two main modes of operation, automatic mode and manual mode. The default is automatic mode where an entity will react according to its stance, which can be one of Run Away, Stationary, Cautious, or Aggressive (see AI Set Entity Stance). In manual mode you are free to instruct the entity to behave and move where you want by using the range of manual mode commands, which provide much of the functionality that automatic mode uses to move entities around.

In both modes entities automatically avoid obstacles and other entities in their current container when moving about, without a need for a separate collision system. However, dynamic obstacles such as crates should not be added to the AI system, instead use an external collision/physics system to detect collisions with dynamic obstacles and use AI Set Entity Collide.

Entities are grouped into three teams, the player's team, the enemy team, and a neutral team. The player's team help the player by attacking enemies, enemies attack the player and its allies. Neither will attack neutral entities, and neutral entities will not attack anyone.