Package com.csse3200.game.components.tasks

Class FollowTask

java.lang.Object

com.csse3200.game.ai.tasks.DefaultTask

com.csse3200.game.components.tasks.ChaseTask

com.csse3200.game.components.tasks.FollowTask

All Implemented Interfaces:

PriorityTask, Task

Direct Known Subclasses:

TamedFollowTask

public class FollowTask
extends ChaseTask

Follows a target entity until they get too far away or line of sight is lost

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.csse3200.game.ai.tasks.Task

Task.Status

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.csse3200.game.ai.tasks.DefaultTask

owner, status

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FollowTask(Entity target, int priority, float viewDistance, float maxFollowDistance, float stoppingDistance, com.badlogic.gdx.math.Vector2 speed)
FollowTask(Entity target, int priority, float viewDistance, float maxFollowDistance, float stoppingDistance, com.badlogic.gdx.math.Vector2 speed, boolean checkVisibility)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected int	getInactivePriority()	Determines the priority when the follow task is inactive based on the distance to the target, the visibility of the target entity, and the stopping distance.
void	start()	Starts the follow task by initializing the movement task and triggering the "followStart" event.
void	stop()	Stops the follow task and the associated movement task, and triggers the "followStop" event.
void	update()	Updates the follow task by updating the movement task and stopping it if the entity is too close to the target.

Methods inherited from class com.csse3200.game.components.tasks.ChaseTask

getActivePriority, getDistanceToTarget, getMovementTask, getPriority, getRawPriority, getTarget, getViewDistance, isTargetVisible, setMovementTask

Methods inherited from class com.csse3200.game.ai.tasks.DefaultTask

create, getStatus

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.csse3200.game.ai.tasks.Task

create, getStatus

Constructor Details

FollowTask

public FollowTask(Entity target,
 int priority,
 float viewDistance,
 float maxFollowDistance,
 float stoppingDistance,
 com.badlogic.gdx.math.Vector2 speed)

Parameters:

target - The entity to follow.

priority - Task priority when following (0 when not following).

viewDistance - Maximum distance from the entity at which following can start.

maxFollowDistance - Maximum distance from the entity while following before giving up.

stoppingDistance - The distance at which the entity stops following target.

speed - The speed at which the entity follows the player.

FollowTask

public FollowTask(Entity target,
 int priority,
 float viewDistance,
 float maxFollowDistance,
 float stoppingDistance,
 com.badlogic.gdx.math.Vector2 speed,
 boolean checkVisibility)

Parameters:

target - The entity to follow.

priority - Task priority when following (0 when not following).

viewDistance - Maximum distance from the entity at which following can start.

maxFollowDistance - Maximum distance from the entity while following before giving up.

stoppingDistance - The distance at which the entity stops following target.

speed - The speed at which the entity follows the player.

checkVisibility - Checks to see if the entity will consider obstacles in its path.

Method Details

start

public void start()

Starts the follow task by initializing the movement task and triggering the "followStart" event.

Specified by:

start in interface Task

Overrides:

start in class ChaseTask

update

public void update()

Updates the follow task by updating the movement task and stopping it if the entity is too close to the target.

Specified by:

update in interface Task

Overrides:

update in class ChaseTask

stop

public void stop()

Stops the follow task and the associated movement task, and triggers the "followStop" event.

Specified by:

stop in interface Task

Overrides:

stop in class ChaseTask

getInactivePriority

protected int getInactivePriority()

Determines the priority when the follow task is inactive based on the distance to the target, the visibility of the target entity, and the stopping distance.

Overrides:

getInactivePriority in class ChaseTask

Returns:

The inactive priority level or -1 if conditions are not met.