ATDRL_NPCSpawn

Parent: AActor

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This class is used to place NPCs in the map and trigger their spawn with an ATriggerVolume or ATDRL_SpawnVolume.

Variables

• Spawn Class: ATDRL_Character class to spawn and possess
• AIController Class: ATDRL_PlayerController class to spawn
• Spawn Inventory: List of ATDRL_Item in this character's inventory on spawn
• Spawn in Sight Area: It is spawning in an area where UTDRL_LineOfSightComponent is enabled, therefore will spawn invisible and the rest will be handled by the sight component.

Triggers

• Triggers: ATriggerVolume used to trigger this NPC's spawn
• Disable Despawn: When the player leaves any of the volumes contained in the Triggers list, a timer will start and at the end of it, the NPC will be despawned, but it will still be able to respawn if the player comes back to its area
• Despawn Delay: Time to wait before despawning the NPC

Selection buttons

Group and manage ATDRL_NPCSpawn thanks to these selector buttons.

AI

• AIBehavior: Behavior Tree to use
• AIBlackboard: Blackboard to use

Patrol

• Patrol Target: Actor to patrol. Can be any actor in the scene, but ATDRL_AISplineTool adds a simple way to manage the patrolling state
• UseAISplineToolRandomPoints: When using ATDRL_AISplineTool as patrol target, should this AI pick random points on it (true) or follow its natural order (false)?

Stencil

• Stencil Value: Stencil value (uint8) to apply to the skeletal mesh (used with GlobalPostProcess).

Cosmetic

• Meshes: List of meshes to merge
• Skeleton: Skeleton asset to apply after merging (will use index 0 of Meshes list if null)
• Physics Asset: Physics Asset to apply after merging (will use index 0 of Meshes list if null)
• Shadow Physics Asset: Physics Asset for Capsule Shadows to apply after merging (will use index 0 of Meshes list if null)

Custom Properties

• Character Custom Properties: List of custom properties to apply to the spawned character
• Controller Custom Properties: List of custom properties to apply to the spawned aicontroller

Supported types

• bool
• int32
• float
• byte
• name
• string
• vector3D

Native Blueprint Events

NPCSpawned: Fires when the NPC is spawned.

NPCDespawned: Fires when the NPC is despawned but not dead.

NPCDied: Fires when the NPC dies.

Restore function

You can script your game to restore spawn points when their characters have been killed with a simple blueprint node.