Well done! Your perseverance and creativity finally pay off! ?

I recall your and other similar threads on this feature, but you added some very original and well fitting additions.

Don't hesitate to add more concrete detailed info on the mechanisms, prerequisites and whatever it takes to help make implementation easier for Mevans.

Note that both foraging and raiding parties may be hard to code. Both may best be combined with alignment prerequisites (... as planned).

Of course, additional mechanisms like these are 'planned' ... but suggestions as concrete and consistent as these may certainly be helpful.

Thank you, kind sir.

I hid my answer in a jigsaw puzzle

Complete it and you may know if it is yay or nay.

That is the reward of your struggle

http://www.jigidi.com/solve.php?id=YHH8TY55

YU Do Dis?  I can't even use inspectelement to cheat. Please just tell me... Actually I think I will just combine no matter what you say, if you don't tell...

22:03, May 26, 2016 (UTC)~

I don't think that would be very meaningful LOTRGuy. The characteristics of both threads are different. Sure, it's the same subject, but not the same notion.

Yes, but the counter-invasion function, and the Raider's AI with the torches.

22:25, May 26, 2016 (UTC)~

Ok, ok, I see you don't like to play games, such a shame, good sir! And about our suggestions, well, you can take inspiration from my ideas as much as you want, because ideas are cheap and we can improve ours by taking insights from other people.

But don't just combine them, think on how it could be better done and give your own twists to the parts that caught your eye.

Okay, I will. I already added the normal combining, but I will add twists to it now. Thx.

22:38, May 26, 2016 (UTC)~

I really like this design!

Lord Poniros (talk) 01:19, May 27, 2016 (UTC)

OK, I'm going to work out how I think patrols should to work:

The patrols have a 1 in 18.000 chance of spawning (different for every faction, let's assume it's Gondor) every tick, so there should spawn one every 15 min (not sure about this, probably longer).

Patrols spawn in 2 groups, consisting 5-10 soldiers (random)

Both groups will have a central point 32 blocks away from the player, and 6-8 points 64-96 blocks around that point will be randomly selected.

The patrol will walk from point to point, and they will have an extreme sight range (I think 64, but if that costs to much processing power or is to OP, I think 32-48).

When they spot an enemy, they will call every npc within their sight range (this depends, if they will call atleast the amount of enemies there are, and an additional 10% extra) and attack that enemy.

Example: Let's say Gondor spawns a patrol, consisting of 2 groups of 7 and 9 soldiers.

These patrols get a center point, and start walking.

The patrol of 7 spots an group of 9 orcs. They will try to gather 9 + (9 / 10 = 0.9 ~= 1) = 10 soldiers. The other patrol will go help them, and than walk back with what is over from there patrol to the last point, and continue there patrol.

However, if the patrol of 9 spotted the orcs, it wouldn't have called for help, as they already had 9 men.

If they spotted a group of 25 orcs, they would call for help. However, there are no other soldiers available, so they are only with 16 men. As they are heavily outnumbered, they spawn an counter invasion. The troops of the counter invasion target the orcs (probably also an invasion, if there a 25) and fight them.

Then, when the orcs are killed, the troops of the counter invasion will just wander around, and the patrols also wander around if they have been to all points.

Is this a bit what you imagined? Note: this is probably completely wrong, don't be afraid to say something isn't right or is to OP.

Also, to reduce lag, maybe the NPCs from the counter invasion and patrol could just despawn. And make 1 troop in a patrol the "leader", and only process the enemy spotting for him, and not for the others.

OP means overpowered.

this is a really good idea! i like it. i will use similar tactics when i am raided!