Companions don't bump into the player as much anymore.
Optional merge patch for HG Companions and Companions obey commands available.
Minor changes to catch up ranges so companions don't bump into you on "stay close" command. This will also have the NPCs stay in crouch much longer *possibly* increasing their stealthyness. Also edited are the called animation sets because the "assault" animation wasn't used. Take note that companions are more likely to fall behind now.
Detail:
- walk/run/sprint ranges have been increased for a less janky following experience
- "stay close" command will now keep the companion with a 4m meter radius this should stop the bumping into player events; also increased the minimum allowed distance to player to 3m
- "stay far" will have the companion try and keep a distance of 12m around the player
Added secondary gamedata carpet for even longer "immersive" companion distances which makes the companion walk as the player walks in "stay far" mode (at least most of the time).
UPDATE:
Included is a new archive which is a patch merge of my companion range tweaks integrated into "Companions obey commands" mod and the "HG Companions" mod. The patch ONLY NEEDS HG companions to be installed and belongs after (higher priority) than HG companions. I used the "increased" ranges instead of the "immersive" ones, just that you know. Also I tweaked the ranges for running/walking to a relax spot so the companion wouldn't rush to a campfire as quickly.
Issues:
- companions sometimes glitch into the ground for a split second -> not sure if it's the animations blending poorly or terrain issues/path finding (haven't seen much of that lately i'd assume it might still be an issue in some places)
- companions will always choose a location on the players right side into actor's viewing direction -> not so much an issue but can help splitting companions manually as they approach actor location
-> fixed in HG companions mod ( Moddb.com )
- companions are oblivious to any danger from behind -> monster sounds seem to not be recognized at all
-> fixed in xr-danger from DA ( Moddb.com )
Install:
- choose !ONE! of the /gamedata folders from the archives
- drop gamedata archive into Anomaly root folder
Uninstall:
-remove the files beh_companion; axr_beh
-remove xr_companion when using "increased" or "immersive" distance gamedata carpets
New game is not needed.
Changes to the files are moderate and should be carefully merged into already pre-existing files if there are any.
Feedback, bug reports and critizism are welcome.
Credits:
Hivegame
E.Escape
Have a good one
Dhatri
What a chad for making this mod!
My god the amount of times NPS have "pushed" me into campfires or electro anomalys.
This is going to be such a helpful mod !
Thank you so much.
Everyones going to love this.
It's a low effort tweak tbh. Kinda surprised nobody made it earlier.
Side note: also works together with Moddb.com
CrimsonVirus did something similar quite recently, but it's not easily findable:
addons -> "CrimsonVirus's OCD fixpack"
v2.0:
- Tweaked companions' behaviour. They should no longer bump into you all the time when you ask them to 'stay near', and they will not frantically run around all the time when you ask them to 'stay far'.
quite similar indeed tho i have to say that my tweak is a bit more "complete" in that regard since i also change the scripted ranges for walking. also i claim that with my mod the animations that are used are nicer to look at but in essence they do the same i agree.
I used to do it myself with Call of Chernobyl, due to me having to fix the AI having such a slow movement speed anyway, but this saves us effort! Thanks dude!
i have the movement speeds for NPCs increased in my personal set up too. yet i decided to not drop an archive with the file in it since i thought it would be more of a personal preference. my actor.ltx is modified to bring the player camera into the right place in relation to player body(hitbox) and movement speed alterations so the 3rd person animation sounds would match up better and i can *walk* beside an NPC when he is patrolling.
Era justo el mod que necesitaba, muchas gracias.
No hay problema, mi amigo.
A huge QOL addon! Everytime i was trying to snipe a NPC they kept pushing me lol
Let me ask, does this addon affects the distance between companions too? They tend to walk almost inside each other
Thanks a lot for this addon!
It's little tweaks like these that polish this amazing game up well. Thank you so much.
As YuriVernadsky just mentioned, my only hope that some time in the future someone can tweak the companion pathing a bit so they don't all bunch up and mesh with each other.
i originally planned on it BUT looking at the sections which i think are responsible for distance between companions, i realized that my math and scripting knowledge is not quite sufficent to accomplish that.
Can someone also make a mod where these companions don't have the IQ of a garden shovel?
My companions very rarely engage in a firefight and when they do, they aren't very good at it either. Some more accuracy, faster reaction and longer visibility would be nice.
this might help you if you find the vanilla Ai is lacking in perceptiveness. Moddb.com
sadly there is very little to be done about the actual combat IQ of NPCs. the logic scheme editing/creation is a daunting task to say the least.
Thanks for the mod suggestion, that sounds promising, although I have been playing with the values before.
It seems to be affecting all NPCs, but I think it's only my companions that are just way too slow to reach.
When I get killed I always wait to see what my companions will do and numerous times they just walked past (literally within 1 meter) the enemy while the enemy was shooting them.
I saw some values in some files that stalkers have normal and alert state, and in alert state they can much easily detect you in bushes.
Could it be possible to add an always alert state for the companions? That could give them an edge over the enemy AI.
make sure you don't have your companions set "ignore combat".
whereas you could probably add such a state for companion only i see many problems arising of this. like companions chasing after every tushkano and hamster not that the companions wouldn#t do that now already. i'd really suggest you try xcvb's stealth addon it does script magic and quite well, imho.
as for the playing with the values: AI perception balancing is a tricky thing. i did it once for Dead Air alas the visual_manager script file is different there and that file has quite a big impact on how the *.ltx file is read.
making companions great again !
What's the difference between the two gamedata folders? How to distinguish between them?
one of them (immersive distance) has even longer keep distance range and greater zones for walking approach.
"immersive" is perfect. I can finally have a squad without them being complete idiobots. cheers!
Thanks for addon , working great !
Definitely quality of life improvement, also say if I want to edit the distance, which part of the file should I be looking at? Thanks for the good work by the way.
is a bit hard to explain.
you will need the files "axr_beh" and "beh_companion".
walk_dist = {+npcx_beh_patrol_mode} 6, 12
jog_dist = {+npcx_beh_patrol_mode} 12, 27
run_dist = {+npcx_beh_patrol_mode} 45, {=surge_started} 50, 30
keep_distance = {+npcx_beh_distance_far} far, near
near_desired_dist = {+npcx_beh_patrol_mode =is_squad_commander} 3, {!is_squad_commander} 4, 8
far_desired_dist = {+npcx_beh_patrol_mode =is_squad_commander} 3, {!is_squad_commander} 12, 15
these parts are what should be most interesting to you. if you just wanted to increase/decrease the companion holding distance then the "near_desired" and "far_desired" parameters are what you are looking for. variables' values are in meters as far as i can tell.
thanks for the response, would you mind explain how the near_desired_dist works? I know the 3 is for min_allowed dist, does the rest of the part work like companion can walk between 4-8m away from the player/squad leader?
the numbers represent different ranges for the NPC distance in different "action" modes.
"near_desired_dist = {+npcx_beh_patrol_mode =is_squad_commander} 3", means when the NPC is in patrol mode and has a squad commander it will keep nearest minimum distance to 3 m.
patrol mode is when you manually order an NPC to go to an area by himself and not plainly *follow* the player. keep in mind this governs the distance to the destination point of the NPC.
so in essence those numbers are all minimum values. the last two numbers are actually what's most interesting. in theory you can also control the regular non-companion NPC formation distances with this alas i am not sure that is actually managed in this file.
example: you stop your character and the companion NPC is 20m behind you. we will jog up to a distance of about 12 meters and from there on he will try to reach a 8m distance in walking speed. once he has reached that distance he will not move until the player has moved away more than 8/12m (depending on your set follow distance in-game) or the player bumps into the companion and triggers a "shuffle/move" script.
throwing in new values is probably not gonna break anything in-game. animations might look a bit jerky but they already do in many cases.
CrimsonVirus has a very similar tweak in his fixpack: Moddb.com. maybe this can help you understand in case i explained it poorly.
have a good one.
Thanks for the reply, your explanation is pretty good and it does help understanding what that code does.
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Any chance for MCM configs? Would kill for some companion/follower speed.
Sorry , but no. I haven't touched Anomaly in a while.
Hey, is there a way to make it so companions DONT fall behind? Having to wait for them to catch up really breaks the flow of gameplay.
There kind of is yet I did not include a faster companion walkspeed because it will make all NPCs walk faster not only *your* companion NPC.
Search for a file called "m_stalker.ltx" in \gamedata\configs\creatures.
The section that interests you has a [stalker_movement_speeds] header so it's rather easy to find. I guess the:
free_stand_walk_forward = 1.1
free_stand_run_forward = 3.0
are what would interest you most when you say that companions loose cohesion to you too often. Bigger numbers give greater movementspeeds.
On a side note: I'd suggest to not expect too much of the companion pathfinding. I read somewhere that the companion NPC recognition of the player was somehow broken and that this was another reason for the companions sometimes not following as quickly/closely as they should.
In other words, the more shortcuts you take the harder the Ai will have to keep up with you. Remember the follower system is *user-made* the original devs of SOC/CS/COP had not intended for there being a companion.
Hi, I have a question... Do you know of any way to make a creature like a zombie stalker walk closer when attacking? I'm trying to make zombie stalkers not use guns, so I got them to spawn with melee weapons. It works, except they swing their weapons from a long distance, which is fine, but they also stop walking just before they are close enough to hit you, like they are standing there to shoot.
I haven't been successful trying things like adding MinAttackDist,
MaxAttackDist, or as_min_dist in the m_stalker_zombied file. I don't know where the code for minimum distance would be... THANKS
sorry for late reply.
if you are indeed "adding" those parameters then it could be the zombified stalkers don't actually have the ability to knife strike. making them use the rilfe melee smash might be more of an option yet just as hard to accomplish, imho.
there is a mod whioch deals with the melee of regular NPCs maybe disecting that one will give you further insight in the matter.
Is it normal that on some occasions companions still get too much close, start walking in circle and bump into you repeatedly (typical vanilla behavior)? Happens a bit randomly, not only in closed spaces
Mod-patch is loaded last and just after HG Companions (wich is awesome btw)
I think it is normal, the pathing AI sometimes does send the companion right next to the player. Closed spaces might be one of the reasons, a blocked desired resting point might be another.
You could try setting the min distance in HG companions' MCM menu to maximum value that might make a little bit better. I think it is set to 1 by default which would collide with the 3m resting distance from immersive distance.
Also take note of the additional trigger options for player facing direction in HG companions MCM menu.
Companions might also still bump into you during combat.
Since you are using the merge pathc I'm curious does it work properly are the NPCs playing the looting animation etc?
Thanks I'm gonna try that this evening!
I didn't notice if they did play looting animations, I'll check it.
The only thing I did notice is that now, with them being farther away, the defensive formation doesn't make the sub-squad leader to run in front of you, he remains behind!
I thought about adding a check to the scripts, if the player is still then game counts 3 second then checks again, if the player is still not moving then the NPC need to stop (stop command). As it seemed to me that NPC with stop command almost never engage in that weird circleing behavior.
XCBV says they would still do that tho, I'm good with 3d and 2d stuff not scripting, so I'm at the mercy of events here ahah
I noticed that too, and it happens to be the position I use the most, having that companion in the front incase of battle, was really cool.
Good addon, but I don't like how long it takes now for companions to run to me