Making a PackHunter
By Tentacle-HunteR
First of all you may be wondering “why do I need to make a PackHunter; isn’t that a regular Unreal monster pawn?” The answer is: well, yes and no!
You see, the PackHunter is a Upak monster. It is a regular monster for Unreal Gold and can be summoned just fine on a Gold Server, but NOT on a 224/225 server. This means if you want to add a PackHunter to a mod or map that you plan on sharing then DON’T use the PackHunter that came with Unreal Gold.
Instead just make one!
It’s easy to do, since a PackHunter is nothing more that a mutated SkaarjWarrior.
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Be aware that the steps for making a PackHunter are slightly different for a mod versus a map.
<<FOR A MOD>>
1) Create a subclass below SkaarjWarrior and name it something unique like: "XPackHunter" or "MyPackHunter"
2) Change the following default settings:
-AI
AttitudeToPlayer ATTITUDE_Ignore (This is default for a PackHunter but is really optional)
-Collision
CollisionHeight 18.4
CollisionRadius 14.0
-Display
Drawscale 0.4
Fatness 150
-Pawn
MenuName PackHunter
3) Save your Package.
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<<FOR A MAP>>
1) In the map, Add a SkaarjWarrior.
2) Then simply change the following default settings:
-AI
AttitudeToPlayer ATTITUDE_Ignore (This is the default for a PackHunter but is really optional)
-Collision
MAKE NO CHANGES! (see note below about this setting)
-Display
Drawscale 0.4
Fatness 150
-Pawn
Health 525 (see note below about this setting)
MenuName PackHunter
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<<Important Note about collision settings & health>>
In a mod, when you create a new creature, the health setting that you set will be the health setting of the creature when it is summoned in a game. No other settings seem to affect it.
This is NOT the same for a creature that you mutate in a map.
In a map, if you place a creature and then change the drawscale, other settings are also affected!
The collision settings and the health of the pawn are also rescaled to match the new size. Therefore, you DO NOT have to change the Collision settings. HOWEVER, if you want the monster to have it’s original health in a game, then you will have to calculate and reset the health.
I had to learn this the hard way!
It works like this:
· If the pawns original health is 210 and you reset the DrawScale to be 0.4 (40%), then when you play the map, the health will be 84 in the game…even though the health setting still says 210!
In other words, for this example: 1 divided by 0.4 = 2.5
· Now take your scaling factor and multiply it by the default health setting:
For this example: 210 times 2.5 = 525
· So you need to set the health setting at 525.
This way when the map is played in a game, and the pawn is scaled down to 40%, the game engine will also scale the health setting of 525 down to 40% which gives you a final health setting of 210.
This works the same whether scaling up or down.
You will always divide 1 by the DrawScale to get the scaling factor of the health.
I sure hope this helps and makes sense!
T.H.