NPC (Peds) not shooting first

[sangyoo91]

Spawned peds wont shoot players first unless they are shot at. They will only aim at the ped while moving backwards until they find cover.

Natives I've tried using to force them to shoot are

TaskCombatPed
TaskCombatHatedTargetsAroundPed

I'm on server artifact build 5181, mptuners and canary enabled.

[blattersturm]

Can you post the actual code you're using here?

[sangyoo91]

Yes I can, sorry about that.

local function createEnemy (modelHash, pos, heading)
  AddRelationshipGroup(`ENEMY`)

  while not HasModelLoaded(modelHash) do
    RequestModel(modelHash)
    Citizen.Wait(100)
  end

  local ped = CreatePed(26, modelHash, pos, heading, true, true)
  NetworkRegisterEntityAsNetworked(ped)
  local networkId = NetworkGetNetworkIdFromEntity(ped)
  SetPedAsEnemy(ped, true)
  SetPedRelationshipGroupHash(ped, `ENEMY`)
  SetEntityOnlyDamagedByPlayer(ped, true)
  SetNetworkIdCanMigrate(networkId, true)
  SetNetworkIdExistsOnAllMachines(networkId, true)
  SetEntityAsMissionEntity(ped)

  SetPedAccuracy(ped, 100)
  SetPedArmour(ped, 100)
  SetPedCanSwitchWeapon(ped, true)
  SetPedDropsWeaponsWhenDead(ped, false)
  GiveWeaponToPed(ped, `WEAPON_PISTOL`, 255, false, false)
  TaskCombatPed(ped, PlayerPedId())
end

[blattersturm]

I can't check right now, but your code is calling a lot of redundant natives setting defaults again, and you're not switching the weapon as current either.

What ped model are you spawning, and where?

Also, are you testing with more than one player in an area? If so, you need to handle task reassignment as well.

[sangyoo91]

I'm testing alone, right now but with 2 ~ 3 players around it was the same. I did try task reassignment as well a few days ago and wasn't different.

I was calling redundant natives to see if I was missing anything but with the below code, testing by myself, the results were not any different.

local function createEnemy (modelHash, pos, heading)
  local playerPed = PlayerPedId()
  while not HasModelLoaded(modelHash) do
    RequestModel(modelHash)
    Citizen.Wait(100)
  end
  local ped = CreatePed(26, modelHash, pos, heading, true, true)
  SetPedCanSwitchWeapon(ped, true)
  SetPedDropsWeaponsWhenDead(ped, false)
  GiveWeaponToPed(ped, `WEAPON_PISTOL`, 255, false, false)
  SetCurrentPedWeapon(ped, `WEAPON_PISTOL`, true)
  TaskCombatPed(ped, PlayerPedId())
end

[blattersturm]

What ped model are you spawning, and where?

[sangyoo91]

Right now I'm using s_m_m_chemsec_01. I can try other peds and see if it helps.

As for the where part, I've been trying here and there around the vespucci and vinewood area but results are the same.

EDIT:

`s_m_m_chemsec_01`
`a_m_m_og_boss_01`
`a_m_y_mexthug_01`
`csb_ballasog`
`csb_cletus`
`csb_grove_str_dlr`
`g_m_y_ballaeast_01`
`g_m_y_ballaorig_01`
`g_m_y_ballasout_01`
`g_m_y_famca_01`
`g_m_y_famdnf_01`

not much luck getting them to behave any differently.

[CritteRo]

I think you might be missing combat attributes, that can make the ped aggressive from the start. This is the code that I use for my enemies, in an arena script (all client-side):

function spawnEnemy(model)
    local ped = PlayerPedId()
    local coords = GetEntityCoords(ped)
    local head = GetEntityHeading(ped)

    RequestModel(model)
    while not HasModelLoaded(model) do
        RequestModel(model)
        Wait(0)
    end
    local sLoc = math.random(1,5)
    local enemy = CreatePed(1, model, spawnLocs[sLoc].x, spawnLocs[sLoc].y, spawnLocs[sLoc].z, spawnLocs[sLoc].heading, true, true)
    SetPedCombatAttributes(enemy, 0, true)
    SetPedCombatAttributes(enemy, 46, true)
    SetPedCombatAttributes(enemy, 5, true)
    SetPedCombatRange(enemy, 2)
    SetPedCombatAbility(enemy, 2)
    SetPedCombatMovement(enemy, 3)
    SetPedConfigFlag(enemy, 183, true)
    SetPedConfigFlag(enemy, 4, true)
    SetPedFiringPattern(emeny, GetHashKey("FIRING_PATTERN_FULL_AUTO "))
    SetPedRelationshipGroupHash(enemy, GetHashKey("GROUP_LSLD_ARENA_NPC")) --custom group hash, set to hate the "PLAYER" group.
    SetModelAsNoLongerNeeded(model)

    GiveWeaponToPed(enemy, GetHashKey("weapon_carbinerifle"), 9999, false, true)
    SetPedInfiniteAmmo(enemy, true, "weapon_carbinerifle")
    TaskCombatPed(enemy, ped, 0, 16)
    --TaskCombatHatedTargetsAroundPed(enemy, 600.0, 0) --don't 
end

With this script, no matter which ped I choose, they will all act like like a zancudo soldier, after being agitated (angered).

[Fortahr]

Maybe there are other settings that are being applied to peds on your server?

the example given works fine on my end, I died...

[sangyoo91]

@CritteRo

With this script, no matter which ped I choose, they will all act like like a zancudo soldier, after being agitated (angered).

I've tried your code on my end, and added the hate relationship group between player as well. It works differently now, compared to not having the combat attributes. The peds whip the player when engaged but still isn't shooting.

@Fortahr

Maybe there are other settings that are being applied to peds on your server?
the example given works fine on my end, I died...

I'm trying to find something that might conflict with it. In the meantime, could you guys share what build and artifact you are using?

[sangyoo91]

I had a trainer that had SetEveryoneIgnorePlayer to true. Thanks guys :D