Wandering Idling Tanks [ V-Script ]

Be Weary of Tanks!!!

Heya!

I've always found it strange that the tank stood in place (and at times essentially looked like they're yelling silently at the wall, lol) and loved the ideas that a select few in the modding community had to offer to change up what the tank did when spawned. The only problem is, it'd only work under weird specific conditions. Well, no longer will you need that hassle.

My v-script aims to make the tank bots bring in more immersion while also being compatible with anything you throw at it!

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It's... The Wandering Tanks V-Script!

This v-script will make it so "idling"/"waiting to be discovered" tank bots will roam randomly around the campaign (unless you specify to head towards the survivors instead)! They will wander until they see a survivor, get damaged by a survivor, or if a survivor is ahead of the tank bot in "the flow"!

**This v-script excludes finales. Tanks spawned in finales will NOT wander.

Only works for listen, local, and singleplayer servers.**

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What About a Special Infected Version of This V-Script?

You're in luck, I made a special infected edition of this addon which you can subscribe to here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3714018757

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EMS/CONFIG FILE LOCATION TO CHANGE TO YOUR PREFERENCES:

A "settings.cfg" file will be created within "...Steam\steamapps\common\Left 4 Dead 2\left4dead2\ems\brutez_tank_bots_shuffle_moment" when you load into a map.

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Factory Settings:

Variable	Default Value	Acceptable Input	Details
Tank_Spawn_Delay	0	0 - 2147483647	The amount of time (in seconds) from the tank's initial spawn to begin wandering. • 0 - Off
Tank_Allow_Spawners	true	true / false	Determines whether or not a tank bot spawned from a spawner is allowed to wander. (Thanks R󠀡F for the suggestion!)
Tank_Max_Rock_Chance	15000	1 - 2147483647	A random factor that is rolled every time a tank bot is ready to throw a rock while wandering. When the criteria is met (1 in # chance), the tank bot will throw a rock.
Tank_Play_Alerts	true	true / false	Determines whether or not the tank bot should vocalize when wandering has stopped. (Uses unused tank voices.)
Tank_Throws_Rock	false	true / false	Determines whether or not the tank bot randomly throws a rock (for no reason) while wandering. Glorious!
Tank_Walking	true	true / false	Determines whether or not the tank bot should be walking while wandering.
Tank_Walk_To_Survivors	false	true / false	When true, instead of choosing a random spot to walk to, have the tank bot head towards the nearest survivor.
Tank_Wander_Delay_Max	15	0 - 2147483647	The maximum amount of time (in seconds) before the next location is picked. Maximum must be greater than or equal to minimum.
Tank_Wander_Delay_Min	5	0 - 2147483647	The minimum amount of time (in seconds) before the next location is picked. Minimum must be less than or equal to maximum.
Tank_Wander_Radius	1000	0 - 2147483647	The next potential wander spot from the tank bot's position in hammer units.
Update_Rate	0.01	0.01 - 2147483647	The rate at which the brainwave is performed in seconds.

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