Follow (Procedure)

Behavior

Description:
Allows an actor to follow another actor or the player until the package is no longer valid.

• Follower runs toward target until within max distance.
• Follower tries to keep pace with target.
• Actors following the player will sprint, under two circumstances:
  • If the player is sprinting.
  • If they are more than fFollowStartSprintDistance units from the player (initially set to 300).

The procedure completes:
Procedure does not end unless conditionalized out, or paired with a procedure that ends in a simultaneous branch.

Parameters

• Target (Target): Specifies an actor to follow.
• MinRadius (Float): Specifies the closest that the following actor should be to the target. If too close, the follower will not walk.
• MaxRadius (Float): Specifies the furthest that the following actor should be from the target. If too far away, the follower will begin running.
• GoToLeadersGoal (Bool): If following an NPC, will try to walk toward it, simulating an approximation of "walking with" rather than "following behind."
• RideHorseIfPossible (Bool): If true, will ride a horse if possible.
• NeedLOS (Bool): If true, actor will only follow if has Line of Sight to the target.

                           

Notes

• If the follow target dies or is dead, the procedure is considered invalid and does not run.
• The follower tries to move at the same speed as the target, but will begin to run after the target if they're too far away.
• The follower sneaks if the target is sneaking.
• Once pathing code can supply a pathing distance again, a follower should use this method rather than a raw distance check.

See Also

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