FLHook NPC commands

[Friday]

Not for the casual hiring of NPC wingmen - as NPCs take up server resources.

I mean for Larger ships to carry them in their hold, and spawn them to fight, thus allowing carriers to fulfil their true calling (and not mount heavy offensive weaponry).

But just spawning ships isnt enough. Without a means of control they could be a threat to friends, neutrals and foes alike.

So what then of FLHook? Are there any hooks into the games AI?

What controls need to be implemented for such a thing to be successful? I would think that the following commands would be the minimum needed for such a system to be viable.


1) 'Spawn': At the most basic level, can it be done in principle?

2) 'Neutralise': In an ideal situation - a spawned ship would be neutral to everyone to start with until it is attacked - or be able to be made neutral in order to keep ships in formation - or cease firing - rather than fighting a target indefinately.

3) 'Attack My Target': What provision is there to set a target for an NPC ship?

4) 'Form On My Wing': I know that in Vanilla the game makes ships form on you. Can this be hooked into?

5) 'Goto Waypoint': In Vanilla ships will automatically fly out to the next waypoint when it is set. Can we hook into a waypoint we set ourselves on the Nav Map? Will NPCs despawn if they fly too far? Will they go through jump gates and holes with the player?

6) 'Dock': Have the ships form up, then despawn back into the hold of the ship.

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