Implementing flexible logic?

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Warner

You could maybe give each character parameters that indicate their mood, in this case something like 'agression'. The agression field would then be a percentage in the range 0..100, that can be fed into the attack routine.

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;                              HandleCharacter()
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Function HandleCharacter( c.Character )

  if GameTime > TooLong then ChangeAgression( c, 1 )

  chance = random(100)

  If (chance < c\Agression) then 
    c\state = "attack"
  else 
    c\state = "wait"
  endif

End Function

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;                              ChangeAgression()
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ChangeAgression( c.Character, amount )

   newAgression = (c\Agression + amount)
   if ValueWithinRange(newAgression, 20, 80) then c\Agression = newAgression

End Function

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;                              ValueWithinRange()
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Function ValueWithinRange(val, min, max)
  
   return ((val >= min) and (val <= max))

End Function