Running away from a fight

[rock5]

Has anyone ever written some code to run away from a fight? Maybe if your hp gets too low? I chaven't been able to do it. If there is no way, I'll have to add some code for it in the bot.

I tried clearing target, targeting myself, setting waypoint type to travel. Nothing works. It breaks from the fight but reengages the mob.

[lisa]

Since the mob would be targeting you and not 100% hp then you will probably have to add it to the ignore list for the bot to not defend itself against it.

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local target = player:getTarget();
player.IgnoreTarget = target.Address;
__WPL:setForcedWaypointType("TRAVEL")
player:clearTarget()

[rock5]

Thanks I'll try that.

[rock5]

Still can't do it.

This is what I had in the onload secion of my waypoint.

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	if oldOnSkillCast == nil then oldOnSkillCast = settings.profile.events.onSkillCast end
	function settings.profile.events.onSkillCast()
		if 80 > (player.HP/player.MaxHP*100) then -- escape
			local target = player:getTarget();
			player.IgnoreTarget = target.Address;

			player:clearTarget()
			__WPL:setWaypointIndex(__WPL:findWaypointTag(finished))
			__WPL:setForcedWaypointType("TRAVEL")
			player:mount(nil,true)
		else
			return oldOnSkillCast()
		end
	end

Note: I've modified mount so if you put "true" as the second argument it doesn't fight before tring to mount.

After manually finding a Copper Guardener and making sure my hp went below 80% then resuming, this is what happened.

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Moving to waypoint #100, (7618, 2476)
Resting for 5 seconds.
Paused. (Home) to continue, (CTRL+L) exit to shell, (CTRL+C) quit
Resumed.
Clearing target.
Stop resting because of aggro.
Forced waypoint type 'TRAVEL' set by user.
Waiting on aggressive enemies.
Use MACRO: Executing RoMScript "CancelPlayerBuff(2);".
Engaging enemy [Copper Gardener] in combat.
Use MACRO: MAGE_FIREBALL       =>   Copper Gardener (18672/18672)
Clearing target.
Forced waypoint type 'TRAVEL' set by user.
Use MACRO: MAGE_FLAME          =>   Copper Gardener (11927/18672)
Clearing target.
Forced waypoint type 'TRAVEL' set by user.
Use MACRO: MAGE_FIREBALL       =>   Copper Gardener (0/18672)
Clearing target.
Forced waypoint type 'TRAVEL' set by user.
Fight finished. Killed 2 Copper Gardener. (fight #4 / runtime 13 minutes)

I even tried adding

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			player.Current_waypoint_type = WPT_TRAVEL

I really thought that would work. But I got similar results.

[lisa]

you might also need to add in a

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player.Fighting = false
unregisterTimer("timedAttack");

I have a feeling the clear target isn't good enough, it is kind of like clicking away from target but then mob hits you and it becomes target again.

Maybe add a few prints inside player:fight() and see if you can work out what is happening?
I would definately add a print the first line of player:fight() to see if the function is being called after you try to disengage.

Also you might need a couple of " " in this line

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__WPL:setWaypointIndex(__WPL:findWaypointTag(finished))

[rock5]

I forgot to say, I think IgnoreTarget didn't work because if it is attacking you it will ignore IgnoreTarget. That's only when it's looking for targets.

Putting a print statement at the beginning of fight was a good idea as it confirmed what I suspected and that is that it doesn't exit the fight function. After a closer look at the loop in the fight function, the only way I could see to make it break was to make it think it was taking to long to damage the target. I did this with

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player.lastHitTime = player.lastHitTime - (settings.profile.options.MAX_FIGHT_TIME *2)

Also I had to move the mount to the onleavecombat section and I decided to switch to onpreSkillCast. So in the end it looks somethin like this.

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	if oldOnPreSkillCast == nil then oldOnPreSkillCast = settings.profile.events.onPreSkillCast end
	function settings.profile.events.onPreSkillCast()
		if 80 > (player.HP/player.MaxHP*100) then -- escape
			__WPL:setForcedWaypointType("TRAVEL")
			player.Current_waypoint_type = WPT_TRAVEL
			player.lastHitTime = player.lastHitTime - (settings.profile.options.MAX_FIGHT_TIME *2)
			-- Code to pick right waypoint
			-- Or maybe load an escape waypoint file
			return false -- So it doesn't waste time casting the skill
		else
			return oldOnPreSkillCast()
		end
	end
	if oldOnLeaveCombat == nil then oldOnLeaveCombat = settings.profile.events.onLeaveCombat end
	function settings.profile.events.onLeaveCombat()
		if player.Current_waypoint_type == WPT_TRAVEL then
			player:mount(nil,true)
		else
			oldOnLeaveCombat()
		end
	end

I wonder if I should add a variable and maybe a function to break from a fight and maybe a function to set everything up to escape. It could be as little as just one variable for the user to change to break from a fight and they would have to do the other commands or a full function that breaks from the fight and maybe sets the waypoint type to travel. Hm... I'm not sure.

Just had an idea. Don't need a second argument for mount. Just check if player.Current_waypoint_type = WPT_TRAVEL. If so don't fight back.

[lisa]

I find it interesting it doesn't leave the function but when you clear target it doesn't leave the while loop, I guess that is the reaquiring target when you get hit I mentioned.

I have been thinking about it since you posted this topic and I do like options and disengaging from fight "could" be a good option but it comes down to what happens after you break the fight.

Where do you run to?
How far do you run to get away from mob?
Do you still use heal skills/potions when you run?
Do you try to mount before running?

It brings so many questions to mind and the trouble is that you would want to do different things in different situations.

[rock5]

Yeah, you would think that if the loop starts

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while( self:haveTarget() ) do

then clearing the target should break from the loop. The only thing after checkskills is gettarget but that just returns player.TargetPtr. That means, somewhere in checkskills and assocciated functions, it reaquires the target but I can't find it.

I actually tested starting a fight then clearing the target. It didn't fight back again so I thought that wasn't the problem. But on second thought, it did retarget the mob which is all the bot needs. That would have to be the problem then.

As to the options, I think I'll just make it so you can disengage and leave it to the user what they want to do with it. All it realy needs is this in the while loop.

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if somevariable == true then
	break_fight = true;
	break;
end

Then a function such as

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function CPlayer:breakFight()
    somevariable = true
end

Then a user can do something like this in their onpreskillcast or onskillcast

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if some condition then
    player:breakFight()
    __WPL:setForcedWaypointType("TRAVEL")
    loadPaths("escape")
end

But you are right, there are too many variables to do an escape function. I think I'll just provide the means to break from the fight.