Steam Community :: Patrol Routes STool

SpookyBain I COG 27 Dec, 2024 @ 2:32am

hey man i have a tiny list of questions and i need some assistance, if you dont mind taking my friend request that would be realy cool!

Kamil gaming with Friends 21 Dec, 2024 @ 11:07am

There were no obstacles, I was just trying to make 1 guard patrol 1 corridor, from corner to corner, but turns out the place was too big and game save decided to delete the set patrol route by itself the next day.

Max Shadow [author] 21 Dec, 2024 @ 9:47am

That's probably because the map you're playing on doesn't have a nodegraph. NPCs use AI nodes to navigate, if there are no AI nodes, they can only move a short distance, and are unable to pathfind around obstacles.

Kamil gaming with Friends 20 Dec, 2024 @ 11:12am

And now the NPC doesn't to go through the route, unless the nodes are covering only half of the "500" range.

Kamil gaming with Friends 20 Dec, 2024 @ 10:50am

Nevermind, turns out the route was too big for autoassigner with range set to 500 even.

Kamil gaming with Friends 20 Dec, 2024 @ 8:17am

Okay, idk what's going on, but my NPC stops at the 2nd node everytime and then I have to rickclick on him again, but he walks back to the 1st node, instead of walking to the 3rd one. I wanted to make a real route, with like 6 nodes at least, but my NPC does this all the time instead and nothing works.

baernay 26 Nov, 2024 @ 9:19am

does this work for hammer?

not doge 17 Nov, 2024 @ 9:05pm

the npc patrol mod is giving me a error\

elcartucho5566 24 Aug, 2024 @ 10:13am

the npc will get out of the patrol route and attack a threat?

Bobbymansツ 20 Aug, 2024 @ 2:27am

Hi I was wondering why only the first NPC follows the path but when I want to assign a 2nd NPC, the 2nd NPC goes back and forth once but then just stands still.

some weird metrocop 17 Aug, 2024 @ 5:11pm

autoassigner works but its REALLY malfunctional, like the NPC sometimes doesn't even want to follow the paths' lines

Max Shadow [author] 17 Aug, 2024 @ 6:52am

Make sure the autoassigner filter is empty. Otherwise it only affects NPCs with classnames listed there (separated by commas)

Sn1perHUN 17 Aug, 2024 @ 6:31am

Combine soldiers, Barney ect. Just stand

Sn1perHUN 17 Aug, 2024 @ 6:26am

Autoassigner only works with citizens

Cynix 10 Aug, 2024 @ 10:58am

it still works 100% for me so I dont know.

Max Shadow [author] 2 Aug, 2024 @ 6:42am

It should but that mod is really old, I haven't updated it in many years, and there's a chance a GMod update broke it at some point.

naptime 2 Aug, 2024 @ 12:08am

another question, does this conflict with stealth 2.1? i know it probably works with your original stealth mod.

naptime 2 Aug, 2024 @ 12:04am

some yes. i will disable certain mods when making patrol routes/stealth saves i guess if that's the sacrifice i have to make

Max Shadow [author] 1 Aug, 2024 @ 1:17pm

Do you have any AI mod installed? Those work by giving "orders" to NPCs, just as this mod, so they conflict.

naptime 1 Aug, 2024 @ 12:39pm

for whatever reason, when i clear a patrol route and make a new one, the assigned npc completely abandons the route i gave them and just wanders off? why is this happening?

BrainySaucer898 20 Jul, 2024 @ 8:26pm

it don't work with striders

NormalPolishBoy 9 Jun, 2024 @ 2:36am

Right clicking on an NPC does nothing. how fix?

Max Shadow [author] 11 Apr, 2024 @ 9:13am

Make sure the radius is big enough, and also clear the NPC filter field, otherwise it only affects NPCs with those classnames

Soup Can 11 Apr, 2024 @ 4:15am

The Autoassigner wont work for some reason and the npcs just stay in place

Max Shadow [author] 6 Apr, 2024 @ 11:59am

Nope. One way to implement that would be to have a toggleable option that automatically connects newly placed nodes with any other node in a certain radius and in line of sight. That would be useful for a waypoint system. Sadly, I haven't played GMod in a while, so it's very unlikely I'll ever update this mod.

HOOVY 6 Apr, 2024 @ 11:39am

I have a question, is there some sort of easy way to connect alot of Patrol-Nodes with eachother? Something like, you can set that all Patrol-Nodes in a specific Radius connect to eachother or that 1 Patrol-Node connects with all others

Max Malevich 7 Jan, 2024 @ 5:35am

@AmisAuto, Pretty easy to set that up by disabling "back and forth". This will make an NPC complete its patrol (works best with a one-direction line) and stop at the end.

AmisAuto 1 Jan, 2024 @ 1:51pm

Can I make NPC to abandon their route after he reached his last point? I'd like them to go somewhere, and then act on their own.

Detiplays 29 Dec, 2023 @ 6:25am

Combine Faction NPC's don't work. They just stand in place when assigned to a route.

Nietabs 24 Nov, 2023 @ 8:11pm

@Wesker1991 just watched your npc battles, very epic. thank you for showing me this

Wesker1991 29 Oct, 2023 @ 2:06pm

SNPCs do work well with this. I have made many YouTube battles with this mod, wouldn't play Garry's Mod without it.

Max Shadow [author] 21 Oct, 2023 @ 8:58am

Your current map probably doesn't have a nodegraph. Either search for the nodegraph on the workshop, or try a different map. You can also build it with one of Silverlan's tools, but it takes time.

Poor Lazlo 21 Oct, 2023 @ 8:47am

for some reason, npcs will either crowd around node 1 and not move or just not go onto the nodes at all, even though they are in the auto assigner range

Max Shadow [author] 12 Oct, 2023 @ 7:41pm

No, sorry. I haven't played GMod in a long time. I think there's a mod called NPC Tools (not the one made by Silverlan) with some kind of NPC patrol feature, but I doubt it will work with SNPCs.

Anti-Mesh 12 Oct, 2023 @ 12:57pm

Do you suggest any addons that do this similarly but compatible for DRGBASE SNPCS? If not, I'm not sure what to do but try to work with this.

Max Shadow [author] 12 Oct, 2023 @ 5:09am

This mod was made for vanilla Half Life NPCs and reskins. SNPCs and Nextbots work differently, they ignore regular move orders.

Anti-Mesh 11 Oct, 2023 @ 9:35pm

How come the patrol doesn't work on DRG Base NPCs? I tried it and did everything it told me to do in the description but nothing worked.

penguino 7 Oct, 2023 @ 8:58pm

I've been trying to get it to work because everytime i reload the save the "Wire Assigner" resets the inputs. Im using trigger and the wire and it works fine its just that the wire assigner doesnt work with saves. Any help is appreciated.

jeffmc123101 7 Sep, 2023 @ 4:00am

@Echoes are you sure? i think i used this before and didn't run into that issue lol

jeffmc123101 7 Sep, 2023 @ 3:59am

"IT WON'T WORK IF THE MAP DOESN'T HAVE AI NODES" *proceeds to tell how to use it without ai nodes* makes sense lol

MatesGoblig 29 Aug, 2023 @ 10:10am

where do i spawn the tool?

Tale 14 Aug, 2023 @ 12:40am

Make it possible to save in advanced duplicator 2

RIOEDXTS 2 Aug, 2023 @ 7:13am

oh

Max Shadow [author] 2 Aug, 2023 @ 6:20am

Probably not. I think I tried once with a City Scanner, but it just started flying upwards. Flying NPCs are tricky to control.

RIOEDXTS 2 Aug, 2023 @ 5:52am

does it work on flying npcs? like combine helicopter?

cyclical_thief45 15 Jul, 2023 @ 3:17am

they arent walking to it

гусь? 13 Jun, 2023 @ 7:41am

does it work with flying NPCs?

Max Shadow [author] 12 Jun, 2023 @ 1:03pm

This works mostly with vanilla NPCs. VJ Base NPCs are heavily scripted, so they will probably have errors. I'm pretty sure those NPCs have their own methods to give move orders, which are not supported by this mod.

Echoes 12 Jun, 2023 @ 1:01pm

Found this weird bug that affects VJ base NPCs. Basically, when you assign a route to that type of NPC, they will always walk in the direction they are facing, which can result in them sidestepping or walking backwards.

zegermanjager115 15 Apr, 2023 @ 6:26pm

It could be another outside factor. The only other things I could think of that might affect it would be the existence of a NAVmesh (I have a mod that makes ALL NPCs regardless of their type use a NAVmesh) or the Dynamic NPC Squads mod.

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