XML specification

Troubleshooting General Help
1

Hi all,

Ive wrote up two classes to read XML files into a FiniteSM and into the CombinedSM:



FiniteSM:


<finiteMachine initialState="monster uncaring">
   <state name="monster uncaring">
      <pair input="player see" output="monster annoyed" />
      <pair input="player shoot" output="monster dead" />
   </state>
   <state name="monster annoyed">
      <pair input="player see" output="monster annoyed" />
      <pair input="player shoot" output="monster dead" />
   </state>
   <state name="monster dead"></state>
</finiteMachine>



CombinedSM


<CombinedMachine initialState="monster angreness">
   <state name="monster angreness">
      <innerstate name="uncaring" lowRange="0" highrange="50" />
      <innerstate name="angry" lowRange="30" highrange="55" />
      <innerstate name="enraged" lowRange="50" highrange="100" />
   </state>
   <state name="monster speed accuracy">
      <innerstate name="accuracy" lowRange="0" highrange="60" />
      <innerstate name="enraged" lowRange="40" highrange="100" />
   </state>
</combinedMachine>



Are those OK?

I could also create a class that would load an Entity with set attributes from an XML file if you want?

DP
2

Is the line

<pair input="player see" output="monster annoyed" />

necessary? Can you make it that if there are no options then there is no change in state? The repetitive lines can increase the size of the file.
3

yes.



Judging by the DP you are DarkProphet. If that is so then you forgot to log on.

4

sry, ://, that was me



DP

5

Looks fine to me, other than the ‘pair’ thing which I mentioned in a previous thread, but for which I couldn’t offer a better suggestion. :slight_smile:



Maybe ‘iopair’? Not great either, but at least it’s a little more explicit.



Not a big deal anyway.





–K

6

Hi there,



Looks fine to me, other than the 'pair' thing which I mentioned in a previous thread, but for which I couldn't offer a better suggestion.


Ok your entity was in a state, and for some reason ( stimula ) a transition happend from its state to another (output), so why don't you simply call transition.


   <state name="monster uncaring">
      <transition input="player see" output="monster annoyed" />
      <transition input="player shoot" output="monster dead" />
   </state>



Good job DP
7

everyone likes transition?



DP

8

I like. :slight_smile: I think it will help make the XML easier to read.



Sorry to have been a pain about it.





–K

9

thats fine, I work better under pressure anyway :stuck_out_tongue:



Ive just recreated VolatileZapper using the current codebase for the AISystem, and it has to be said that it is 10x if not 100x easier to do than before. :smiley:



Il be uploading volatileZapper (the new version with the AI) again soon to myjavaserver. So keep a look out for the URL in the usershowcase :wink:



DP