AI state in HUD

[cHamster]

I have a quick question on referring to AI's state inside my HUD class. The HUD suppose to update each time my AI controller enters a new state. But i have no idea how to refer back to those state in my HUD. Here is the pseudocode for what i want to do:

if( AI state == Idle){
MovieClip.GotoAndStop(2);
}

can somebody show me how to compare AI state in HUD class? I kept getting syntax error.

thanks in advance

[Omar007]

You'll have to have a reference to your AI somewhere. Then you can do this for instance (reference is in my PlayerController in this case)

local MyPlayerController myPC;

myPC = MyPlayerController(GetPC());
if(myPC != none && myPC.myAI != none && myPC.myAI.IsInState('Idle'))
{
    MovieClip.GotoAndStop(2);
}

[cHamster]

is it necessary to have my AI in my player controller class just like you? currently this is what i have:

local MyPawn MyP;
local BadGuyController BadC;

MyP = MyPawn(PlayerOwner.Pawn);
if (MyP == None)
{
return;
}

BadC = BadGuyController(GetPC());

if(BadC.IsInState('Chaseplayer') || BadC.IsInState('Attack')){
StatusTF.GotoAndStopI(2);
StatusMC.GotoAndStopI(2);
HealthBarMC.GotoAndStopI(26);
}

it returns me this error: Error, Cast from 'PlayerController' to 'BadGuyController' will always fail

is there another way to write it if my ai controller and my pawn controller are 2 seperate classes? please advice...

[Omar007]

That isn't even possible. GetPC() returns the PlayerController of the player owning the HUD.

For that error, it means that BadGuyController is not extending PlayerController. Therefore BadGuyController can never cast a PlayerController.

[cHamster]

if GetPC() is used for referencing PlayerController, then can you suggest a way to reference AIController?

can you give me an example on referencing AI in HUD? i think i understand how to reference PlayerController in HUD now, just not AIController...

[Omar007]

I'm not 100% sure on what you are trying to do but I assume you want the player to know something about the state of an AI in the game?
If so, I assume, you create (spawn) the AI somewhere in your code. Store a reference to this AI in you player controller. You'll need to have a variable in your player controller class in which the reference will be stored.
Then you can use code similar to what I gave before.