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[Eagle_eye]

so, I've got a very simple AI for a game I'm working on, and it works fine, but I have no clue how to apply it to an indefinite number of followers.  Could someone help me?

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            if event.key == pygame.K_f:
                follow = follow * -1
            if follow == 1:
                if math.fabs(playerx) - math.fabs(friendx) > 10:
                    friendx = friendx + 10
                if math.fabs(playerx) - math.fabs(friendx) < -10:
                    friendx = friendx - 10
                if math.fabs(playery) - math.fabs(friendy) > 10:
                    friendy = friendy +10
                if math.fabs(playery) -math.fabs(friendy) < -10:
                    friendy = friendy - 10

[thobal]

so, I've got a very simple AI for a game I'm working on, and it works fine, but I have no clue how to apply it to an indefinite number of followers.  Could someone help me?

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            if event.key == pygame.K_f:
                follow = follow * -1
            if follow == 1:
                if math.fabs(playerx) - math.fabs(friendx) > 10:
                    friendx = friendx + 10
                if math.fabs(playerx) - math.fabs(friendx) < -10:
                    friendx = friendx - 10
                if math.fabs(playery) - math.fabs(friendy) > 10:
                    friendy = friendy +10
                if math.fabs(playery) -math.fabs(friendy) < -10:
                    friendy = friendy - 10

Dont know much about the python, but you could store all the friend positions in one big arrrrr.... You said indefinite number, didnt you?

Me, I just make larger numbers of storage than I plan on using, so I never run into that problem. Course, means I'm not properly learning how to use objects(the whole point of c++), but alas, the game comes first in my mind.
This is how I would do it....

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int friendActive[MAX_FRIENDS];
int friendx[MAX_FRIENDS];
int friendy[MAX_FRIENDS];

for (int i = 0; i < MAX_FRIENDs; i++)
{
   if (friendActive == true)
     {
        if (distanceToPlayer(i) > 10)
          friendFollowPlayer(i);
      }
}

I'm sure you can figure out what I mean with the functions. Also, I'm presuming arrays work the same in python as they do in c++.

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But I should really learn how to use classes...

[ILikePie]

Just make the nth follower follow the (n-1)th follower.