Monster Behavior 7.7.md

Shielding formula

what is the formula??

testing with a goblin doing fixed hit of 70 in real 7.7

skill	    def		max block	balanced	fullattack
10		14		23		12		8
10		19		31		18		11
10		26		43 		24		15
10		35		61		33		20
10		40		70+		38		21
38		14		57		32		21
38		15		63		32		19
38		16		64		37		22
38		17		66		39		25
38		19		70+		44		27

despite of anything I always can get a 70 hit, so it's from 0 to some max block formula

Poison hits

If the hit is not blocked by shield it can poison, regardless of being blocked by armor or not, if it does damage it will always poison.

Cast chance

monsters cast less spells while moving?

Dragon stationary trapped, expected number of GFB in 5 minutes (1/7 chance) 42 to 43, got 47.
Dragon kitted never at melee range, expected number of GFB in 10 minutes (1/7 chance) 85 to 86, got 31 to 35.
Dragon blocked at melee range,  expected number of GFB in 10 minutes (1/14 chance) 42 to 43, got 46.
Hunter fleeing moving (only the "fleestep") at a corner, expected number of Arrows in 10 minutes (1/2 chance) 300, got 131.
Hunter fleeing stationary trapped, expected number of Arrows in 15 minutes (1/2 chance) 450, got 146.
Hunter stationary not trapped,  expected number of Arrows in 5 minutes (1/2 chance) 150, got 150.
Hunter kitted never at melee range, expected number of Arrows in 5 minutes (1/2 chance) 150, got 115.

Change target

If a monster can change target, he is going in a straight line into a target and other player go in the middle, he will target that player instead

Monster have to have sight of a player to pick it as valid target?

Pick nearest target

uses manhatan distance? (https://github.com/otland/forgottenserver/commit/bc83c4e5bed96eaeb027b9d2aca75403733a74e2)

yeah, they do, the commit is correct.

staticattack

how frequently monsters dancestep? ??

Flee

it doesn't melee attack, doesn't slow down, doesn't stop to melee attack
it keep casting spells, it doesn't turn nor slow down to cast spells
it will always move (not diagonally) even if it put it's nearby the target
it won't dancestep
fleeing algorithm

Taking distance

monster slow down to melee attack the target, if at melee range
don't turn to cast spells, not even "directed" ones, nor go slow to cast them
standstill in the corner, (won't do a step to a "nearby" place to find another place, it standstill in the farthest place it can reach immediatly)
it can dancestep at ideal target range
getting distance algorithm

Dancestep

While not fleeing, if the monster cannot reach any better position, and is attacking his target, it has a chance to dancestep, that is a random movement to another sqm with the same range to the target as the previous one.