hook up Vehicle's getAIMove(Move*);

list aiControllerData's in the datablock. though the command is still required to set the controler and look up the relevant db for game specific logic

Engine/source/T3D/AI/AIController.cpp

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ IMPLEMENT_CONOBJECT(AIController);
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void AIController::throwCallback(const char* name)
 {
+   Con::warnf("throwCallback: %s", name);
    Con::executef(mControllerData, name, getIdString()); //controller data callbacks
 
    GameBase* gbo = dynamic_cast<GameBase*>(getAIInfo()->mObj.getPointer());
@@ -676,7 +677,6 @@ F32 AIWheeledVehicleControllerData::getSteeringAngle(AIController* obj, Point3F
    maxSteeringAngle = vd->maxSteeringAngle;
 
    Point2F steering = wvo->getSteering();
-
    if (finalYaw < 5 && steering.x != 0.0f)
       steerState = Straight;
    else if (finalYaw < 5)

Engine/source/T3D/player.cpp

@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ PlayerData::PlayerData()
 
    physicsPlayerType = StringTable->EmptyString();
    mControlMap = StringTable->EmptyString();
-
+   mAIControllData = NULL;
    dMemset( actionList, 0, sizeof(actionList) );
 }
 
@@ -740,8 +740,10 @@ void PlayerData::initPersistFields()
    endGroup( "Camera" );
 
    addGroup( "Movement" );
-   addField("controlMap", TypeString, Offset(mControlMap, PlayerData),
+      addField("controlMap", TypeString, Offset(mControlMap, PlayerData),
       "@brief movemap used by these types of objects.\n\n");
+      addField("aiControllerData", TYPEID< AIControllerData >(), Offset(mAIControllData, PlayerData),
+         "@brief ai controller used by these types of objects.\n\n");
    
       addFieldV( "maxStepHeight", TypeRangedF32, Offset(maxStepHeight, PlayerData), &CommonValidators::PositiveFloat,
          "@brief Maximum height the player can step up.\n\n"

Engine/source/T3D/vehicles/vehicle.cpp

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ VehicleData::VehicleData()
    collDamageThresholdVel = 20;
    collDamageMultiplier = 0.05f;
    enablePhysicsRep = true;
+   mAIControllData = NULL;
 }
 
 
@@ -320,6 +321,13 @@ void VehicleData::initPersistFields()
       "velocity).\n\nCurrently unused." );
    endGroup("Collision");
 
+   addGroup("Movement");
+   addField("controlMap", TypeString, Offset(mControlMap, VehicleData),
+      "@brief movemap used by these types of objects.\n\n");
+   addField("aiControllerData", TYPEID< AIControllerData >(), Offset(mAIControllData, VehicleData),
+      "@brief ai controller used by these types of objects.\n\n");
+   endGroup("Collision");
+
    addGroup("Steering");
       addFieldV( "jetForce", TypeRangedF32, Offset(jetForce, VehicleData), &CommonValidators::PositiveFloat,
          "@brief Additional force applied to the vehicle when it is jetting.\n\n"
@@ -501,6 +509,12 @@ void Vehicle::processTick(const Move* move)
    if ( isMounted() )
       return;
 
+   // If we're not being controlled by a client, let the
+   // AI sub-module get a chance at producing a move.
+   Move aiMove;
+   if (!move && isServerObject() && getAIMove(&aiMove))
+      move = &aiMove;
+
    // Warp to catch up to server
    if (mDelta.warpCount < mDelta.warpTicks)
    {
@@ -1233,6 +1247,17 @@ bool Vehicle::setAIController(SimObjectId controller)
    return false;
 }
 
+bool Vehicle::getAIMove(Move* move)
+{
+   if (mAIController)
+   {
+      mAIController->getAIMove(move); //actual result
+      return true;
+   }
+
+   return false;
+}
+
 DefineEngineMethod(Vehicle, setAIController, bool, (S32 controller), , "")
 {
    return object->setAIController(controller);

Engine/source/T3D/vehicles/vehicle.h

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ struct VehicleData : public RigidShapeData
    F32 numDmgEmitterAreas;
 
    bool enablePhysicsRep;
+   StringTableEntry mControlMap;
+   AIControllerData* mAIControllData;
 
    //
    VehicleData();
@@ -152,6 +154,8 @@ public:
    F32 getThrottle() { return mThrottle;};
    bool setAIController(SimObjectId controller);
    AIController* getAIController() { return mAIController; };
+   virtual bool    getAIMove(Move*);
+
    /// Interpolates between move ticks @see processTick
    /// @param   dt   Change in time between the last call and this call to the function
    void advanceTime(F32 dt) override;