New modding article: creature AI

[kernelmethod]

The wiki should have an article on creature AI, especially now that IOpinion has been added to the game.

Some things that the article should discuss:

• Allegiances and feelings
  • Faction allegiances via the Brain part
  • Allegiances set by the new TakeAllegiance and SetAlliedLeader interfaces, as well as IAllyReason: https://wiki.cavesofqud.com/wiki/User:Armithaig/Spring_Molting_Moddability#Allegiances
  • The Feeling interface
  • IOpinion, see https://wiki.cavesofqud.com/wiki/User:Armithaig/Spring_Molting_Moddability#Opinions
• Creature behaviors
  • The GoalHandler interface
  • Making creatures use items and mutations
  • Making creatures move in specific ways, IMovementGoal

[kernelmethod]

Some suggestions from @librarianmage:

• behavior controllable with just XML
  • Brain part parameters
  • AI* parts that already exist
• behavior controllable with already implemented C# code
  • GoalHandler overview (less interface, more “how it functions” (e.g. pushing goals))
  • already existing GoalHandlers
  • hooking into idle behaviors n such
• Implementing bespoke GoalHandlers

[kernelmethod]

Relevant AI parts:

@kernelmethod ➜ Qud_Code git:(main) ✗ rg 'public class AI.*Part' disassembly -l
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIJuker.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIPilgrim.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIWanderingJuggernaut.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AISelfPreservation.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIWiring.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIFlocks.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIUrnDuster.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIMarkOfDeathGuardian.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIShopper.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIShoreLounging.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIShootAndScoot.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIKillStuckStuff.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AISuppressIndependentBehavior.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIThrowAndScoot.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIHealingTonicUse.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIShootCooldown.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIPassenger.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AISitting.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIStopShootingImmuneTargets.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIVehiclePilot.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIReplica.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AITryKeepDistance.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AITonicUse.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIWallWalker.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AIWallPhaser.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AITryKeepSteadyDistance.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AISeekHealingPool.cs
disassembly/XRL/World/Parts/AICryptHelpBroadcaster.cs

[librarianmage]

Probably good to include parts that influence behavior at a distance in the first section as well (Pettable, Chair, etc)