How can i make monsters chase me

[Za Warudo]

I would like to know if there is a way to make monsters chase the player if they see him like the knights in quake 1 for exaple

[scifista42]

That's... what all Doom monsters already normally do when they see the player, no?

[Za Warudo]

scifista42 said:

That's... what all Doom monsters already normally do when they see the player, no?

yes but i mean rushing towards the player in a b line

[scifista42]

Hardcoded monster AI can only walk into one of 8 cardinal directions and doesn't always choose the closest direction where the target is anyway. Basic "chasing" in a straight line could be implemented via ThrustThing, but that doesn't cover detecting and avoiding obstacles in the way. So, the easiest solution would probably be to let the monster have a ranged attack that occasionally thrusts it towards the player when having line of sight, and otherwise rely on the hardcoded AI.