Week 10: November 18th 2015

Since I got routines working I wanted to make them more advanced by making them a bit more dynamic, so you could add a new routine for the next day of an NPC. It was as simple as having a separate list of RoutineEntries called dynamicRoutine each night when an NPC goes to sleep this list is merged with the main schedule of an NPC. 

//A method for populating the routine

void populateRoutine(){

        ps.routine.Clear();

if (ps.occupations.Count >= 1){

foreach (GameObject go in ps.occupations){

OccupationStats os = go.GetComponent<OccupationStats>();

                ps.routine.AddRange(copyRoutine(os.schedule));

}

}

        ps.routine.AddRange(dynamicRoutine);

        dynamicRoutine.Clear();

    }

Routines can also be dynamically added to the same day by simply adding a RoutineEntry to the routine list Schedule of an NPC. 

I tested this out by scheduling a funeral the next day for every NPC who knew and liked the deceased NPC.

void arrangeFuneral(PersonStats ps){

RelationshipHelper rh = GameObject.Find("Relationships").GetComponent<RelationshipHelper>();

//Foreach person who knew the deceased

        foreach(GameObject go in ps.contacts){

//If the strength of the relationship was greater than -20

if(rh.getStrengthValue(ps.gameObject,go) > -20){

//Create a new Routine entry and add it to the dynamic routine of the contact

                            RoutineEntry re = new RoutineEntry();

                            re.startHour = 9;

            re.startMinute = 0;

            re.endHour = 16;

            re.endMinute = 0;

            re.location = ps.gameObject.transform.FindChild("Body").gameObject;

                            re.done = false;

                            re.priority = 10;

if (go != null){

            go.transform.FindChild("Body").GetComponent<PersonMovement>().dynamicRoutine.Add(re);

}

}

        }

    }

While these simple systems work rather nicely, it is still very limited. Ideally events should be scheduled for weeks in advance. 

However thinking about it, this could be made possible with a small adaption to the way the dynamicRoutine and routine lists merge. Items from the dynamicRoutine list should only be added to the routine list if a condition is met, for instance the day number.