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DefenceBot

Prototype robot companion with a solid 3D body, adjustable follow spacing and aimed enemy attacks. Repairs the follow obstruction bug. Controlled single-player follow, damage and wall-blocking checks passed; co-op remains unverified.

CHANGELOG

0.1.3

  • Corrects the reproduced follow failure: the followed player's health-grab collider was incorrectly treated as a wall.
  • Uses a narrow visibility check from the player to a candidate position while retaining collision checks for the bot's full body and movement path.
  • Expands the native player connection search to at least 3 game units, or the configured follow distance plus 0.75 when larger.
  • Keeps the preferred 2-unit follow spacing by default, with closer clear fallback positions when a room is too tight.
  • Retains smooth whole-body turning and barrel alignment before firing.
  • Passed visible single-player connection, movement following, steady spacing and aimed damage checks against a controlled native enemy, including wall blocking before and after firing.

0.1.2

  • Added a preferred follow position about two game units beside and behind the connected player.
  • Added Movement / FollowDistance, adjustable from 1.2 to 4 game units; the host's setting applies.
  • Added obstacle-aware spacing and recovery movement while retaining native connection, pickup and battery controls.
  • The whole physical body turns smoothly toward a target, and the barrels adjust their pitch.
  • Firing waits until the body and barrels align, then checks the shot path again from the aimed muzzle.
  • Targets beyond the barrels' vertical aiming limit are skipped so they do not prevent attacks on reachable enemies.

0.1.1

  • Fixed invisible robot geometry: visual meshes now use the native visible renderer layer instead of the item root's camera-excluded helper layer.
  • Rebuilt the body to match the concept, with solid bevelled armour, capped hover pods, recessed visor, twin barrels, antenna and rear details.
  • Hid the old flat feather icon while retaining native control references.
  • Fitted the pickup collider to the new body.

0.1.0

  • Separate purchasable Defence Bot item.
  • Native player-following drone movement and rechargeable power.
  • Host-controlled attacks against visible nearby enemies.
  • Original hovering robot model with cyan eye and twin barrels.
  • Configurable damage, range, firing interval and shop price.