Made MSVC crash again! Officially less stable than JAI, saving for posterity... Part of the way through adding aim/fire shotgun actions, and draw shotgun above characters when they're aiming at somebody

character_info.h

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ typedef struct
 } ActionInfo;
 ActionInfo actions[] = {
 	#define NO_ARGUMENT .argument_description = "Takes no argument", .takes_argument = false
+	#define ARGUMENT(desc) .argument_description = desc, .takes_argument = true
 	{
 		.name = "none", 
 		.description = "Do nothing",
@@ -29,13 +30,23 @@ ActionInfo actions[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "join",
 		.description = "Joins somebody else's party, so you follow them everywhere",
-		.argument_description = "Expects the argument to be who you're joining",
+		ARGUMENT("Expects the argument to be who you're joining"),
 	},
 	{
 		.name = "leave",
 		.description = "Leave the party you're in right now",
 		NO_ARGUMENT,
 	},
+	{
+		.name = "aim_shotgun",
+		.description = "Aims your shotgun at the specified target, preparing you to fire at them and threatening their life.",
+		ARGUMENT("Expects the argument to be the name of the person you're aiming at, they must be nearby"),
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "fire_shotgun",
+		.description = "Fires your shotgun at the current target, killing the target.",
+		NO_ARGUMENT,
+	},
 };
 
 typedef enum

main.c

@@ -1644,17 +1644,23 @@ MD_String8 is_action_valid(MD_Arena *arena, Entity *from, Action a)
 	{
 		error_message = FmtWithLint(arena, "You can't join somebody, you're already in %s's party", characters[gete(from->joined)->npc_kind].name);
 	}
+	if(error_message.size == 0 && a.kind == ACT_fire_shotgun && gete(from->aiming_shotgun_at) == 0)
+	{
+		error_message = MD_S8Lit("You can't fire your shotgun without aiming it first");
+	}
+
+	bool target_is_character = a.kind == ACT_join || a.kind == ACT_fire_shotgun;
 
-	if(error_message.size == 0 && a.kind == ACT_join)
+	if(error_message.size == 0 && target_is_character)
 	{
-		bool talk_to_valid = false;
+		bool arg_valid = false;
 		BUFF_ITER(NpcKind, &talk)
 		{
-			if(*it == a.argument.targeting) talk_to_valid = true;
+			if(*it == a.argument.targeting) arg_valid  = true;
 		}
-		if(talk_to_valid == false)
+		if(arg_valid == false)
 		{
-			error_message = FmtWithLint(arena, "Your action_argument for who to join, %s, is either invalid (you can't join nobody) or it's not an NPC that's near you right now.", characters[a.argument.targeting].name);
+			error_message = FmtWithLint(arena, "Your action_argument for who this action should be directed at, %s, is either invalid (you can't operate on nobody) or it's not an NPC that's near you right now.", characters[a.argument.targeting].name);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1719,6 +1725,12 @@ void cause_action_side_effects(Entity *from, Action a)
 	{
 		from->joined = (EntityRef){0};
 	}
+	if(a.kind == ACT_aim_shotgun)
+	{
+		Entity *target = get_targeted(from, a.argument.targeting);
+		assert(target); // error checked in is_action_valid
+		from->aiming_shotgun_at = frome(target);
+	}
 
 	MD_ReleaseScratch(scratch);
 }
@@ -3084,6 +3096,7 @@ Armature *armatures[] = {
 
 Mesh mesh_player = {0};
 Mesh mesh_simple_worm = {0};
+Mesh mesh_shotgun = {0};
 
 void stbi_flip_into_correct_direction(bool do_it)
 {
@@ -3139,6 +3152,9 @@ void init(void)
 	binary_file = MD_LoadEntireFile(frame_arena, MD_S8Lit("assets/exported_3d/ExportedWithAnims.bin"));
 	mesh_player = load_mesh(persistent_arena, binary_file, MD_S8Lit("ExportedWithAnims.bin"));
 
+	binary_file = MD_LoadEntireFile(frame_arena, MD_S8Lit("assets/exported_3d/ShotgunMesh.bin"));
+	mesh_shotgun = load_mesh(persistent_arena, binary_file, MD_S8Lit("ShotgunMesh.bin"));
+
 	binary_file = MD_LoadEntireFile(frame_arena, MD_S8Lit("assets/exported_3d/ArmatureExportedWithAnims.bin"));
 	player_armature = load_armature(persistent_arena, binary_file, MD_S8Lit("ArmatureExportedWithAnims.bin"));
 
@@ -3750,6 +3766,11 @@ Vec3 ray_intersect_plane(Vec3 ray_point, Vec3 ray_vector, Vec3 plane_point, Vec3
 	float d = DotV3(plane_point, MulV3F(plane_normal, -1.0f));
 
 	float denom = DotV3(plane_normal, ray_vector);
+	if(fabsf(denom) <= 1e-4f)
+	{
+		// also could mean doesn't intersect plane
+		return plane_point;
+	}
 	assert(fabsf(denom) > 1e-4f); // avoid divide by zero
 
     float t = -(DotV3(plane_normal, ray_point) + d) / DotV3(plane_normal, ray_vector);
@@ -4690,13 +4711,18 @@ bool imbutton_key(AABB button_aabb, float text_scale, MD_String8 text, int key,
 
 #define imbutton(...) imbutton_key(__VA_ARGS__, __LINE__, unwarped_dt, false)
 
+Quat rot_on_plane_to_quat(float rot)
+{
+	return QFromAxisAngle_RH(V3(0,1,0), AngleRad(-rot));
+}
+
 Transform entity_transform(Entity *e)
 {
 	// Models must face +X in blender. This is because, in the 2d game coordinate system,
 	// a zero degree 2d rotation means you're facing +x, and this is how it is in the game logic.
 	// The rotation is negative for some reason that I'm not quite sure about though, something about
 	// the handedness of the 3d coordinate system not matching the handedness of the 2d coordinate system
-	Quat entity_rot = QFromAxisAngle_RH(V3(0,1,0), AngleRad(-e->rotation));
+	Quat entity_rot = rot_on_plane_to_quat(e->rotation);
 
 	return (Transform){.offset = AddV3(plane_point(e->pos), V3(0,0,0)), .rotation = entity_rot, .scale = V3(1, 1, 1)};
 	/*
@@ -5479,6 +5505,15 @@ void frame(void)
 						to_use->go_to_animation = MD_S8Lit("Idle");
 
 					draw_thing((DrawnThing){.armature = to_use, .t = draw_with, .outline = gete(gs.player->interacting_with) == it});
+
+					if(gete(it->aiming_shotgun_at))
+					{
+						Transform shotgun_t = draw_with;
+						shotgun_t.offset.y += 2.0f;
+						shotgun_t.scale = V3(3,3,3);
+						shotgun_t.rotation = rot_on_plane_to_quat(AngleOfV2(SubV2(gete(it->aiming_shotgun_at)->pos, it->pos)));
+						draw_thing((DrawnThing){.mesh = &mesh_shotgun, .t = shotgun_t});
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -6395,14 +6430,14 @@ ISANERROR("Don't know how to do this stuff on this platform.")
 										if (it->memories_last->context.talking_to_kind == it->npc_kind)
 										//if (it->memories_last->context.author_npc_kind != it->npc_kind)
 										{
-											const char *action = "none";
+											const char *action = "aim_shotgun";
 											char *rigged_dialog[] = {
 													"Repeated amounts of testing dialog overwhelmingly in support of the mulaney brothers",
 											};
 											char *next_dialog = rigged_dialog[it->times_talked_to % ARRLEN(rigged_dialog)];
 											char *target = characters[it->memories_last->context.author_npc_kind].name;
 											target = characters[NPC_Player].name;
-											ai_response = FmtWithLint(frame_arena, "{\"target\": \"%s\", \"action\": \"%s\", \"speech\": \"%s\"}", target, action, next_dialog);
+											ai_response = FmtWithLint(frame_arena, "{\"target\": \"%s\", \"action\": \"%s\", \"action_arg\": \"Raphael\", \"speech\": \"%s\"}", target, action, next_dialog);
 #ifdef DESKTOP
 											it->times_talked_to += 1;
 #endif
@@ -6433,6 +6468,7 @@ ISANERROR("Don't know how to do this stuff on this platform.")
 										{
 										assert(succeeded);
 										assert(error_message.size == 0);
+										assert(is_action_valid(frame_arena, it, a));
 										perform_action(&gs, it, a);
 									}
 									else

makeprompt.h

@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ typedef struct Entity
 	// npcs
 	NpcKind npc_kind;
 	EntityRef joined;
+	EntityRef aiming_shotgun_at;
 	float target_rotation; // turns towards this angle in conversation
 	bool being_hovered;
 	bool perceptions_dirty;
@@ -255,6 +256,9 @@ typedef struct Entity
 	int gen_request_id;
 	Vec2 target_goto;
 
+
+
+
 	// character
 	bool waiting_on_speech_with_somebody;
 	EntityRef interacting_with; // for drawing outline on maybe interacting with somebody
@@ -316,6 +320,19 @@ void fill_available_actions(GameState *gs, Entity *it, AvailableActions *a)
 	{
 		BUFF_APPEND(a, ACT_join)
 	}
+
+	bool has_shotgun = it->npc_kind == NPC_Daniel;
+	if(has_shotgun)
+	{
+		if(gete_specified(gs, it->aiming_shotgun_at))
+		{
+			BUFF_APPEND(a, ACT_fire_shotgun);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			BUFF_APPEND(a, ACT_aim_shotgun);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 
@@ -408,6 +425,14 @@ MD_String8 generate_chatgpt_prompt(MD_Arena *arena, GameState *gs, Entity *e, Ca
 					// Needs better handling of when you leave, because the person you were following died. Maybe entities don't die anymore?
 					AddFmt("%s left their party\n", characters[it->context.author_npc_kind].name);
 				}
+				else if(it->action_taken == ACT_aim_shotgun)
+				{
+					AddFmt("%s aimed their shotgun at %s\n", characters[it->context.author_npc_kind].name, characters[it->action_argument.targeting].name);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					assert(false);
+				}
 			}
 			if(it->speech.text_length > 0)
 			{
@@ -567,7 +592,10 @@ MD_String8 parse_chatgpt_response(MD_Arena *arena, Entity *e, MD_String8 action_
 		{
 			if(actions[out->kind].takes_argument)
 			{
-				if(out->kind == ACT_join)
+				// @TODO refactor into, action argument kinds and they parse into different action argument types
+				bool arg_is_character = out->kind == ACT_join || out->kind == ACT_aim_shotgun;
+
+				if(arg_is_character)
 				{
 					bool found_npc = false;
 					for(int i = 0; i < ARRLEN(characters); i++)

tuning.h

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 #ifdef DEVTOOLS
 // server url cannot have trailing slash
-//#define MOCK_AI_RESPONSE
+#define MOCK_AI_RESPONSE
 #define SERVER_DOMAIN "localhost"
 #define SERVER_PORT 8090
 #define IS_SERVER_SECURE 0