Tekken style guard

[I.E.T. Arcade]

The default guarding on mugen locks the opponent into a guard state from quite a distance away making it impossible for the opponent to back away from an assault since they keep getting locked into the guard state on retreat. In tekken the guarding is initiated on impact or within point blank range.  By changing the guard distance in the hitdef for the attacks I can get the desired effect. Only the cpu AI seems to become retarded once guard distance is altered in the hitdef, rarely blocking attacks. Attacks even land on a standing dummy with automatic guarding on in practice mode..... Is there a way around this? I want the guard state to happen only when an attack is point blank so the player can play a more evasive game but without rendering the cpu player retarded.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[O Ilusionista]

Maybe its an error with your guarda code. Post it here so se can take a look.

[I.E.T. Arcade]

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;GUARD (start)
[Statedef 120]
type = U   
physics = U

[State 120, 1]
type = ChangeAnim
trigger1 = Time = 0
value = 120 + (statetype = C) + (statetype = A)*2

[State 120, 2]
type = StateTypeSet
trigger1 = Time = 0 && statetype = S
physics = S

[State 120, 3]
type = StateTypeSet
trigger1 = Time = 0 && statetype = C
physics = C

[State 120, 4]
type = StateTypeSet
trigger1 = Time = 0 && statetype = A
physics = A

[State 120, Hi to Lo]
type = StateTypeSet
trigger1 = statetype = S && command = "holddown"
statetype = C
physics = C

[State 120, Lo to Hi]
type = StateTypeSet
trigger1 = statetype = C && command != "holddown"
statetype = S
physics = S

[State 120, 5]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = AnimTime = 0
value = 130 + (statetype = C) + (statetype = A)*2

[State 120, Stop Guarding]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = command != "holdback"
trigger2 = !inguarddist
value = 140

;---------------------------------------------------------------------------
; STAND GUARD (guarding)
[Statedef 130]
type    = S
physics = S

[State 130, 1]
type = ChangeAnim
trigger1 = Anim != 130
value = 130

[State 130, Hi to Lo]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = command = "holddown"
value = 131

[State 130, Stop Guarding]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = command != "holdback"
trigger2 = !inguarddist
value = 140

;---------------------------------------------------------------------------
; CROUCH GUARD (guarding)
[Statedef 131]
type    = C
physics = C

[State 131, 1]
type = ChangeAnim
trigger1 = Anim != 131
value = 131

[State 131, Lo to Hi]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = command != "holddown"
value = 130

[State 131, Stop Guarding]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = command != "holdback"
trigger2 = !inguarddist
value = 140

;---------------------------------------------------------------------------
; AIR GUARD (guarding)
[Statedef 132]
type    = A
physics = N

[State 132, 1]
type = ChangeAnim
trigger1 = Anim != 132
value = 132

[State 132, 2]
type = VelAdd
trigger1 = 1
y = Const(movement.yaccel)

[State 132, 3]
type = VarSet
trigger1 = 1
sysvar(0) = (pos y >= 0) && (vel y > 0)

[State 132, 4]
type = VelSet
trigger1 = sysvar(0)
y = 0

[State 132, 5]
type = PosSet
trigger1 = sysvar(0)
y = 0

[State 132, 6]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = sysvar(0)
trigger1 = command = "holdback"
trigger1 = inguarddist
value = 130

[State 132, 7]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = sysvar(0)
value = 52

[State 132, Stop Guarding]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = command != "holdback"
trigger2 = !inguarddist
value = 140

;---------------------------------------------------------------------------
; GUARD (end)
[Statedef 140]
type = U    ;Leave state type unchanged
physics = U ;Leave physics unchanged
ctrl = 1

[State 140, 1]
type = ChangeAnim
trigger1 = Time = 0
value = 140 + (statetype = C) + (statetype = A)*2

[State 140, 2]
type = StateTypeSet
trigger1 = Time = 0 && statetype = S
physics = S

[State 140, 3]
type = StateTypeSet
trigger1 = Time = 0 && statetype = C
physics = C

[State 140, 4]
type = StateTypeSet
trigger1 = Time = 0 && statetype = A
physics = A

[State 140, Hi to Lo]
type = StateTypeSet
trigger1 = statetype = S && command = "holddown"
statetype = C
physics = C
The guard code.
[State 140, Lo to Hi]
type = StateTypeSet
trigger1 = statetype = C && command != "holddown"
statetype = S
physics = S

;[State 140, 5] ;Implemented within engine
;type = ChangeState
;trigger1 = AnimTime = 0
;value = (statetype = C)*11 + (statetype = A)*51

[Cyanide]

The thing there is the AI is probably cycling within state 120 state 0, and will take damage. You could allow the drop out to occur if you're in state 130 and not inguarddist so it would always go to the guarding portion. Drop out would just be if you stopped holding back.

What's your AI code doing? I assume it is using inguarddist to activate as well. I had to use state 130 for AI guarding once because the startup broke stuff.

[I.E.T. Arcade]

The thing there is the AI is probably cycling within state 120 state 0, and will take damage. You could allow the drop out to occur if you're in state 130 and not inguarddist so it would always go to the guarding portion. Drop out would just be if you stopped holding back.

What's your AI code doing? I assume it is using inguarddist to activate as well. I had to use state 130 for AI guarding once because the startup broke stuff.

Thanks it's works. You're the man.