making enemy AI help me let him attack

[I got a question about enemies]

hey I am making a rpg right now and I wanted to know how I could make enemies attack and walk

I got the sprites and the ideas but I dont know how

I have a system now like this

my enemie walks the same always
and after 3 seconds he cheks if my main cahr is getting near him
if so he will shoot a rock
the rock will go to main char.x and y
well this is ok but it is easy to defeat him and in a long rpg you will find this boring and easier

can sumone help me out with a better idea

tnx allot bye bye

[tarik]

ow sorry for the bump but this is posted 3 sec after so it wont matter
my main char uses arrows now so it is like a dodge and shoot game
and this is not like a rpg
I would like a battle system that would be amazing but its realy hard
I like to have swords but I dont know how to do this either help me out here you guys please

[IsmAvatar]

when you say it's too easy to defeat him, do you mean after 1 hit he dies?
in this case, use an hp variable. set it to like 4 or something
each time an arrow hits, decrease it by 1. when it 0 or below, then he dies.

and this is not like a rpg

If it's not like an RPG then why are you posting in the RPG boards?

To have swords, you could make it so if his sprite is attack, then he damages anything he touches. otherwise, he gets hurt.
this is one of many ways to get this achieved.

[hamalnamal]

i think what he means is that the enemy is so predictable that it is easy to defeat him because every time he does something its not random, the smae thing happens every time, so you now whats going to happen and you waste the AI.

[tarik]

thank you for your replies
please visit my game topic there you can seescreenshots and download the game itself forums.gamemaker.nl/index.php?showtopic=28650
what I mean my current battle system is not like a rpg the whole game is but the battle system is more like a shooter because you can shoot arrows.
and yes it will be boring about the enemies because if it will be a long rpg it will get boring because they do they same ALWAYS