How do I get this Line of Sight loop to work?

What I'm trying to achieve is as follows:

• Enemy has LOS on player
• Enemy waits 2 seconds then switches to "Shooting" state
• Enemy eneters "Shooting" state and fires at player
• Enemy wait another 2 seconds and goes back to "Hiding" state

This would then loop if the enemy had LOS on the player. Hide 2 seconds, Fire for 2 seconds.

Problem is that the enemy starts Hiding, enters Firing state and fires once, and then stays in that state and doesn't fire.

I feel like this is a super basic thing that I'm missing. I'm familiar with doing "Else" conditions but that doesn't seems right in this case. Appreciate any help!

Wait doesn't prevent your second event from going off every tick.

So in that 2 seconds you are waiting, that second event will keep running, and keep queuing up the action to set state to shooting. After 2 seconds is up, for the next two seconds it will keep setting SpecificState to "Shooting"

Your third event only runs once, right when the first 2 seconds is up. It shoots and sets the state to hiding. But the previous action was queued up for 2 seconds more and keeps setting the state back to Shooting. Since your third event has trigger once, you never get to set SpecificState back to hiding.

Sorry I didn't answer your question of how to get it to work, I only told you why it doesn't work =P

Not sure if this is the solution, but try changing the variable before the wait, and use sub events

Check line of sight - Change to Shooting
Is Hiding           - Wait 2

       Check line of sight - Fire
       Trigger once        - Wait 2
                           - Change to Hiding[/code:3qcekd1b]

(EDIT: Formatting)

oosyrag Thanks for the input! I tried you solution but unfortunately it didn't work. However, you explanation was perfect and made me realize the huge mistake I was making: not using a subevent. So thanks for that!

I was able to make it work with the following code:

It's kind of dirty with the "Every 4 seconds..." containing two "Wait" actions in it, but it works! Also tested it with multiple enemies and it works fine so far. Gif of action with filler enemy art:

I would like to add a 'random' value in there so they aren't firing in unison but that isn't a priority right now

Not firing in unison, use for each enemy condition.

Edit: Looks great btw!

Noted!