Lightninggoatbrain

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-03

Overview

LightningGoatBrain is the behavior tree controller for the Lightning Goat entity. It orchestrates high-priority threat responses (panic, fleeing), directional orientation (face entities), navigation (wandering, anchoring), and combat engagement (target pursuit and wall attacks). It relies on combat and knownlocations components to determine state and maintain positional memory, and integrates with standardized behaviors like chaseandattack, runaway, wander, and faceentity.

Usage example

This component is automatically added and managed by the game for the Lightning Goat prefab. Manual usage is not intended for mods, but a representative initialization would look like:

local inst = CreateEntity()
inst:AddComponent("combat")
inst:AddComponent("knownlocations")
inst.brain = LightningGoatBrain(inst)
inst.brain:OnStart()
inst.brain:OnInitializationComplete()

Dependencies & tags

Components used: combat, knownlocations
Tags: Checks notarget, character; does not add or remove tags itself.

Properties

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
inst	Entity	nil	The entity instance the brain controls. Initialized in constructor.
bt	BT (BehaviorTree)	nil	The compiled behavior tree. Set during OnStart.

Main functions

OnStart()

• Description: Initializes and assigns the root behavior tree node based on priority logic: panic triggers, combat target checks, fleeing, face orientation, salt-lick anchoring, and wandering.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

OnInitializationComplete()

• Description: Records the Lightning Goat's starting position as the "spawnpoint" location for potential later use by navigation or herd-finding logic.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

Events & listeners

• Listens to: None identified.
• Pushes: None identified.