Bear personalities

Every bear in Naughty Bear has a personality, one of Jock, Cheerleader, Threat or Smart. It is a short list of numbers, and it is one of the smallest scripts in the game.

Where it lives

global.lu → characterclasses. There is one copy. Which personality a bear has is set in its NPCDef line (third value; see Bear stats).

What it does

Each personality is a function that fills in a small table. Jock, in full:

function ClassBuilder.InitJock(p1)
  local t = {}
  t[CHARACTER_CLASS] = JOCK
  t[STATE_COURAGE] = HIGH
  t[STATE_USEFIREARM] = true
  t[STATE_MORAL] = LOW
  t[STATE_ATTACK_CHARGED] = true
  t[STATE_WANT_TO_FIGHT] = true
  t[ATTRIBUTE_INTELLIGENCE] = LOW
  return t
end

The levels are plain numbers, set at the top of the script:

VERY_HIGH = 5
HIGH = 4
NORMAL = 3
LOW = 2
VERY_LOW = 1

The values

Read from each Init... function:

Personality	Courage	Moral	Intelligence	Bears in the base game
Jock	HIGH	LOW	LOW	36
Cheerleader	LOW	LOW	LOW	19
Threat	VERY_HIGH	VERY_LOW	NORMAL	50
Smart	LOW	LOW	VERY_HIGH	11
Fearless	HIGH	HIGH	NORMAL	0

Every personality also sets UseFirearm, AttackCharged and WantToFight to true. The bear counts are the NPCDef lines in naughtyisland_npcs. Fearless has a function but no bear in that script uses it.

After the table is built, InitNPCClass adds the bear’s faction, name, leadership and threat level to it, then attaches it to the bear:

    v2[CHARACTER_FACTION] = p1.factionName
    v2[CHARACTER_NAME] = p1.name
    v2[ATTRIBUTE_LEADERSHIP] = p1.leadershipValue
    v2[ATTRIBUTE_THREAT_LEVEL] = p1.threatLevel
    p1:AddAttributes(v2)

What the numbers do

The scripts only store these values. NPC.GenerateAttribute turns each one into an attribute on the bear (courage, moral, intelligence and leadership as whole numbers, the rest as yes/no), and one helper, GetSourceIntelligenceAttribute, reads intelligence back. The behaviour that uses courage and moral is not in the scripts. Interpretation: the engine’s AI reads them, which fits the names (a high-courage bear is slower to flee), but that is a reading of the names and nothing here shows it.

How to change it

Change a level in one of the Init... functions and Ship. Use the names (VERY_LOW to VERY_HIGH) or the numbers 1 to 5. For example, to make Smart bears as brave as Jocks, change t[STATE_COURAGE] = LOW to HIGH in InitSmart. It affects every bear of that personality at once.

Keep to 1 to 5; the scripts never use a value outside them.

Confirmed and not

• Confirmed: the five personalities, their values, how many bears use each, and where the table is attached.
• Interpretation: what the AI does with courage, moral and intelligence.
• Not tested in the game: any change on this page.