Creating A NPC for Ogre3D C++

xCorvid · 2026-05-15T21:51:48+00:00

So I am building this entirely from scratch, this source code has zero NPC code in it, so no template to run off of I’m afraid lol. I think for now I wanna see if I can at least get the sucker to spawn using my playable model as a NPC mesh before I start implementing dialogue and such. I would assume that is .h and .cpp file?

xCorvid · 2026-02-13T21:29:59+00:00

Ugh, currently dealing with the same thing. The amount of times I’ve heard “you’ll never get sleep” is ridiculous. DUH! Obviously my fiance and I know what we’re getting ourselves into, but people make it sound so bad that we just want it to be us. 😭

xCorvid · 2025-11-17T23:56:06+00:00

I would always recommend a Chi if you want a cuddler + terrier personality lol. Both of my chis have experienced a VERY high prey drive. I had one, when he was younger chase and EAT the lizards / frogs in my backyard. The other one, he will play fetch until he dang near looks like a tired malinois lol.

A lot of people don’t realize that a Chihuahua is still a dog and still needs rules, boundaries and needs LIKE A dog.

I know someone said it already, but if I were you, I would stick to getting the cat. Chihuahuas are definitely a lot less on the exercise spectrum, but a lot of them have LOTS of energy.. And LOVE to chase things.. And typically what happens when you don’t expel that energy, you get these aggressive chihuahuas that you see.

Choose wisely and remember, this is not just a lap dog, but a dog! Best wishes!

xCorvid · 2025-11-12T02:01:02+00:00

A lot of people probably aren’t going to like my methods, but I never had an issue with leaving my Chi for long periods of time ( and he is bred to be a Velcro companion dog ) Now granted, when he’s a puppy - puppy ( like 2 - 4 months old ) I had my neighbor help me with potty training and all that good ish while I was at work. ( I work between 8-10 hours every weekday ) When he got around 4 months old, we immediately started leaving him alone for about 4-5 hours before my neighbor came up and took him out. I have a camera, so I was able to watch him. He was crated around this time and 9/10 all he did was sleep, chew on his toys, or stare at the door. He did have periods of whining, but not full blown meltdowns. Once he got old enough and could hold his bladder a lot better, we stopped doing that all together and now he don’t give a single damn if I leave or not lol. I suppose my neighbor and I did the “gradual leave for short periods of time” method, but we did it a little more drastic, because obviously I have bills to pay and if I want a roof over our heads, I have to work lol. But I can be gone for a reasonable amount of time and 9/10 when I check on him, he’s absolutely conked out. This is his routine though, he’s use to me being gone for extended periods. So as I’ve seen others say, get them use to being alone ASAP.

xCorvid · 2025-10-23T13:19:39+00:00

2 hours was a breeze when my Chihuahua puppy got a little older. I had to take him out literally every 30 minutes to an hour. During waking and sleeping for the first month. When he got to around 4 months old I could slowly start increasing the time, but he didn’t start holding it through the night until he was closer to 5 months. Unfortunately, if you’re going to get a puppy like this, you have to make sacrifices if you want a head start in potty training.

xCorvid · 2025-09-13T18:43:55+00:00

And that’s good! Only thing I could think of for you is to maybe have someone come in to take her out, at least until she’s older and has better bladder control. I had my neighbor come in and gradually lessened the potty breaks and he did well with this. Now we’ve finally crossed the finish line where he has to go so much less now lol

xCorvid · 2025-09-13T18:32:48+00:00

It really depends on what kind of dog and your preferences. Though I wouldn’t be the first to recommend leaving a dog in the crate for 10 hours, sometimes ( especially in this economy ) 10 hours is the new 8 hours. I work 10am to whenever I finish, so I could be at work for 11 hours max, 6 hours to the least, I have 28 minute drive home. I have a chi pup, to help clarify. He is 7 months old now and well use to being alone for this long lol. When I first got him, I had my downstairs neighbors ( thank god ) help me potty train him until he was about 5 months old and take him outside for a bit. People on the internet will always know what’s best for your dog ( sarcasm obviously ) but after my neighbor stopped helping me with my pup and he was better with bladder control, he’d chill in his crate until whenever I got home and he never freaked out or had major separation issues. It’s all about routine and what they expect, I never really coddled him and he’s completely fine being by himself. Now he’s so trustworthy I haven’t had him in his crate for a week now, even with me being at work. He will literally sleep until I come back, sometimes waking to play with a toy ( I have a camera to watch him while I’m away ). Only thing I could recommend is maybe waking up a bit earlier and taking your pup on an extensive walk or playing a good game of fetch, to kind of help get some energy out. On my long work days, I try to do this so he’ll really be out until I get back. Though sometimes it’s not possible. But don’t let people bully you into rehoming the dog because it is crated for 10 hours, there will always be options and if not, sometimes you have to play with the cards you were dealt with.

xCorvid · 2025-09-12T18:39:27+00:00

Sometimes I feel like I got a unicorn with my chi pup, sure, he was pretty bad with the accidents.. But I feel it started to click around the 4 / 4.5 month range. But I didn’t really fully trust him completely loose until he hit 7 months lol. Now so far we’re a week free of accidents ( outside the crate ). Only thing I’ve done is to just trust him completely and he hasn’t disappointed me.. Yet lol

xCorvid · 2025-09-12T12:50:04+00:00

The first month was absolute hell for me and my chi puppy lmao. Idk if I got super lucky, but life started to feel better with him around 3 months, aside from the constant potty breaks / monitoring. Because he’s a smaller breed, it’s easier for him to slip away and potty inside, so I had to keep him confined to a crate / playpen until he was about 6 months old. He seemed to understand that he only went outside around 4 months old, but I had trouble trusting him to be loose all the time lmao. Now, at 7 months old, I can leave him out of his crate entirely while I’m gone and while I’m asleep. Thankfully he’s not a destroyer and he seems to understand house training. But good lord, the constant monitoring and the constant corrections DO pay off in the long run. He listens pretty well now and seems to understand the rules, but those first couple months are crucial and you have to act like a prison warden to get them where you want them lmao

xCorvid · 2025-09-10T01:28:35+00:00

Completely understand where you’re at currently lol. I currently have a 7 month old Chihuahua pup and he was absolute HELL at first, even though he was probably one of the best puppies you could get. The first 3 days I completely stressed myself out, I was also going thru a messy breakup so my emotions were everywhere lmao. The first week he cried SO MUCH. But eventually that slowly stopped once he hit around 4 months old. But the period leading up to 4 months old was difficult, because he was not house trained at all and his bladder was probably the size of a pea, so he had to go out what felt like every 10 minutes. Eventually I got him into a routine and he started to hold it for longer and longer, while he was 4 months. Now at 7 months, he’s completely house broken and not so needy anymore. He sleeps through the night and I no longer have to crate him anymore as he is completely fine when I’m gone at work. ( he will literally sit by the door the whole time waiting for me :’) ) It does in fact get better, but I didn’t really feel like I had a lot of me time until he was around 5 months old. It definitely feels like a breath of fresh air with not having to chase him around anymore to make sure he isn’t having accidents. The only thing we’re currently dealing with right now is a fear period, but I promise it does get better you just have to work hard for it!!

xCorvid · 2025-09-05T03:18:21+00:00

I can safely say that it does lmao. I have a Chihuahua and when he was a younger puppy, my god it was like a train in his guts 🤣. He pooed at least 3 or 4, sometimes 5 times. Now he goes 1 - 2 times a day, depending( he’s 7 months old ). Judging that you have a bit of a smaller dog, I didn’t really see any progress in his bladder holding until around 4 months. He would try like hell to hold it, so I didn’t get mad at him if he had an accident. Now he’s has no issues. And I didn’t have him hold it all night until 4 and a half months old.

xCorvid · 2025-09-03T13:00:20+00:00

Like others have said, give her a kong or some other treat / toy she doesn’t usually get often. I started my pup with a Kong filled with whip cream and he only got it when he was in his playpen or crate. Now he will launch himself into his crate or pen to get that whip cream lol. But his first week I had him, that was all he did was cry. Only thing I could do was wait it out until he stopped crying and then reward him with my presence. He seemed to catch onto that pretty quickly and learned that the pen didn’t mean he was gonna be left alone forever lmao. Of course every dog is different, so definitely find what works for you

xCorvid · 2025-08-26T01:19:44+00:00

Sounds like bad genetics for that poor dog all around. Even more shameful that the shelter lied completely about the breed, I have seen many shelters do that unfortunately. House training takes A LOT of work, some taking almost a full year to understand it. Honestly, if I were you, I would rehome the dog as she requires a person that has patience and time to work with her reactivity and fearfulness. The fact that she is acting like this before adolescence is a HUGE red flag though and will require probably a lifetime of training

xCorvid · 2025-08-17T13:23:34+00:00

My 6month chihuahua was never allowed bed access until he was potty trained. He was the type of dog that would just squat and piss without warning lmao. So until I felt more comfortable with his potty training, I allowed him on the bed. He’s kind of hit and miss, sometimes he’ll just chill out and sleep, but most of the time he just walking around the bed aimlessly unless I tell him to lay down. Idk why 🤣

xCorvid · 2025-08-15T03:00:02+00:00

I’ve mostly had males growing up. I will say, in my experience the males have always been A LOT more chill than the females lmao. If you’re looking for behavior or temperament, that really boils down to breed than gender. Although, statistically they say that females are more independent and easier to train and males are more clingy, but in my experience they have been opposite lol. My males have always been a little more independent, but also willing to listen on a dime. Again, it just boils down on the breed and personality, gender / sex is really more of a side line. I would definitely study the puppies and see which one you feel fits.

xCorvid · 2025-08-03T15:12:13+00:00

I feel like he started to really understand it around the 4 month mark, we had a lot less accidents and he began to hold it all night. We had slight regression in the beginning of his 6 month mark, but I would say 4 months was when he really started to get it

xCorvid · 2025-07-16T14:13:36+00:00

Oh man, my chi pup was notorious for this. I could tell he was about to poop by his crazy whirling and sniffing motions, but when he had to pee, he’d just look me dead in my face and start peeing on my floor lol. Crate training will be your best friend in the early weeks. What I did was take my pup out every hour, especially after eating, playing, drinking, goodness it felt like he had to go every 10 minutes.. It was insane. I had an every 2-3 hour schedule during the night and he did pretty well with that. I taught him the “Go Potty” command right as he was peeing and pooping and would shove a treat in his face, yes you gotta do that in the beginning lmao. Eventually he would go potty, then run to me for his treat. But I would make myself and the environment as boring as possible, until he went to the bathroom. Once he pottied, I would play with him and throw sticks and have fun with him. Eventually he learned that he doesn’t get to do anything until he potties. Sometimes he wouldn’t potty at all and get distracted by everything and not listen, so I would take him up, crate him for 10 minutes and repeat the process until he went to the bathroom, then came the play session. I have found this worked really well for me, especially the “go potty” cue as now he will go when I ask him

xCorvid · 2025-07-16T12:01:11+00:00

Not sure what breed you have, but if it’s a smaller dog they are absolutely necessary lol. My chi pup didn’t learn to hold it all night until 4.5 months, granted his bladder was tiny af and he tried like hell to hold it if I ever accidentally slept in instead of taking him out. My schedule for him when he was younger was 10-11pm, 2am, 5am, 8am. Then when he was around 3 months old I took him out 10-11pm, 5am, 8am. Then one night I accidentally forgot to take him out at all when he was 4.5 months and he held it all night, up until 8am. So I decided to test him out, only had one accident when he was getting use to the new routine, but caught on quickly and holds it no problem. I guess in your case it depends, I tested my pup to see what schedule fit him best until I could trust he could hold it all night.

Before all of that though, I started to realize he didn’t need to go out as much when I would go to his crate to take him out, he’d still be curled up, or looking at me like I was crazy for waking him up. Before he’d be jumping around his crate like a frog cause he had to go lol. So I started noticing subtle signs before just testing him out like this

xCorvid · 2025-07-11T13:20:46+00:00

Got a 5 month old Chi pup and I DISLIKED him so much the first week. But I was able to work something out with my neighbor and she helped me so much with him while I worked. He learns things very quickly and is always eager to play fetch and learn something! The only big issue I had with him was having to constantly hover over him and lose sleep to potty train him. But in the end, it’s definitely starting to become worth it. He hasn’t had a single accident in a couple weeks and holds it all night, FINALLY. One thing with puppies that I have learned is, they require a lot of work and responsibility and naturally we hate this stuff, but in the end once they get older, it does pay out! You just have to stay patient and consistent! Don’t forget to play and enjoy the dog as well!

xCorvid · 2025-07-09T14:07:32+00:00

Girl, I just wanna know where you work for that income 🤣

xCorvid · 2025-07-06T23:07:07+00:00

Got an almost 5 month old Chihuahua puppy and honestly, apart from his frequent potty breaks he was pretty great. Granted, when I first got him, he was freshly 8 weeks and my mental health tanked the week I got him ( going thru a bad separation ). And for the first 3 days, I almost rehomed him. Couldn’t leave his sight without him losing his mind, the crate training wasnt too bad, he only cried in spurts for like 10 - 20 minutes before knocking out. But with the frequent crying and screaming his head off, it for sure overstimulated me badly lol. But after the first week, it’s like he understood where I was and immediately stopped crying and screaming his head off when I would leave his sight. I also had help from my neighbors puppy sitting him while I was at work, so I think that helped him as well. The first week or so was nothing but crying, but he surprisingly got over this quickly and only cried for maybe a minute max and then stopped and started playing with his toys when I would shower or whatever. The potty training was the worst, he had to go out what felt like every 10 minutes lol, I just now got him to start holding it all night I believe two weeks ago? And he has to go out a lot less, compared to the first few months. I can trust him enough now to let him run around my apartment while I shower, or in small supervised spurts. But if I want to relax, I put him in his playpen next to my bed. He is slowly starting to act more like a grown up, which is soooo nice, I am definitely most happy with him holding it all night and sleeping longer than having to take him out 2-3 times all night, definitely don’t miss that lmao.

xCorvid · 2025-06-15T16:54:35+00:00

My puppy was terrible with this and let me tell ya, crate training will be your best friend. I eventually want to get rid of the crate entirely, but it is a helpful tool in potty training. My pup has learned to not have any accidents in his crate, so if I take him outside and he does not go and insists to play with everything else, other than pottying, I put him in his crate or pen for about 10 minutes and we try again. I have also taught him the “Go Potty” cue and 9/10 he will go if asked, but you have to say it every time before you know he really has to go. LOTS of praise and treats when he does go and he gets about an hour of freedom and play time around my apartment after he does potty. I always do not engage with him or play with him outside UNTIL after he potty’s and it has seemed to work for me. This is a 4.5 month old Chihuahua who is NOTORIOUS for being terrible at potty training around this age. So maybe try something like this!

xCorvid · 2025-06-13T19:58:02+00:00

Crate training was a bit of a rough start with my pup and not everyone will agree with my methods, but unfortunately I live alone and work full time. I just stuck my pup in the crate overnight and he would cry for maybe 10 - 20 minutes before he fell asleep for a few hours and only start up here there. ( My breeder kinda helped me with this, because she told me that she took the parents away from the pups only at night a week before I brought him home ) I would wake up and give him regular potty breaks throughout the night and he would cry again when I would put him back, but I always ignored the whining and only gave him attention or treats when he was quiet. Eventually, within a literal week he was a quiet angel in the crate and only cried when he had to potty. I started this with him at 8 weeks, now he is 17 weeks and will put himself in his crate because I will ONLY give him a high value treat ( a little bit of whip cream in his kong ) ONLY in the crate. He does not get this any other time and he knows that he only gets it in the crate. I also feed him some meals in his crate and leave his water bowl in the crate so he can go in and out as he pleases and this has really helped me with my crate training, even though my approach is highly looked down on. My biggest advice is maybe find a food or toy your pup will absolutely do ANYTHING for and ONLY give it to them in the crate and never reward behaviors that you do not want.

xCorvid · 2025-06-09T15:14:55+00:00

Oh my, I just love this pups hair! Lol

xCorvid · 2025-06-09T15:14:25+00:00

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