APOC Creatures

APOC Creatures brings unsettling encounters to your scenarios. This first release includes the Scarecrow Stalker. More creatures are planned for future updates to this same mod.

CURRENTLY INCLUDED: SCARECROW STALKER
An unarmed scarecrow that follows a living player through the map. It walks nearby, runs to catch up, and suddenly appears about two metres in front of the player when it reaches the 15-metre range. It faces the player and laughs, then waits before it can jump again.

- Red glowing eyes.
- Two creepy laughs and five spoken taunts with positional audio.
- Fast tracking updates when the player changes direction.
- Landing clearance checks and a jump cooldown.
- Takes only 10% of normal bullet damage.
- A surviving bullet hit makes it jump about 18 metres away, laugh, and pause before stalking again. A short cooldown prevents repeated jumps from the same burst.
- Adjustable follow distance, jump distance, voice timing, and cooldown.
- No attacks or jump-scare damage. Only the scarecrow is teleported.

HOW TO USE
Enable APOC Creatures and start a Game Master scenario. Open the Entity Browser, choose All or Groups, and enable the APOC Creatures faction filter. Place APOC Scarecrow Stalker on navigable ground. Clear other filters if it is hidden. After updating the mod, reload the scenario.

In Workbench, add APOC Creatures as a dependency and place Prefabs/Groups/Group_ScarecrowStalker.et. The group supplies its following behavior; placing the character alone does not. It needs a living player character to stalk.

It does not spawn automatically in every mission. Following depends on the map's navigation mesh. A blocked landing area prevents the jump until a clear spot is available.

EARLY RELEASE
Local Workbench tests cover following, jump placement, sound playback, Game Master faction visibility and placement, bullet resistance, and escape after a real projectile hit. Dedicated-server and joining-client testing is still pending. Please report issues with the map, scenario, and reproduction steps.

More creatures will be added over time. The scarecrow remains part of this collection.