Baldi Enemy

[light carbon]

Baldi Enemy for Lethal Company

What does it do?

This mod adds Baldi from Baldi's Basics into Lethal Company as an enemy :3

• Project Link
• Thunderstore

Feedback & Contact

• Discord: riskivr
• Email: [email protected]

Credits & Acknowledgements

• RiskiVR - Main mod developer
• Robyn - ty for the help :3

[delicate copper]

spooky

[alpine imp]

So is he kinda like the barber but you can see him from ages away?

And unfortunately he can also see you from ages away that means

[light carbon]

i guess so, if that's how you see it. however he's always visible and unlit.

[fathom sedge]

No way

I’m seeing the vision and it’s nothing short of ethereal

[vague latch]

Does he act like a ghost or can everyone see him?

[fathom sedge]

If you do need a unique mechanic for what baldi can do, considering (to my knowledge) he’d only just chase you around, he can probably start off slow, and increase his speed every time someone takes scrap out of the facility, similar to how notebooks work in his game

[atomic token]

@unique glacier

[unique glacier]

?

[atomic token]

Put this in the pack lol

[unique glacier]

It kinda stands out a bit too much

[atomic token]

But spooktober

[unique glacier]

I mean it's a cool mod to see I've seen the image used so many times as a meme

[unique glacier]

I may consider adding it

[unique glacier]

I just wanna add onto this but I have a few ideas of things I wanna add after we test the changes I did today for performance improvements

[spark forge]

the jumpscare sound he does when he kills you does give a good scare

[brisk wraith]

Hm, I have a silly idea but uh, how well does either of the 2 school interiors work

Never really followed them aside from initial sightseeing

[delicate copper]

Riski and I have considered things like having him ramp up in aggression as the day goes on or as scrap is collected to match his gameplay in his game but its just a basic enemy right now

[light carbon]

agreed. he's scared me a few times during testing

[spark forge]

he should force you to do math

[light carbon]

I think speed based on how many items were collected is an awesome idea, I didn't think of that

[brave echo]

No way after so long Baldi is finally a thing

[light carbon]

I was surprised no one did this yet before

someone had to do it

[brave echo]

||Leakin’||

[light carbon]

dw I'll implement it natively

no need for a plugin for the mod

[solar apex]

Will there be other things that it does or other types of mechanics or will it just be basic AI chasing me until it touches me and then I die.

[brisk wraith]

If you're doing it via scrap collected, would be interesting if one of these two happens:

• Upper limit is more tailored towards higher moons (like let's say every 4 collected = +1 to speed, caps at +8 speed kind of like in the original game)
• Percentage-based on scrap on the moon (will mean he's a menace for early moons)

[brisk wraith]

Unsure cause Baldi at least in the original is basically just that, just with the added caveat he gets faster the more progress you make in the game

[solar apex]

Here I got an idea. Because of right now he doesn't really know where I'm at (Even though I'm nearby him) make it so every door a player opens baldi can hear it. (He will go towards that sound if not chasing a player already. If they are not chasing a player they will head towards that area of where the door was opened. Cause for some reason he won't patrol around the building. Including vanilla interiors.)

[brisk wraith]

It's that + the obstacles you had to deal with (Principal, Jumprope Kid, GOTTA SWEEP SWEEP, etc.) that you also had to deal with alongside with evading corporal punishment

I don't mind the other mechanics from Baldi's not making in to this mod since it's focused on Baldi and mechanically, he is pretty... basic

Arguably Lethal's other entities and hazards make up for this so no biggie tbh

Actually now that I think about it doesn't he just wander and travel to a source of sound he registers in the original? (Until he finds you, then just chases you)

[light carbon]

currently he somewhat roams (atleast he's supposed to) until a player is within radius of him

if i could figure out how to make him to towards any door that opens, that would be perfect

[light carbon]

I also thought about making sure there's a cap so it doesn't get too fast

[spark forge]

Math has to be implemented somehow! What if you get a math prompt when bringing scrap back to the ship sometimes, and answering wrong makes baldi faster!

[light carbon]

imo that would make the mod very annoying to play with

[orchid aurora]

Yes

Very cool mod :3

[light carbon]

thanks :3

[terse eagle]

How about the You Can Think Pad as a rare unique scrap that prompts the math? Third(glitched) question could also spawn Baldi in the facility if he doesn't already exist instead of speeding him up

And thank you for this, I've always wanted Baldi in Lethal

[rotund quiver]

How am I just seeing this

[light carbon]

probably cuz it's only a couple days old

[vale canopy]

oh my god

this is aweome i was thinking abt something like this lol porting like enemies from other stuff into lethal like as closely as you can lol

are like other characters from baldis happen to be planned or is this just like a random one-off thing? cus gotta sweep would be kinda funny lol

[delicate copper]

we still need to perfect baldi and also smallfry before we dedicate to making any more enemies

[vale canopy]

oo oki

[light carbon]

glad to see everyone like the mod! :D

[delicate copper]

wows, that got more than motion blur did really fast..

[light carbon]

yeeeahh.. lol

Motion Blur still has more likes than Smallfry and Baldi LOL

[delicate copper]

likes are a pretty.. meh.. indication of popularity, haha. Some of the popular mods that got millions of downloads still have less than 100 likes

[light carbon]

in fact, baldi with the most downloads has the least likes rn

though we reeeeally should fix smallfry so he's not being downloaded for being broken

[delicate copper]

Hm, I could remove my likes from Smallfry and MotionBlur to even it out a bit

[light carbon]

NOOOO

[orchid aurora]

Same

[light carbon]

CRIT NO ;w;

[delicate copper]

Hey, I know you

[orchid aurora]

I wouldn't don't worry

w<

[light carbon]

x3

[orchid aurora]

Same

[light carbon]

Robyn and I have worked on his move timer >:3
He will now speed up based on how much scrap is taken, and his movement speed doubles when the apparatus is pulled.

Take a look...

[delicate copper]

Hey, who said you could record me, goober >.<

[vale canopy]

does he work like in the original game where he comes to where he hears noise or does he just always know where yiu are?

[delicate copper]

He has excellent hearing and knows when you pick up scrap. Unplugging the apparatus makes him angy

Like in his original game, he can hear doors opening

[light carbon]

yes he listens for doors and his move target gets set to that door's location. once it finds a player, he'll lock onto that player ignoring doors.

[spark forge]

You should make him do his iconic laugh or voiceline to warn players of his speed increase

[spark forge]

Enemies opening doors too or just players?

[rotund quiver]

The iconic laugh is a good choice

[spark forge]

https://tenor.com/view/baldis-basic-baldi-ruler-hitting-spanking-gif-2834030865869804911

[light carbon]

yeah if any door opens it'll trigger his hearing

[spark forge]

Thats cool

[vague latch]

What if you can type a command on the terminal that gives you math questions, if you answer correctly, baldi slows down, if you answer incorrectly, baldy gets faster?

Just a random idea I thought of

[light carbon]

idk about that one lol

[vague latch]

Fair enough

Was just trying to think of a mechanic to slow him down so he doesn't get unfair

[light carbon]

he's got a minimum speed, it can't get any faster than that

his speed is based off how many items are grabbed

so it calculates how many items there are and how many have been collected

however It's based off value, so if you pick up a key, he'll barely speed up. if you pick up a gold bar, he'll speed up exponentially

[vague latch]

Guess I can't judge it till I see how fast he can get for myself

[delicate copper]

His max speed is goofy but still able to be dodged.. which is kinda unlike the real game where he gets so fast you just die at the later part

[hallow igloo]

Does the way his value check works just go off what's in your ship? Seems like an unironically really cool gimmick to make you NOT want to horde too many items at once

[delicate copper]

Its based on how many items you've gathered from the current level. He get angy when you touch stuff

[hallow igloo]

ah, understandable

I was curious since I play with that VersionNine mod that makes quotas longer and value of stuff higher, so I was wondering if he'd basically be light-speed 24/7 LOL

[vague latch]

I feel like he should be a ghost instead of a normal enemy

Cuz of his 2d look

[delicate copper]

we tried to be faithful to the source material

[vague latch]

I see

[calm ice]

Is it possible for you to add spawn chance config per moons ?

[spark forge]

pretty sure you can do that with lethal quantities

[calm ice]

dont like lq

[orchid aurora]

I don't know if anyone has suggested this but what if when Baldi catches you instead of instantly killing you, you need to solve a math problem with a limited amount of time or you will just die. If you solve the math problem successfully Baldi will get teleported to a random part of the map and maybe have a temporary reduced speed? And the math problems could get harder the more times you get caught during the same round.

@light carbon

[brave echo]

Im not prepared to do partial integrals at the end of the day

[light carbon]

problem with that is this is the only way baldi moves in the original game, always in attack mode

[orchid aurora]

Yeah

[light carbon]

it wouldn't make sense

silly idea tho

[rotund quiver]

A config?

[light carbon]

no it wouldn't work realisticly

that's what I'm saying

[rotund quiver]

True

[light carbon]

it's a funny thought, but it would not work

[rotund quiver]

He just wants you to die

[delicate copper]

It was a calculated risk but you're bad at math and Baldi can hear math that bad

[light carbon]

LMAOOOOO he did NOT like that

[brave echo]

[delicate copper]

https://tenor.com/nIIDhNdmv2.gif

[wintry wigeon]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1147608357906174076/1288361855840026725/incident.gif

[pallid cave]

what moon

[fathom sedge]

That is roblox

[hybrid glacier]

@atomic token what's the moon name?

[pallid cave]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I know exactly what you mean

[atomic token]

grand armory

[hybrid glacier]

thanks bro

[delicate copper]

https://www.twitch.tv/lunxara/clip/OutstandingSmoothBurritoCoolStoryBro-qFIbcU0HhQ-RNng5

[delicate copper]

@light carbon Baldi clip

[light carbon]

HOLY SHIT HE'S SO FAST LMAO

[unique glacier]

Bruh my fucking palms were sweating

😂

[light carbon]

his palms were sweaty, mom's spaghetti

[atomic token]

Dude, the baldi that kicked my ass the previous stream was moving at twice the speed lmao

[unique glacier]

Bruh go watch the full thing after that clip ends

He was zoomin'

Press Watch full video it is so worth it

LOL

Then Ruthie wrecked our Cruiser after 😭

I was so stressed watching her drive

XD

[unique glacier]

Hopefully you'll be free to play today XD but yeah Baldi was actually a good suggestion to add when he's zooming he is actually horrifying

[atomic token]

its not that hard bro, like

I also find it funny that you decide to run for fire when main is right there

[unique glacier]

I was trying to just get away from Baldi tbh cus I had a full inv of heavy items

and I felt like the bolt to fire was safer

Esp since the Cruiser was there

But yeah in the end it fucked me over lol

[delicate copper]

Baldi's max speed increases for each time you ||don't invite Robyn to play with you||

3:<

[unique glacier]

I mean if you wanna play you're more than welcome to XD

[spark forge]

I've been experiencing issues with baldi not moving at all from his spawnpoint

he's just standing there, menacingly!

[light carbon]

huh, i thought we fixed that

[orchid aurora]

https://www.twitch.tv/takerst/clip/AnnoyingAliveNikudonMVGame-Nq63RHHXcuxEqt_d

[light carbon]

LOL?

[unique glacier]

He actually can door camp, I was spectating him once when dead and he walked up and camped the main entrance door

Not sure why cus Robyn said he isn't supposed to

XD

[light carbon]

that sounds like a problem

cuz yeah

he's not supposed to

he's supposed to go towards any other door in the facility when opened or closed

[unique glacier]

Yeah I think it's when he's chasing someone and he sees them go out of that exit

The Jester has a similar problem sometimes where it just aggros permanently

[light carbon]

but it sends the player super far away out of its range

it should stop targeting at that point

[unique glacier]

Ye I'm not too sure

[light carbon]

he's been set to update his target on active

[delicate copper]

if no players are in range he'll just stand still so if you leave a door and all your buddies are dead or on the ship then he's gonna camp that entrance

[unique glacier]

Ah that would make sense then

Maybe you could add something that makes him roam away after a bit?

[delicate copper]

I haven't implemented wandering monster AI in his code yet

[unique glacier]

https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/TestAccount666/AntiSlimeCamp/ Similar to how this fixes slimes camping

[unique glacier]

Lmao tbf I didn't think he would be such a horrifying addition to the game but he legit scares me

[delicate copper]

Oh there is just a set of nodes for interior and exterior points easily available. Yea, if Risk wants me to, I think I can basically copy that into both smallfry and baldi and make them wander when idle

[jovial snow]

Could you add a setting to add Baldi only to specific moons?

[fathom sedge]

The LLL config:

find baldi's name through something like LethalQuantities, and use that to set the spawn weight of him with the LethalLevelLoader config for whatever moons you choose

[jovial snow]

I ended up using Central Config's per dungeon enemy injection

[light carbon]

I'd love to make Baldi wander around, it would be alot better and prevent door camping lol. I thought implementing the door hearing mechanic would be good enough lol.

As for Smallfry, I guess we could make him wander too, I just like his little idle animation.

[delicate copper]

We can start with Baldi and see how you feel about it

[light carbon]

I mean baldi wandering would definitely be something I want to implement

just unsure about smallfry

but one thing for sure I wanna get smallfry's target to update on active

[delicate copper]

I'll have to see what you did to Smallfry

[delicate copper]

I just pushed a change to your repo that implements UpdateTargetSelection into the Active state that I think will do it for Smallfry

[light carbon]

Okay sweet thank you so much, Robyn <3

[delicate copper]

We'll need to test that before you update the TS package, duh

[light carbon]

of course x3

[delicate copper]

I pushed an update that adds a method called WanderToRandomNode to Baldi

I'm thinking about packaging up the common features that Baldi and Smallfry use into an enemyAI extension package that all enemy modders can use

[unique glacier]

That could be cool :3

[light carbon]

I don't mind :3

[delicate copper]

@light carbon Lemme know when you wanna test the changes with me, cutie

[light carbon]

alright >w<

[delicate copper]

hehe

[light carbon]

Baldi now roams to a random location when he's not targetting a player or door location. Thank you @delicate copper ehe

[light carbon]

also Baldi is NOT a Barber reskin >.<

[jovial snow]

Is Barber a Baldi reskin tho

[light carbon]

NO

[delicate copper]

I've heard the feedback and the suggestions and the demands and I've decided to make Baldi into a Barber reskin

[orchid aurora]

w<

[light carbon]

I've watched the vods

[orchid aurora]

https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/destdehat/LethalBaldi/

[delicate copper]

Hm, well it says its unfinished and the dev doesn't plan to finish it so I'll just mark it as deprecated since.. why release an unfinished mod?

[light carbon]

someone really tried copying my idea and then marked as depreciated 😭

[delicate copper]

The code is substantially different enough that I wouldn't call it copying but like, the description says its not actually finished so I deprecated it

[light carbon]

I didn't say they copied my code, just my idea since I brought it in first

[spark forge]

they couldve been working on it before your mod released idk

[light carbon]

it's a possibility, however it was created way after mine released

[clear light]

very fun and peak mod

[light carbon]

thanks :3

[silk oasis]

when?

[delicate copper]

https://tenor.com/b0exu.gif

right meow

[light carbon]

you're fired

[delicate copper]

[light carbon]

https://youtube.com/shorts/1CWEIqihvfE

[spark forge]

NEVER THROW SNOWBALLS AT BALDI

[fathom sedge]

LOL

[atomic token]

Yeah he's particularly pissy about being mocked it seems

[light carbon]

OH MY GOD LMAOOOO

[split kiln]

LMAO

[split kiln]

This is still probably one of my favourite clips of the game, it’s freaking gold

[light carbon]

same x3

[atomic token]

On an unrelated note, can we have this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5IE8JlRY4Y

[light carbon]

LMAO

[sand edge]

ik mod is supposted to be basic but would be cool if u could customize him a bit (how fast he goes normally and his speed increase when u get scrap/apperatus)

also how far he will travel every slap

[light carbon]

it's identical to the original game

[sand edge]

didnt say it wasnt

[silk oasis]

is that an actual feature or was that lag/the nodes being super far away from eachother?

[atomic token]

I would assume its the nodes

[light carbon]

most likely the nodes

[grizzled magnet]

Baldi is to strong he must be stopped! xD

[spark forge]

bladi

[light carbon]

50k downloads!

[light carbon]

Thank you again to @delicate copper for the incredible help <3

[fathom sedge]

so baldi keeps baldi-ing my logs full of nodes he wants to travel to and it's causing the game to lag a bit with all the spam that's happening

[light carbon]

I know we left logs on, but that shouldn't affect performance. does it @delicate copper ?

[delicate copper]

Uh, that looks like he's changing target like 5 times a second.

Under normal circumstances he won't do that so I wonder if he got spawned in behind a locked door and can't make it to any of the nodes he's selecting causing a loop where he looks for another one

That many logs / second could cause a bit of slowdown so maybe we should shut it off since he can get confused

[light carbon]

ah okay

lemme know when you're ready to help me fix that and update him -w-

[spark forge]

is the mod stable to use as of know? 🤔

[delicate copper]

Baldi should work unless he gets stuck in a section of the map he can't escape from. We can always push a hotfix and just disable logging so he doesn't spam the log when that happens but otherwise I'm sure he works fine

[sand edge]

does this bald man work in v73

[compact kelp]

yes