It isn't until you see lists like the above, that you realise how much work goes into creating one of those little guys!

Most of the fields on the list are going to be familiar to you if you are familiar with the original ActorBehavior, so I will focus on the main additions to the list. Before we get to that, I'll give you an example of how to create a new pskActor object through script.

Creating and configuring a pskActor

You will need to create a new datablock to configure the actor.

datablock t2dSceneObjectDatablock(DrillActorTemplate)
{
    Class             = "DrillClass";
    Size              = "16.000 12.000";
    Layer             = "2";
    CollisionPolyList = "-0.550 -0.500 0.170 -0.500 0.170 0.220 -0.190 0.700 -0.550 0.220";
    ActorType         = "Drill";
    _Behavior0        = "AIControllerBehavior    AIType    Drill";
    
    AnimationData     = "DrillAnimationData";
    SoundData         = "DrillSoundData";
    
    MaxMoveSpeed = 16;
    GroundAccel  = 1000;
    GroundDecel  = 1000;
    
    AllowRespawn = false;
    DeathTimeOut = 500;
};

Once the configuration datablock has been created, you need to create your scene object:

new pskActor(MyDrillActor)
{
    SceneGraph = sceneWindow2d.getSceneGraph();
    Config     = DrillActorTemplate;
};

Thats it, pretty simple right? Creating an actor from the Level Editor is even easier! Drag out a reference image (just use anything that helps you identify that object as being an actor, I like to use the idle animation of the actor type that is going to be created). On this object, add the "SpawnPointBehavior" behavior to the object. Select "pskActor" from the "TargetType" field and then select the datablock you created from the "TargetObject" list.

Now onto a few of the property changes!

Important Updated Properties

ActorType

This field has been moved from ActorAnimationBehavior and renamed from AnimationSuffix to ActorType. Its role is not only to identify the appropriate animations for the actor, but it also replaces the role of the AIType field from AIController.

datablock t2dSceneObjectDatablock(DrillActorTemplate)
{
    ...
    AnimationData     = "DrillAnimationData";
    ...
};

datablock SimDataBlock(DrillAnimationData)
{
    RunAnimation = "DrillIdleAnimation";
};

datablock t2dSceneObjectDatablock(DrillActorTemplate)
{
    ...
    SoundData     = "DrillSoundData";
    ...
};

datablock SimDataBlock(DrillSoundData)
{
    InnerRadius = 20;
    OuterRadius = 80;
    
    RunSound = "DrillIdleSound";
};