harrified wrote:
Thanks. :]
I've got some other questions though and they don't all pertain to default.ai.
I found this description of simulation you made a year ago here:
1. Given the addition of the miniboss groups, has this changed at all? Would Rambo succeed against a platoon of browns in a simulated war zone?
I've got some other questions though and they don't all pertain to default.ai.
I found this description of simulation you made a year ago here:
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Only the close surroundings of the players' positions are in active state, while the farther away area is being approximated; physics don't apply, soldiers are nothing but moving points, results of battles are simulated with giving a chance for someone to shoot and a chance to make a hit effectively making bigger squads win most of the time, but not always.
1. Given the addition of the miniboss groups, has this changed at all? Would Rambo succeed against a platoon of browns in a simulated war zone?
It hasn't changed, just soldier count affects how frequently they get firing chances in a simulated battle, and, combat vehicles give a boost. No chance for Rambo here.
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It looks like there's some potential to have different 'personalities' or varying combat behavior and skill for the AI using groups with different .ai in the faction xml. I figure I could make a new group for each type of soldier but I wonder...
2. Would these work the same way randomly/specifically assigning a soldier model does?
Code:
<soldier name="random" spawn_score="1.0">
<character filename="default.character" />
<character filename="superman.character" />
<ai filename="default.ai" />
<ai filename="grenade_spammer.ai" />
<character filename="default.character" />
<character filename="superman.character" />
<ai filename="default.ai" />
<ai filename="grenade_spammer.ai" />
Code:
<ai filename="suicidal.ai"><requirement class="carry_item" slot="1" key="vest3.carry_item"/></ai>
2. Would these work the same way randomly/specifically assigning a soldier model does?
No, they wouldn't; there's just one AI parameter set in a soldier group, so your method of achieving weapon specific personalities is by having lots of soldier groups.
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The rest of these questions have to do with some ideas of mine, like having an AI bro that sticks around for the rest of the game.
3. I'm trying to find a way to have a designated AI group that will only join the player's squad. Does anything exist for that?
3. I'm trying to find a way to have a designated AI group that will only join the player's squad. Does anything exist for that?
I remember adding an XP offset value to control favoring a player leader over a bot, will need to check if it's in and exposed.
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4. I'm also trying to make this special group extremely unlikely to die. It looks like the only way to convert death states to wounded states is via carry_items. However, they're removed upon wounded states. Anyway I could possibly disable this without making a script?
I'd think a vest always becomes consumed unless it has transform_on_consume="x" declared, it shouldn't be tied with wounding specifically, but I could be wrong too.
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5. Is there a way to use the AI's old grenade refill for other weapon or item slots? Like using a vest crate to re-equip a vest?
No.
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6. Wounded soldiers still count toward sector occupation. Can I modify this in one of the scripts? Would it require me to change the script for each gamemode?
Can't see a way to directly disable wounded soldiers being counted for capturing with a mod, but with some serious hacking you could do something to make a script kill the wounded soldiers e.g. when countdown starts running / reaches a specific threshold.
Quick matches can do scripts starting in 0.98. Your mod's overlay folder would have a script entry point for both quick match and campaign, injecting your piece of script in the framework provided by vanilla.
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7. Anyway to spawn a specific group type? Like a miniboss call-in? Or Is this another job for scripting? :]
It's possible. The instance_key property in a call's round specification accepts soldier group names. Vanilla should already have paratrooper calls guarantee at least one medic through use of soldier groups.
Similarly other spawning mechanics, through use of a weapon (like deploying), through a projectile result (spawn instead of blast..) or spawning bound with any vehicle events should be able to do soldier group spawning. Also can be done via scripts.
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8. Finally, is there a way to disable items from dropping on the ground when a character is killed? So if I have a dude that spams grenades or cover, he doesn't leave a huge stack or a special only-for-AI weapon behind when he dies.
Hmm no. That would be a handy feature for mods. I'll add some logic for it for some version.
