Apollo11 Posted August 20, 2000 Share Posted August 20, 2000 Hi all, I have one more question for experts here... I am playing Combat Mission DEMO (v1.02 engine) and I have noticed that AT guns and tanks tend to overlook their primary purpose (i.e. to fight against amour). On many occasions I saw my AT gun fire at enemy tank which would then retreat and hide 9if my AT gun missed). Then my AT gun would search for another target (even as insignificant as escaping enemy crew) and fire at it. In the meantime the enemy tank at which my AT gun fired first would again become visible and my AT gun would again shift it's attention back to it. Unfortunately all those actions take time so, effectively, my AT gun doesn't hit anything in all this fuss with constant targeting and re-targeting... :-( Is this fixed in v1.03 of Combat Mission? Leo "Apollo11" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted August 20, 2000 Share Posted August 20, 2000 Try the thread called "v1.04 Tank Targeting Prority" on this page for starters. This has been discussed here a great deal, and has had a couple of "tweaks" since the demo. There is no one absolute right way to do it, but it is improved. Back in June, BTS said: "We have already made the targeting choice "stick" more when stuff goes out of LOS. What happens now is that the unit will look for other targets, but as soon as the old one comes back into LOS, attention is refocused on it. This is the best solution as making it any more strict about keeping LOS would make the game frustrating to say the least. "Target Fixation" is just about the worst possible thing you can ever imagine happening on a regular basis." The Readme file with version 1.04 says in part: "Tanks are less likely to target a new, not-highly-threating unit which, to engage, would require significant turret or hull rotation away from a recent, important threat. * Tanks with no target do not automatically return turrets to face forward unless they are moving or hull-rotating. * Enemy units must be closer before full identification can be obtained." It has been an on-going effort that keeps getting better. A Search for "AI targeting" got me 103 results, with some interesting and lively discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo11 Posted August 20, 2000 Author Share Posted August 20, 2000 Thanks for replay! Leo "Apollo11" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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