Fluf Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Oh man! Got home at midnight last night but just had to try the CMAK demo. Tried the African scenario as the attacking side. The first time I look up to check my watch and its like 4:30 a.m.! Wow. So does anyone know if the AI opponent sees and reacts to those impressive dust clouds? As an aside, the new explosions/gun flashes are certainly realistic looking, but the child in me did love the old expanding concussion spheres of CMBO. They were so satisfyingly explosive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Köhler Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Excellent question from a lurker, BUMP This is one I´d really like to know the answer to as I almost purely play against the AI. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 As we all know the AI cheats and can see those tanks even without the dust clouds. I would think BFC has given the AI the ability to react to dust clouds; otherwise the AI would be at a serious disadvantage (and it still kicks my ass, so I doubt that's the case). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tar Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 My guess would be that the AI doesn't react to the dust clouds. If it did, it would be way too easy to use this reaction against it, by creating dust clouds with jeeps. Sometimes adding a little cleverness to the AI can have really bad results. Since the AI is not really smart enough to reason about the situation and consider the possibility that the dust clouds could be a deception, it is on balance better that it just ignore them. My impression is that the AI tends to ignore vehicles that have moved out of line of sight as well. It certainly doesn't seem to react appropriately to situations such as those where a vehicle must be behind a building (because it was seen at the edge of the building, and there was nowhere else for it to go without being spotted...) In the absence of AI systems better than current research prototypes the best strategy for BFC to pursue is to build a reasonably robust AI that doesn't try to be too smart. Trying to be smart when you really aren't is a recipe for disaster. It ends up generating a lot of really stupid behavior when the humans learn to manipulate the system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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