Dumb down the AI?

[chrisp]

How do I dumb down the AI? I try and play this game casually, and the Japanese seem to find me no matter what I do.

Chris P.

[aanker]

You can...... IMO, the Japanese have lookouts that can spot you a mile away on an overcast moonless night. The AI cheats.

If you are making your approach in a realistic fashion and keeping your scope down, making only spot checks, running silent, etc, they shouldn't be heading straight towards your position. You're not attacking in broad daylight with calm seas....

There are easier AI mods for TMO and maybe for Stock or GFO too, but I don't know what they are called. I think what you want is here:

Check out this post #1 and the entire Topic:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111395

Right?

Edit:
There is a graphic around here somewhere with an active sonar cone that Ducimus posted in SH4 that he made for SH3 I will try to find.

From my notes:
'Dumbing down the numbers in sim.cfg'

[Visual]
Detection time=2 ;[s] ;was 0.5
Sensitivity=0.01 ;(0..1)
Fog factor=1.25 ;[>=0]
Light factor=2.8 ;[>=0] ;was 2.0
Waves factor=1.0 ;[>=0]
Enemy surface factor=350 ;[m2]
Enemy speed factor=15 ;[kt]

[Radar]
Detection time=1 ;[s]
Sensitivity=0.01 ;(0..1)
Waves factor=0.9 ;[>=0]
Enemy surface factor=5.0 ;[m2]

[Hydrophone]
Detection time=10 ;[s] ;was 1
Sensitivity=0.01 ;(0..1) ;was 0.04
Height factor=0 ;[m]
Waves factor=0.55 ;[>=0] ;was 0.75
Speed factor=15 ;[kt] ;was 20
Noise factor=0.2 ;[>=0] ;was 0.5

[Sonar]
Detection time=15 ;[s] ;was 10
Sensitivity=0.005 ;(0..1) ;was 0.01
Waves factor=0.6 ;[>=0]
Speed factor=15 ;[kt]
Enemy surface factor=100 ;[m2]
Lose time=30 ;[s]

If that's too easy try these ajustments:

[Visual]
Detection time=1.1 ;[s] min detection time.
Sensitivity=0.05 ;(0..1) min detection threshold double detection time.
Fog factor=1.5 ;[>=0]
Light factor=3 ;[>=0]
Waves factor=4.0 ;[>=0]
Enemy surface factor=250 ;[m2]
Enemy speed factor=15 ;[kt]
Thermal Layer Signal Attenuation=1.0

[Radar]
Detection time=1 ;[s]
Sensitivity=0.01 ;(0..1)
Waves factor=1.0 ;[>=0]
Enemy surface factor=5.0 ;[m2]
Thermal Layer Signal Attenuation=1.0

[Hydrophone]
Detection time=7 ;[s]
Sensitivity=0.05 ;(0..1)
Height factor=0 ;[m]
Waves factor=1.0 ;[>=0]
Speed factor=15 ;[kt]
Noise factor=0.4 ;[>=0]
Thermal Layer Signal Attenuation=2.0 ;[>0], 1 means no signal reduction, 3 equals signal reduction to 33%

[Sonar]
Detection time=10 ;[s]
Sensitivity=0.01 ;(0..1)
Waves factor=0.8 ;[>=0]
Speed factor=15 ;[kt]
Enemy surface factor=150 ;[m2]
Lose time=30 ;[s]
Thermal Layer Signal Attenuation=3.0 ;[>0], 1 means no signal reduction, 5 equals signal reduction to 20%

Happy Hunting!