I'm thinking about rewriting the HK group tactics. Do you all currently like the way they 'behave' or do you think they should model the way the new ship convoy AI does? Here's how HK groups behave currently:
- there is a commander of the group
- once a contact is detected the commander divies out the role that the group is going to do to every ship in the group (including itself)
- once a ship has it's role it's free to go off and fulfill that role. That means that the ship can depart the group immediately and is free to target other contacts
Here's what I'm thinking about doing:
- there is a commander of the group
- once a contact is detected the commander divies out the role that the group is going to do to every ship in the group (including itself)
- if the contact is > some distance then the group stays coherent - no one is allowed to leave the group. Once the contact is < some distance then each member of the group is free to leave and go off and fulfill it's role
- if the commander of the group distance to contact becomes > another distance he calls for the group to reorder - everyone rejoins the group until the distance to contact becomes <= this another distance which then they are free to leave the group and go off on their own
Or does someone have any better ideas?
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