[WIP] IRAI (Intelligent Random AI)

[Magic1111]

Originally Posted by stoianm

Now I use these:

VISUAL_DIFFICULTY = 1.0;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY = 0.925; <-------------------
RADAR_DIFFICULTY = 1.0;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY = 0.925; <-------------------
# for merchants
VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT = 1.0;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT = 1.0;
RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT = 1.0;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT = 1.0;

+ real nav + realism 100% ant it rock

(note - sober is my teacher from naval academy)

I don´t play with RealNav, because I´ve not time to learn this...

stoianm, for further information see my PM....

[Bilge_Rat]

danke all.

[TheDarkWraith]

thinking about making a change to the AI behavior (ships). What I'm thinking is that if the ship has no DCs or hedgehogs (or it runs out of them) and it's not a Director then it will resume following waypoints. This would cure the problem of the endless destroyer/escort continually zipping over your spot when they have nothing to drop. Thoughts

Any other ideas/suggestions?

[stoianm]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

thinking about making a change to the AI behavior (ships). What I'm thinking is that if the ship has no DCs or hedgehogs (or it runs out of them) and it's not a Director then it will resume following waypoints. This would cure the problem of the endless destroyer/escort continually zipping over your spot when they have nothing to drop. Thoughts

Any other ideas/suggestions?

Very, very good ideea. That is the bad part of IRA (DDa coming after you forever - i had once 2 DDs that were follwed me until the entrance of kiel kanal - even they have no dept charges to throu) - if you change that you will make my day!

[THE_MASK]

The only idea i have LOL is the user can assign a set of numbers to the difficulty perameters and the game would pick a number between the two randomly .
eg:
################################################## ###############
###################### Difficulty parameters ####################
# Note: difficulty is in range 0.0 - 1.0 with 0.0 being no difficulty (sensor doesn't exist)
# for non-merchants
VISUAL_DIFFICULTY = 1.0;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY = (Between 0.92-0.96)game will pick a random number between these 2
RADAR_DIFFICULTY = 1.0;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY = (between 0.92-0.95)game will pick a random number between these 2

Between that and the already fatigue roster , the escorts should be totally unpredictable .

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by sober

The only idea i have LOL is the user can assign a set of numbers to the difficulty perameters and the game would pick a number between the two randomly .
eg:
################################################## ###############
###################### Difficulty parameters ####################
# Note: difficulty is in range 0.0 - 1.0 with 0.0 being no difficulty (sensor doesn't exist)
# for non-merchants
VISUAL_DIFFICULTY = 1.0;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY = (Between 0.92-0.96)game will pick a random number between these 2
RADAR_DIFFICULTY = 1.0;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY = (between 0.92-0.95)game will pick a random number between these 2

Between that and the already fatigue roster , the escorts should be totally unpredictable .

Hmm....let me see what I can do

[TheDarkWraith]

@ Sober - found a way to do what you were asking It's going to be a big improvement to the randomness of the AI

Another thing interesting is I found a problem with the fatigue model for the warships (non-merchants). Their fatigue was working but it wasn't 'fatigueing' fast enough....merchants were fine. This will be fixed in next version.

[THE_MASK]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

@ Sober - found a way to do what you were asking It's going to be a big improvement to the randomness of the AI

Another thing interesting is I found a problem with the fatigue model for the warships (non-merchants). Their fatigue was working but it wasn't 'fatigueing' fast enough....merchants were fine. This will be fixed in next version.

Will this happen on restarting a game or on the fly , every "NewContact'' changes the number etc ?

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by sober

Will this happen on restarting a game or on the fly , every "NewContact'' changes the number etc ?

Yes, every new contact. Here's why:

VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MIN = 85;
VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MAX = 100;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MIN = 85;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MAX = 100;
RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MIN = 85;
RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MAX = 100;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MIN = 85;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MAX = 100;
# for merchants
VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN = 85;
VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX = 100;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN = 85;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX = 100;
RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN = 85;
RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX = 100;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN = 85;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX = 100;

Notice that there's a min and max for each one. Every new contact picks a random number between min and max for each. How's that for random AI (those numbers get divided by 100 in the code)

[THE_MASK]

SH5 just got a whole lot better , thank you sir .

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by sober

SH5 just got a whole lot better , thank you sir .

oh and each watch rotation (after the 4 tiers of fatigue) picks new random numbers also

[marleymen]

You are very talented man.

Why don´t you send your CV to Ubisoft?

[THE_MASK]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

oh and each watch rotation (after the 4 tiers of fatigue) picks new random numbers also

I was just going to suggest that , great minds think alike

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by marleymen

You are very talented man.

Why don´t you send your CV to Ubisoft?

by CV I'm assuming you mean resume? If so, I'm too overqualified to work there

[Obelix]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

by CV I'm assuming you mean resume? If so, I'm too overqualified to work there

Support! And then there will be taught to work in a slipshod manner! In ubisoft can not understand such a commitment, diligence and zeal .