SH5 Wolfpacks, There in!

[TheDarkWraith]

I just rewrote the sub AI (first draft). Results are GREATLY improved sub AI They fire torpedoes quite often now but I can't get them to fire cannons. Has anyone ever seen the sub AI fire cannons?

Ok this is awesome.....using the mission link posted by Magnum I watched as my wolfpack AI subs decimated the two merchants.....torpedo hits took them out!!! The escort turned tail and ran away while this onslaught was going on......the merchants managed to take out 3 of the AI subs with gun fire.......after the wolfpack AI subs finished off the two merchants they surfaced and then started hightailing it for the escort!! AWESOME!

and this was just the first draft of the sub AI......

[PL_Andrev]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Ok this is awesome.....using the mission link posted by Magnum I watched as my wolfpack AI subs decimated the two merchants.....torpedo hits took them out!!! The escort turned tail and ran away while this onslaught was going on......the merchants managed to take out 3 of the AI subs with gun fire.......after the wolfpack AI subs finished off the two merchants they surfaced and then started hightailing it for the escort!! AWESOME!

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TDW, I dont know what can I say...
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[reaper7]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Ok this is awesome.....using the mission link posted by Magnum I watched as my wolfpack AI subs decimated the two merchants.....torpedo hits took them out!!! The escort turned tail and ran away while this onslaught was going on......the merchants managed to take out 3 of the AI subs with gun fire.......after the wolfpack AI subs finished off the two merchants they surfaced and then started hightailing it for the escort!! AWESOME!

Thank you TDW for your work on the AI. Your work is outstanding, I just hope the Devs realise what your doing for the community and help by supplying you the documentation that you require .

[robbo180265]

Originally Posted by reaper7

Thank you TDW for your work on the AI. Your work is outstanding, I just hope the Devs realise what your doing for the community and help by supplying you the documentation that you require .

I agree wholeheartedly - this is a massive step in the right direction

[reaper7]

Just tried the included mission that comes with TDW's AI script Mod V0.15, and there's only one word for it WOLFPACKS .
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=171973

Following pics are from the AI ingame (I just observed).
All the AI subs attacked the Merchants and launched torps at the merchants. After merchants were sent to the bottom they turned there attention on the Escort - with less sucess .







Now one thing I noticed that when the AI subs were killed they just surfaced to decks-awash and sat there, they were also ignored by the AI after this.
Still only a minor issue compared to the Wolpacks now functioning.
And this is just the first release .

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by reaper7

Now one thing I noticed that when the AI subs were killed they just surfaced to decks-awash and sat there, they were also ignored by the AI after this.

this bug has been fixed with v0.0.15.1

[janh]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

I just rewrote the sub AI (first draft). Results are GREATLY improved sub AI They fire torpedoes quite often now but I can't get them to fire cannons. Has anyone ever seen the sub AI fire cannons?

Ok this is awesome.....using the mission link posted by Magnum I watched as my wolfpack AI subs decimated the two merchants.....torpedo hits took them out!!! The escort turned tail and ran away while this onslaught was going on......the merchants managed to take out 3 of the AI subs with gun fire.......after the wolfpack AI subs finished off the two merchants they surfaced and then started hightailing it for the escort!! AWESOME!

and this was just the first draft of the sub AI......

TheDarkWraith, if you can get this one fixed, you will have contributed more than your fair share in saving SHV. This would be the cherry on the cake.

I assume German vessels including U-Boats send contact reports of ships and convoys as was the case in SHIII? Do you think the campaign AI could be scripted to get nearby German subs/wolfpacks/Raiders to react to contact reports, particularly player contact reports? Would be awesome if it were like in the old AoTD days and you could shadow a convoy while the friendly gather around...

Also, could campaign AI be made into a really dynamic engine (also to Elanaiba?), i.e. allocate patrol planes and naval escorts (BB/CA/CL/DD etc) to areas/convoys according to the German situation? Or if Bismarck survived her first Atlantic cruise by player help, could she get a dynamic script picking another patrol according to recent reports of convoy engagements and then be seen there by the player, until one day she's gone? I.e. nothing with predefined, scripted paths in the campaign file, but dynamic? And then, for example, AI responding to it by sending out Force H etc approriately? How dynamic can this campaign be made?

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

I just rewrote the sub AI (first draft). Results are GREATLY improved sub AI They fire torpedoes quite often now but I can't get them to fire cannons. Has anyone ever seen the sub AI fire cannons?

Ok this is awesome.....using the mission link posted by Magnum I watched as my wolfpack AI subs decimated the two merchants.....torpedo hits took them out!!! The escort turned tail and ran away while this onslaught was going on......the merchants managed to take out 3 of the AI subs with gun fire.......after the wolfpack AI subs finished off the two merchants they surfaced and then started hightailing it for the escort!! AWESOME!

and this was just the first draft of the sub AI......

Sounds promising, perhaps you could post a video on Youtube at some point in time?

[Lemke]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

I just rewrote the sub AI (first draft). Results are GREATLY improved sub AI They fire torpedoes quite often now but I can't get them to fire cannons. Has anyone ever seen the sub AI fire cannons?

Ok this is awesome.....using the mission link posted by Magnum I watched as my wolfpack AI subs decimated the two merchants.....torpedo hits took them out!!! The escort turned tail and ran away while this onslaught was going on......the merchants managed to take out 3 of the AI subs with gun fire.......after the wolfpack AI subs finished off the two merchants they surfaced and then started hightailing it for the escort!! AWESOME!

and this was just the first draft of the sub AI......

Well done TDW! Awesome work!

Very nice mod!

I tried a wolfpack attack, and it worked like a charm. The wolfpack was on an interception course with the convoy, so I didn't really have to radio them when I sighted the convoy. When contact was made, the AI subs turned towards the convoy, still running at 14 knots. After getting shot at by merchantmen and escorts, they dived and proceeded at max speed. This particular convoy had only 2 escorts, so the AI subs were able to fire quite a lot of torpedoes, and they were able to sink at least 3 ships and damage 5 more (which I helped to send to the bottom!).

NICE!!!!

During another wolfpack attack some time later, the AI subs didn't do so well (there were at least 6 escorts) and sunk only 1 ship and damaged 2. But it still worked!

Haven't tried to actually call the wolfpack for an attack though... I usually stick with a wolfpack, hoping that it will bump into a convoy within my patrol area...

-> http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=171973

[The General]

Does this mean A.I. Subs are in the Campaign and that they respond to your Contact Reports?

[jwilliams]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Ok this is awesome.....using the mission link posted by Magnum I watched as my wolfpack AI subs decimated the two merchants.....torpedo hits took them out!!! The escort turned tail and ran away while this onslaught was going on......the merchants managed to take out 3 of the AI subs with gun fire.......after the wolfpack AI subs finished off the two merchants they surfaced and then started hightailing it for the escort!! AWESOME!

and this was just the first draft of the sub AI......

. Wow. Cant believe you fixed this so fast. You amaze me. Well done.

[tonschk]

Originally Posted by jwilliams

. Wow. Cant believe you fixed this so fast. You amaze me. Well done.

I agree, Well done

[McBeck]

Now we only need nearby AI subs to respond to contact reports

[mikaelanderlund]

How do I find wolfpacks if they don't respond to contact reports
Any one?

[PL_Andrev]

Originally Posted by mikaelanderlund

How do I find wolfpacks if they don't respond to contact reports
Any one?

In another Magnum's post is the answer:

Originally Posted by Magnum

I'm doing Black Pit now and there is a lot of wolfpack activity there, including a mission with "sink million ships using wolpack tactics". So instead of hunting convoys, I hunted our u-boats trying to find and join a wolfpack. Finally I managed to find a big one, 9 u-boot heading west in close formation. So I joined them hoping for a great hunt.

Maybe at close future the TDW will do that.
I hope.