[WIP] IRAI (Intelligent Random AI)

Zedi · 08-20-10, 02:28 AM

TDW, I hope that maybe someday you will find time to look a bit closer into the capital ships behavior. Last night after more than a hour of searching in happy times campaign, found in the middle of Atlantic a massive task force that included 1 BB, 1 carrrier and 1 Dido.. whatever is that, ofc with a massive escort group. Night, heavy storm with low visibility, perfect conditions for an attack. So I sneaked inside the escort circle and had time to shot 3 torpedos. The 1 for the carrier was a miss, the BB sunk. So the show begins.

At 180m deep I heard some very strange noises, very different than a DC, more like a collision. So I used the external camera and right above me I saw the horror. The Dido collided with an escort and was in flames, the DD sunk. A bit later on, 2 other escorts sunk trying to get out from the circling carrier path. To keep things short, the result was 5 escorts and finally the Dido lost by their own damage.

Now, I think this part should be somehow rewritten because is totally wrong that a capital ship start hunt a sub. I saw even the mighty carrier passing many times above me and speeding up like he was about to drop some DC's. In this particular case, the capital ships should not slow down, stop or more than anything.. hunt the sub. They should speed up to max and just go, so there is no way that another torpedo will chase them. Then few escort can stay behind and play with the sub, but the capital ships should run away at max speed from the ambush scene, they are not meant to fight subs, they are to valuable ships to waste time in hunting invisible enemies.

The carrier was acting right by sending out planes, but those planes were not watching the crime scene, but fly away in long patrols and returning later when low on fuel. Dunno if you can fix this, it might be scripted in the campaign files..

08-20-10, 02:28 AM	#11
Zedi Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,845 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 2	TDW, I hope that maybe someday you will find time to look a bit closer into the capital ships behavior. Last night after more than a hour of searching in happy times campaign, found in the middle of Atlantic a massive task force that included 1 BB, 1 carrrier and 1 Dido.. whatever is that, ofc with a massive escort group. Night, heavy storm with low visibility, perfect conditions for an attack. So I sneaked inside the escort circle and had time to shot 3 torpedos. The 1 for the carrier was a miss, the BB sunk. So the show begins. At 180m deep I heard some very strange noises, very different than a DC, more like a collision. So I used the external camera and right above me I saw the horror. The Dido collided with an escort and was in flames, the DD sunk. A bit later on, 2 other escorts sunk trying to get out from the circling carrier path. To keep things short, the result was 5 escorts and finally the Dido lost by their own damage. Now, I think this part should be somehow rewritten because is totally wrong that a capital ship start hunt a sub. I saw even the mighty carrier passing many times above me and speeding up like he was about to drop some DC's. In this particular case, the capital ships should not slow down, stop or more than anything.. hunt the sub. They should speed up to max and just go, so there is no way that another torpedo will chase them. Then few escort can stay behind and play with the sub, but the capital ships should run away at max speed from the ambush scene, they are not meant to fight subs, they are to valuable ships to waste time in hunting invisible enemies. The carrier was acting right by sending out planes, but those planes were not watching the crime scene, but fly away in long patrols and returning later when low on fuel. Dunno if you can fix this, it might be scripted in the campaign files.. Last edited by Zedi; 08-20-10 at 02:40 AM.