[WIP] IRAI (Intelligent Random AI)

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by GaetVa

Even if for now for campaign will be hard to have a big range, already for scenarios, it becomes really interresting to do some really historical scenarios (i am thinking for instance of scenarios for artic convoys, like PQ17 with planes attacking first following by sub attacks, and even later with german ships attacking like Tirpitz and Admiral Hipper). With this render patch, this kind of things becomes possible.

If I can pull off what I'm trying to do it will allow all kinds of neat things with the game that weren't possible before. One neat thing will be wounded units would stay wounded. No more go outside of render distance, disappear, miraculously heal to 100%, then respawn again once inside the current render distance. That right there annoys me to no end Plus you would get credit for units that died way out of your site because they would never be removed from the game until they actually died

[GaetVa]

TDW,

hope you can do what you want to do ! will be awesome !!

I make some others tries, so seems i was in the mistake, as there is
no limit (you can put 10 000 km in the patch if you want).

Don't know why i never received radio message in the scenario saying
merchants have been sunk when i did my tests

I tried in the campaign with a distance of 750 km (i remove all traffic from
ports to test it, and some others traffics, as i have not a very good computer configuration).

All was running ok until i got sunked by some ennemies ships
near Cherbourg.... (i am not very good...). So my test ended at this time.

Just another word : before that i trying with a distance of 1500 kilometers, but what i found strange
it is that i was at 25-30 fps, and dropped at 0 in 1 seconds. no intermediate FPS. It is like there is
an array of ships, and suddenly you go through this limit. (as i am sure in one second you can't have
20 new 3D rendered ships which will drop FPS like this).

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by GaetVa

hope you can do what you want to do ! will be awesome !!

Just another word : before that i trying with a distance of 1500 kilometers, but what i found strange
it is that i was at 25-30 fps, and dropped at 0 in 1 seconds. no intermediate FPS. It is like there is
an array of ships, and suddenly you go through this limit. (as i am sure in one second you can't have
20 new 3D rendered ships which will drop FPS like this).

Someone with an average system should try it out and report what they find with your distances. My system just chews it up and spits it out and says is that all you got? I have high FPS even with ridiculous rendering distances.

A problem I have noted using very large rendering distances is the units are not 'updated' with the latest equipment. Since when using very large rendering distances the units are active (3D units) and not inactive (2D units). This means their equipment and loadouts are what they were when the unit originally spawned. With short rendering distances units aren't spawned until the player's sub is close to them and thus they have the 'latest' equipment and loadouts

[vladimir bondarenko]

Dear TheDarkWraith, and whether it is possible to combine somehow fashions of SubFlags_0_0_8_byTheDarkWraith and IRAI_0_0_41_ByTheDarkWraith

[gap]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

A problem I have noted using very large rendering distances is the units are not 'updated' with the latest equipment. Since when using very large rendering distances the units are active (3D units) and not inactive (2D units). This means their equipment and loadouts are what they were when the unit originally spawned. With short rendering distances units aren't spawned until the player's sub is close to them and thus they have the 'latest' equipment and loadouts

I don't see it as a problem: if an unit spawned before her equipment upgrade date, it means that she was out at sea in the meanwhile, and that she couldn't be upgraded anyway. Only units setting sails (i.e. spawning in game) after the upgrade date should be fitted with their latest equipmens.

[vdr1981]

I'm wondering, why airplanes are so scrimpy when it comes to dropping bombs on target? It looks like they always prefer to use their guns but then they're easy target for AA guns...

[Ross59]

Hi TDW

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

If you are using my Ship's Inertia mod then you'll want to update IRAI with this: http://www.mediafire.com/?r6mxk65jaxmb9fu
This will allow the maximum speed of the unit to be dictated by damage incurred. Enabling this without my Ship's interia mod installed will cause the ship's to instantly slow down when they are damaged.

Whare can I find your Ships Inertia mod, and the link to the file download seems to be broken
Thanks
Ross

[Katze]

Originally Posted by Ross59

Hi TDW

Whare can I find your Ships Inertia mod, and the link to the file download seems to be broken
Thanks
Ross

TDW_Ship_Inertia_1_1_0 link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=196657

And the IRAI_0_0_41_Inertia_Damage mod is included in the IRAI_0_0_41_ByTheDarkWraith zip file (you'll find it in the MODS folder inside the zip along with the main mod )

install them in JSGME as:
TDW_Ship_Inertia_1_1_0
IRAI_0_0_41_ByTheDarkWraith
IRAI_0_0_41_Inertia_Damage

[Ross59]

Thanks Katze

[vdr1981]

A friend of mine was "probing" Royal Airforce near southwest coast of England...



It would be really nice if planes AI become a little bit more "determent" in the next IRAI update...

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by vdr1981

A friend of mine was "probing" Royal Airforce near southwest coast of England...

It would be really nice if planes AI become a little bit more "determent" in the next IRAI update...

Is that the air-to-air combat patch in action?
Unfortunately the plane AI is the worst of all the game's AI. There isn't much hope for improving it

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Is that the air-to-air combat patch in action?
Unfortunately the plane AI is the worst of all the game's AI. There isn't much hope for improving it

I see...Tnx for info!

[vdr1981]

I'm getting really tired of escorts sensors uber-sensitivity...
I'm constantly being detected in some impossible situations, like while I'm siting 30 meters below being silent like hole in the water, just to realize that nearby destroyer (approx 800m away) has suddenly being alerted about my presence...
I don't need to say anything about surface engagement...It's just impossible...

Has anyone ever experimented with following values from init.aix file? Maybe there's hidden solution for the problem?

# Note: difficulty is in range 0.0 - 1.0 with 0.0 being no difficulty (sensor doesn't exist)
	# for non-merchants
	VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MIN		= 0.85;
	VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MAX		= 1.0;
	HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MIN	= 0.85;
	HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MAX	= 1.0;
	RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MIN		= 0.85;
	RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MAX		= 1.0;
	SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MIN		= 0.85;
	SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MAX		= 1.0;
	# for merchants
	VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN	= 0.85;
	VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX	= 1.0;
	HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN = 0.85;
	HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX = 1.0;
	RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN	= 0.85;
	RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX	= 1.0;
	SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN	= 0.85;
	SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX	= 1.0;

[THE_MASK]

I was thinking something like these values . Would require a campaign restart afaik .
# for non-merchants
VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MIN = 0.5;
VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MAX = 1.0;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MIN = 0.5;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MAX = 1.0;
RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MIN = 0.85;
RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MAX = 1.0;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MIN = 0.85;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MAX = 1.0;
# for merchants
VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN = 0.5;
VISUAL_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX = 1.0;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN = 0.85;
HYDROPHONE_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX = 1.0;
RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN = 0.85;
RADAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX = 1.0;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MIN = 0.85;
SONAR_DIFFICULTY_MERCHANT_MAX = 1.0;

[Sartoris]

I agree, the destroyers can be too perceptive at times, although it is my impression that TDW wanted to make it a hardcore experience, which makes the mod a success when viewed from that perspective. Of course, this means that you need to take a completely different approach to the game, and NEVER get spotted, because once you do, you're pretty much dead. Which then means attacking from a range of at least 5000 meters, and avoiding the fast 90 approach, as stoianm suggests in one of his tutorial videos.

Sober's suggestion is something that I'll definitely try out on my next campaign restart, which will happen quite soon, so I'll report my impressions.

I remember playing the Operation Monsun mod for SH4 (don't have much experience with vanilla) and the destroyers in that game were much easier to escape from, while presenting a challenge at the same time. Is there a way to check how the parameters sober mentions were set in SH4 so we could try using those in SH5? If that's at all possible, of course...