Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:27 pm Post subject:
Second Tiberium War AI
Subject description: Need some assistance
I'm no pro at modding AI, in fact I know very little but I'd like to do some changes to the AI. I've been messing around with the AI settings in Rules.ini and have run into a few snags. If someone could explain a few things to me it would help alot. All I want to do is make the AI attack in larger forces, more frequent, and a begin earlier in the game.
I've already modified the Taskforces to include larger groups of around 3-4 vehicles and 4-5 infantry on average, but once I begin changing anything in Rules.ini particularily with TeamDelays, AIHateDelays, and min/max defensive teams things start goign haywire. Once I touch something it seams it effects multiple other factors messing things up. I've looked at TiberFCSL tutorials and other guides but it looks very complicated like I'd spend a year doing this alone.
ATM my AI attacks around 2minutes into the game which is perfect and with a descently sized taskforce, but after that they stall. I assume something is getting jammed in production or my attack interval is messed. Here is what I have is there something wrong?
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I'd suspect the stall is from the huge TeamDelays=2000,2700,3600
And AIHateDelays=2000,3250,5000 could also need a drop.
Go down by divisor 10 TeamDelays=200,270,360 and see how that works out, I am currently at TeamDelays=110,150,110 and my forces cost about 4000$. If your attack teams cost in total less than 5000$ I'd think it will work out sending forces regularly with a small pause between each. I got 110 twice because I have only 2 difficulties.
You might want to change the AI build speed in the Difficulty settings. Hard and Easy only affect the AI, Normal is for the player. That way it will produce stuff faster and you can prevent the attack forces getting stuck. You need high enough TeamDelays= to let the AI finish an attack force, if the next one is triggered while the other one is unfinished it can get stuck.
AttackDelay=5 controls how long AI waits until it sends first attack. AttackIntervall= is not functional you can ignore it. Can someone confirm if AutocreateTime= is a working tag or a not functional RA left over?
I am currently also fiddling around with the AI... The last thing keeping me from next release.
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I'm testing alot of things out, the problem is I dont know what the values actually mean, like what does TeamDelays=700 mean? is that 700 frames, and if so what other values does it effect? It seams when i touch something it effects others.
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You need high enough TeamDelays= to let the AI finish an attack force, if the next one is triggered while the other one is unfinished it can get stuck.
That looks like poor AI design to me, eventually when the game goes long enough it doesnt matter what your settings will be this will get stuck. And what if you battling them and destroy their factory or harvesters, does it mess it all up or what?
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:49 pm Post subject:
IMO always use Recruiter=yes and TeamMembersRecruitable=yes on every TeamTypes you have, that would decrease the possibility they go bloatware. _________________ "If you didn't get angry and mad and frustrated, that means you don't care about the end result, and are doing something wrong." - Greg Kroah-Hartman
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Second Tiberium War AI
