I really need help with my AI commander enhancement project using ESAI strategies. Well, I must honestly say, I'm not very happy with the ai in this game, they're slow(even when there's a vehicle IN FRONT of them ready to take them wherever), don't work in teams(medic just passes me by), and so on. But, I'm trying my best to FIX this starting mainly with the COMMANDER AI, I had a "peek" at these esai files, and I made my own strategy set, *see attachment please*. I basically merged the huge map, large pf fca pb, and air attack ground strategies to the original file. So, what's the problem, well, for starters, CERTAIN coop maps WILL crash when you press the ready button (Because there is no AI STRATEGIES file in the server.zip/gamemodes/gpm_coop/xx/ai folder, xx being the layer number). SOME maps have that, but NOT all the strategies *I* want are being used by said map. Now, I could go and fix the maps which don't have my strategies and/or I can add the strategies.ai file to EACH and every freaking map, but this is time consuming and I'm still trying to find another way to make these enhancements 100% working. My AI commander enhancement project using ESAI strategies is not some kind of magic bullet that will instantly SOLVE all the ai problems, but if implemented properly, it should help. I also play with/against 63 bots @ 100 difficulty, so heh, my kd goes down the drain, but it's brutal. After using my strategies file, I've NOTICED the "aggressiveness"(if that's the right word to use) of the bots has increased (on a map like Beirut coop 64/STD), the Russian bots are now more aggressive and w/e. Of course, as I mentioned above, some maps (because they are missing that strategy file) will CRASH the moment I press the ready button (maps like Goose Green coop 64/STD). Right now, what I NEED is people who can HELP me enhance the overall ai in PR starting with the commander AI. I need testers, experts in coop, opinions, suggestions, criticism, feedback and all that other stuff, and mainly, I need HELP from the DEVELOPERS, maybe they can add this enhanced strategy file of mine to all the maps in the coming updates (I could do it, but the next update won't install cuz the files won't be matching or w/e), it's also preferable if the awesome PR devs themselves do it with MY help of course.
If all maps have this strategy file, the OVERALL ai commander/bot behavior is improved, then we can move onto improving specific behavior of bots. My plans are basically-
1. for bots to use vehicles more often rather than walking to the obj when a damn vehicle is available.
2. MORE kits for bots (I already have an untested way of making this possible, heh heh).
3. for bots to stay true to their ROLE (ie medic should be healing ppl, reviving, etc)
4. make coop (especially solo coop) more uh.....realistic and uh intense!
5. make bots use the COMMO rose more often and more efficiently.
6. and whatever else you or me can think of and/or suggest!
Together, let us #MakePRCOOPGreatAgain! #MakePRAIGreatAgain! PR 1.4.5.0 can and hopefully WILL be awesome, especially for us COOP players!
If there's anything which I did not mention or clarify or w/e, please lemme know. Thanks and goodbye, friends!
ps- yes, I took backups of the original files which I modified upon, so don't worry, developers
ALL!!) object.ai's template temperature values of this MOD before you can start to think about getting ESAI 100% functional.