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British AI and Command Trucks

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#67142

British AI and Command Trucks

I've noticed that this mod has overall a much improved skirmish AI over the vanilla game, and while it is still no match for a human player, it gives a decent challenge when one can't find an EF match.

Or at least, every faction but the British does.

It seems that no matter how high I set the AI difficulty, the British AI is absolutely insane and stupid regarding its own care for its Command Trucks. It usually seems to play decently early in the game, but it fails completely to defend them, and when any of them gets destroyed the AI will call them back and place them at the most reckless point of the map possible, sometimes driving them right through your massive army, unaware of how stupid this move is.

Is there a way this can be fixed? I remember vCoH having the same problem with regard to Brits, and I'm left wondering if the AI imbecility regarding its most important units is a hardcoded and impossible to solve problem or if someone has figured out a way to stop them Brits from behaving like morons and actually taking care of their trucks.

If such is the case, is there any possibility of this being included in the next EF patch? I know the mod is balanced for online play, but with how difficult it is to find a match sometimes, and the fact the vanilla factions have new content in the mod, its a bit of a shame that if I want to take my Jagdpanzer IVs against British cromwells my only options are either dealing with the dumbest AI in the mod or spending hours looking for a match.
#67148

Re: British AI and Command Trucks

As i often state, robotnik is working on the A.I.. Just be patient.
#67232

Re: British AI and Command Trucks

It's good to know someone is working on the EF AI, albeit as I said, my problem isn't with the mod AI for anybody except Brits, and I don't think I've seen any AI mod that fixes the British AI randomass truck placing, or maybe I'm wrong.
#67233

Re: British AI and Command Trucks

Well, i think the Brits have more problems than just their A.I.. ;)
#67240

Re: British AI and Command Trucks

Play vs American or Russians since Brits are ready!  :P
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#67242

Re: British AI and Command Trucks

Yeah, Robotnik is doing an excellent job on the AI department ;D!!!
Mors Indecepta

Might controls everything, and without strength you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself...
#67247

Re: British AI and Command Trucks

Can't wait to see the results of it.
Another question: What's the job of our new developer Crasius? It isn't listed on the team page and he doesn't seem to be very active in the public forums.
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#67250

Re: British AI and Command Trucks

He setup EF stuff in OE, besides helping us to fix a lot of issues for the next patch(remember the conscript weapon fix in the last patch? was his work), along with Robotnik (yeah he's helping too and doing the AI XD).

You can be sure Crasius is active on the dev section ;).
Mors Indecepta

Might controls everything, and without strength you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself...
#67251

Re: British AI and Command Trucks

Ok thank you for the info, but I didn't worry about him being inactive, I just had a lack of information about his designation in the mod. ;)
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#67252

Re: British AI and Command Trucks

Yeah, i thought the same two weeks ago, by the time we posted the new patch, we forgot to add that info. But will be posted in the next patch ;D!!!
Mors Indecepta

Might controls everything, and without strength you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself...