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bobs can't dance either | |
Posted By: butcher <butcher@finality.net> | Date: 10/21/01 4:11 p.m. |
In Response To: Bobs don't drive? (DeAdLy_cOoKiE) : What about flying banshee's, driving ghosts?
the AI can drive all the vehicles except the warthog... if you think about it, it's much harder to write AI that can handle turning angles, sliding around corners, the danger of flipping while cornering at high speeds and things like that. another big problem is that if the jeep comes to a halt somewhere, it may require you to back up and execute a three-point turn or something in order to head in a new direction. that requires significant changes to the movement logic (which ordinarily assumes that a driver can move in any direction at any time). ferrex and ruiner did spend some time playing around with scripted and autonomous AI warthogs but even small variations in the game world (hitting a jump slightly wrong, sliding around a turn too fast, running over an enemy who was too slow to get out of the way) would gradually build up and cause the bobs to flip the jeep and get spilled out, spin out and lose their way, or ram into obstacles (such as the player!). it was hysterical but just not solid enough to rely upon - so there is nowhere in the game that this takes place any more. plus, it's so much fun for the player to drive the warthog that it seemed almost unfair to take that away. and the bobs are much better gunners than you anyway. ;) - butcher
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Bobs don't drive? | DeAdLy_cOoKiE | 10/21/01 3:41 p.m. |
Re: Bobs don't drive? | slumbermonkey | 10/21/01 3:49 p.m. |
Re: Bobs don't drive? | Skeletor | 10/21/01 4:03 p.m. |
these are also important points (nt) *NM* | butcher | 10/21/01 8:29 p.m. |
bobs can't dance either | butcher | 10/21/01 4:11 p.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | Fuolornis Fire Dragon | 10/21/01 4:31 p.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | Skeletor | 10/21/01 4:45 p.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | Skeletor | 10/21/01 4:48 p.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | butcher | 10/21/01 8:27 p.m. |
But.. what about... | noddy99 | 10/22/01 11:46 a.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | slumbermonkey | 10/21/01 4:42 p.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | Skeletor | 10/21/01 4:42 p.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | *Ar-Isildur of *WP* | 10/21/01 4:43 p.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | DeAdLy_cOoKiE | 10/21/01 4:53 p.m. |
NO FLOATING BALLS! *NM* | foo | 10/21/01 6:45 p.m. |
Louis, | vector40 | 10/21/01 7:41 p.m. |
Re: Louis, | Louis Wu | 10/21/01 7:43 p.m. |
What about PiD? *NM* | Tursas | 10/21/01 7:53 p.m. |
Re: Louis, | Andrew Nagy | 10/21/01 7:57 p.m. |
Dark Forces (Louis is regretting saying that now!) *NM* | Fuolornis Fire Dragon | 10/21/01 8:56 p.m. |
haha *NM* | *Ar-Isildur of *WP* | 10/21/01 9:00 p.m. |
Re: Louis, | vector40 | 10/21/01 9:33 p.m. |
Re: LOL | Hethal | 10/21/01 10:38 p.m. |
Re: Louis, | Physalis | 10/21/01 11:21 p.m. |
Serious sam? *NM* | DeAdLy_cOoKiE | 10/22/01 8:02 a.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | Dan Rudolph | 10/22/01 2:05 a.m. |
reconfigurable controls? | neospeed | 10/22/01 12:46 a.m. |
DAMN do we have to believe Halo Updates?? | Mnemonic | 10/22/01 2:52 a.m. |
Re: DAMN do we have to believe Halo Updates?? | Louis Wu | 10/22/01 7:32 a.m. |
Re: DAMN do we have to believe Halo Updates?? | vector40 | 10/22/01 8:01 p.m. |
Bobs danced in M:R! *NM* | Mengha | 10/22/01 4:14 a.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | iMACMAN11 | 10/22/01 3:21 p.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | KilerCris | 10/22/01 3:53 p.m. |
Re: bobs can't dance either | superboy | 10/24/01 1:27 a.m. |
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