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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?
: It's all scripted?

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 eitherbutcher 10/21/01 4:11 p.m.
           Re: bobs can't dance eitherFuolornis Fire Dragon 10/21/01 4:31 p.m.
                 Re: bobs can't dance eitherSkeletor 10/21/01 4:45 p.m.
                       Re: bobs can't dance eitherSkeletor 10/21/01 4:48 p.m.
                 Re: bobs can't dance eitherbutcher 10/21/01 8:27 p.m.
                       But.. what about...noddy99 10/22/01 11:46 a.m.
           Re: bobs can't dance eitherslumbermonkey 10/21/01 4:42 p.m.
           Re: bobs can't dance eitherSkeletor 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 eitherDeAdLy_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: LOLHethal 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 eitherDan 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 eitheriMACMAN11 10/22/01 3:21 p.m.
           Re: bobs can't dance eitherKilerCris 10/22/01 3:53 p.m.
           Re: bobs can't dance eithersuperboy 10/24/01 1:27 a.m.



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