The AI is weird again :)

[Jayhawk1971]

No complaint, just a fun little observation.

Event 3. I didn't leave the mission right away after parking back at Nellis, and instead watched what the different AI units where doing with the F2 key.

Good God, they are weird sometimes.

- One of the F5 aggressors (41) must have taken it very hard that he got blasted out of the sky by my humble self, and went straight across downtown Vegas, over the Strip, at low level. He even lit the cans as he was crossing over the Strip. On his way back (reversed the route he came) he instead opted for going super slow at high AOA.

- Hammer and Dice (Dice, always Dice; now I understand why Bio keeps ragging on him  ), instead of parking next to me, opted to go on a little Nellis sightseeing tour instead. He taxiied all the way down the ramp as if going back to 03. At first I thought he was going to take off again. But no, he kept going straight ahead, to probably the most obscure spot on the whole Air Base. F164. I assume Hammer and Dice have a little moonshining operation going on with some of the ground crew ("Goodbye, Mickey Mouse" reference if anyone noticed.   Great book by Len Deighton about a P-51 squadron in WWII, anyone who hasn't should go read it).

Watching DCS AI doing AI things can be a lot more entertaining than a lot of the crappy movies and shows these days.  

Edit: Sniper 1 and 2 were not parked at their usual spots, but further on the right under those with the roof. Never seen that before. Maybe new AI behavior after the recent patch? 

 

Edited November 14, 2021 by Jayhawk1971

[draconus]

Some AI behavior is out of control of the mission creator. They just get landing order and that's it. The rest is automated. There are some workarounds implemented so the AI Dice at the end might be no longer the same Dice. This implies he cannot park at the same spot the first one started off.

[Reflected]

1 hour ago, draconus said:

Some AI behavior is out of control of the mission creator. They just get landing order and that's it. The rest is automated. There are some workarounds implemented so the AI Dice at the end might be no longer the same Dice. This implies he cannot park at the same spot the first one started off.

Indeed, because the AI can't manage fuel properly, and there are other hiccups, sometimes you get a 'new' Dice with a full tank for the way back - therefore he cannot park in its original spot.

I always say: after the overhead break, just ignore the AI

[Jayhawk1971]

vor 5 Stunden schrieb draconus:

Some AI behavior is out of control of the mission creator. They just get landing order and that's it. The rest is automated. There are some workarounds implemented so the AI Dice at the end might be no longer the same Dice. This implies he cannot park at the same spot the first one started off.

I know. And I believe I've made it pretty clear that I was talking about AI behavior, not mission scripting.

Hence why I started the post with "No complaint, just a fun little observation." That was the whole point. I thought the AI shenanigans were quite funny and entertaining. 

 

Edited November 14, 2021 by Jayhawk1971

[Jayhawk1971]

vor 6 Stunden schrieb Reflected:

I always say: after the overhead break, just ignore the AI

And miss all the "Benny Hill"-style  fun?   

Sniper 1 and 2 parking under the roofed parking spots was a new one for me, though. I've seen the "return-spawned" Vipers do it, though. 

My post was supposed to be an observational anecdote about something I found quite entertaining to watch, not a bug report (far from it).

I do hope that one day (soon) ED will manage to completely overhaul the AI, which I suppose dates back to LOMAC, if not Flanker.

Edited November 14, 2021 by Jayhawk1971
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