enfusion_ai

[maiden tide]

cheers

[viral olive]

Are building interiors included in the navmesh, and if not, how do AI navigate them? I’m looking for something analogous to the path LOD used in A3 models

[marble grail]

Navmesh is calculated automatically from all the geometry, including buildings. Buildings have no navmesh themselves. Only maybe door links, I am not sure how doors are marked.

[ruby bramble]

@shut adder @mild quartz Apologies for the ping, but this advice stopped the navmesh generation crashes for me if you haven't seen it already

[shut adder]

Oh thanks dude

[marble grail]

To kick-start #enfusion_ai a bit, here is a small doc about some higher level classes implementing AI decision making and how they are connected.
https://github.com/Sparker95/Reforger-AI-docs/wiki/Overview

[tawdry loom]

Is there a way currently to make AI target specific parts of vehicles? Reference critical points of the damage model? (if there is already one)

Also I guess the AI will need contextual information about armour on the vehicle

[stone sapphire]

They probably losing the sight of enemy
In BT if your target is null, then search for unknown targets and Orient their way

[mighty turret]

I have been playing around with the formation system and trying larger squads in platoon formation. Now that multiple squads can have the same waypoint and there is this new decision tree thing. Is it possible to code it so that multiple squads can work more dynamically together? Like moving in a platoon formation towards the attack objective and then splitting off when they are like 500m away. Or if two squads have one defend waypoint. One defends it while the other patrols in a clover leaf pattern.

[stone sapphire]

AI group can have children, those AIagents. Group is also an agent. You can have group of groups with behaviour of top one deciding and messaging strategical decisions to groups below.

Another thing, waypoint serves behaviour which can be injected in your tree. Current vanilla AI is doing it on groups level. You can customize behaviours by working out waypoint behaviour for it.

[round bluff]

How hard would it be to just have the AI scramble for the nearest cover when they have a round impact near them and then continue their behaviour tree? I assume that it's not as simple as tossing in another block and tossing around some numbers.

[marble grail]

AIs don't have a very good solution for covers right now. So you would have to invent something on your own, and it won't be easy to do in script. 🤔

[round bluff]

Maybe look at the area around them and find the nearest object and take cover on that side. If there isn't just lie down and move away from the impact?

[marble grail]

Yeah something like this could work sometimes. When you start thinking about all kinds of objects in the game, what their geometries might be, how many of them there are on the map... it might turn out that the solution is not so great, or maybe on the opposite it's quite good for your use case.

For example, currently AIs project a few lines and search holes in nav mesh while scanning for cover, it's not very reliable, but can work for long obstacles like fences.

I've put a small doc about AI here:
#enfusion_ai message

So you can give it a try.
There is a danger reaction class when a projectile lands nearby: SCR_AIDangerReaction_ProjectileHit, you can mod it and override the PerformReaction method.
In fact you can see that they already activate a MoveFromDangerBehavior. So you could change the condition when it happens, or make a new Action for running away from bullet impacts.

[patent grove]

I think there is a bug with the selector

At some point the selector only chooses the right side

[marble grail]

You mean after the left sequence has failed once? Or after it has completed?

[patent grove]

fixed it, forced return success

[buoyant pollen]

would be interesting to see how a behavior tree for Predator/Alien AI that actively hunts and stalks player for a really cool horror experience, Reforger has got some great night lighting for such

[patent grove]

hey does anyone know a good way to set a formation for units of the same type not in a group?

[delicate solar]

I believe only groups can recieve waypoints and be in formation. I dont know wether you can put ai in multiple groups. But you should be able to set up a group of groups.

Does someone know how to tweak the ai to use the flashlight at night?

[marble grail]

They currently use it at night, but only squad leaders do

and only when moving

there is some BT node, search for 'light'
but it's not exposed specifically in any other way

[delicate solar]

Thanks, I will look into that.

[regal terrace]

If I add new AI to a scenario, do I need to rebuild the navmesh?

[stone sapphire]

No

[regal terrace]

I've added some CampaignRemnantsSpawnPointEntity with waypoint index -1 and tried random and patrol, but they just stand there where the entity was placed. How do I get them to patrol?

[stone sapphire]

Patrol requires entities in hierarchy of the spawner, so system knows where to position the patrol points
Open campaign_eden map and look through remnants spawners

[regal terrace]

Thanks a ton! I got it working! 🙂

[keen drum]

Is anybody working on a mod where AI can drive vehicles?

[stone sapphire]

Yes, Bohemia

[keen drum]

Will it be included in the next update?

[stone sapphire]

No

[keen drum]

bruh

[verbal echo]

Technically they can drive vehicles even now.

|| only forward, but they do ||

[red marten]

Thats the only way they need - NO STEP BACK !

[patent grove]

@stone sapphire or anyone, how do you get custom AI to hear and react to (enemy) gunfire?

basically, any way to say if hear gunshot{ investigate() } from bt?

[marble grail]

There are danger reactions, please check
#enfusion_ai message
There is a danger reaction which reacts to gunfire

Although, there is also a DecoDangerEvent 🤔 but i never tried it.

[patent grove]

yeah but the problem is directing the AI towards the danger

I appreciate the AI docs btw

[marble grail]

What is the problem?
There is a SCR_AIDangerReaction_WeaponFired, you can check there how to get position of shooter for instance

[tame fjord]

Thanks, that's good to know 😄 Cause patrol units doesn't seem to care about that value when shots get fired they always just run to the possition of the enemy 😦

I want to set them on my spawner so modders can define a range that also works on gunfire 😄

[patent grove]

i think i messed something up - starting from a blank slate, im pretty sure im missing a component or smth

ill work on it tmw, thanks for the help

[marble grail]

🤔 maybe you opened not arma reforger data project, but core data?

[tame fjord]

@marble grail Did you find a way that the AI that has a patrol assigned does not hunt you just for shooting in the air 400 meters away? And is it maybe already in your docs?

[marble grail]

No it's not in the docs, but the answer why AI doesn't want to investigate is probably in SCR_AIDangerReaction_WeaponFired, I'd just place a debugger there to figure out what's going on.

I remember that there is a distance threshold beyond which AI will not want to go and investigate, and maybe other criteria.

[tame fjord]

Ok thanks, will investigate as well and inform you if i find a solution :)

[tame fjord]

Not implemented right now maybe?: ```cc
// will be defined on AI component hopefully later
static const int AI_WEAPONFIRED_REACTION_DISTANCE = 500;

[marble grail]

I am not sure, debugger will reveal the Truth

[tame fjord]

I try to mod this value and see what happens 😄

[tame fjord]

This little script does change that behavior i would not say its save but it has the power to set the value 😄

[marble grail]

But AI is only supposed to react to gunfire if it's smaller than that distance

[tame fjord]

yes for sure thats why i tested it with 50m 😄 i did spawn 250 and 100 meter away and they did not react anymore on to my shots. i needed to be very close for them to react 😄 @marble grail

[steep salmon]

Idk if this is a dumb question but I’m new does anyone know if and when ai improvements or ai mods will come

[tame fjord]

i know that 500m is realistic but for all my missions that sucks the hole city runs to your position xD

[marble grail]

new AI mods can come any day

[marble grail]

oh, so I am not sure, what did you want to do? prevent AI from running to your pos from far away? Or the opposite, make them run to you from further distance?

[tame fjord]

prevent AI from running to your pos from far away 😄

[marble grail]

all right, sorry then I misunderstood you. I believe that this value should do the trick then!

[tame fjord]

yes for now i hope they do what the comments say 😄 They should implement this number per Ai not as static const xD

[marble grail]

I agree, there should be a way to easily configure specific AIs placed in the world 🤔

[stone sapphire]

I think AIAgent has danger event range, with default around 400m

Aiagent danger handling happens before actual reactions

[tame fjord]

Specific for shooting from a distance changing this Variable does not change that they chase you even if its outside of this range. At least not with a patrol :( I did post a picture of that value in the editor some lines above :)

[stone sapphire]

I missed it and I was sure it would work.
Need to debug

[tame fjord]

• Thanks for your work and that you are still taking the time to answer that many questions 😄
• That would be very nice I did try it a couple of times. only changing the static const int has helped 😦

[ember bridge]

Is there some build in way to give AI some kind of identification like players have with playerId?

[patent grove]

that'd probably be better answered in: #enfusion_scenario

[feral peak]

thanks

[stone sapphire]

Not really - each character has IdentityComponent with name but for AI its randomized from list of names per faction.

[patent grove]

is "Orient" fully implemented at this point? i cant get ai to turn their bodies properly :/

[patent grove]

maybe missing a character or ai component?

[stone sapphire]

should work - you need AICharacterMovementComponent under AIControlComponent on character prefab
mind properties on the node - precision especially

[iron lynx]

does the ai use some kind of nav mesh to navigate and move around ?

[zenith eagle]

for me the general world navmesh i use is eden that give the AI the ability to move in any direction. Soldiers themselves I believe use the soldier navmesh. I think its set on the groups if your using group. I could never get the character to move correctly unless they are in a group.

[iron lynx]

oh got it , thx alot

i was kinda lost

X)

[timid light]

In SCR_CharacterDamageManagerComponent it doesnt seem possible to determine the instigator when a vehicle collides with the character.

The only thing that gets called on a vehicle collision is OnDamageStateChanged which has no instigator param

For now Im happy to check the immediate surrounds for a vehicle but would it be possible to get this added to OnDamageStateChanged?

or even better, have OnDamage or Kill called on collision, same as when they are shot with a gun

funnily enough arma 3 had this same issue xD

[stone sapphire]

Known bug, gonna get fixed in future

[timid light]

Beautiful

[timid light]

btw I dont spose theres any rough ETA on AI driving? it would really make a lot more interesting missions possible

completely understand if you guys are playing it careful and delivering something above and beyond previous titles. take your time

[stone sapphire]

Thanks, no promises, it will take a bit of time

[timid light]

understood

[dreamy goblet]

How do you download from GitHub without a Release? Do you just copy file by file and place them all manually?

[timid light]

but better if you use github desktop to clone it, that way you can update it with 2 clicks

Im trying to get an AI to take a position in a Guard Tower. I give him a Smart Action Waypoint with the tag "CoverPost" and the tower entity but he just moves to the tower and stands underneath it.

How do I get him to climb the ladder?

[stone sapphire]

it may be a bug with guard towers and AI

[timid light]

I can't find anything in a behaviour tree or anywhere about climbing ladders

Less of a bug I think it's just not been done

I'll just spawn them in position for now, can get the position from the smart action

[stone sapphire]

Climbing ladders is done by something called navlinks
There is such component on every ladder.
AI is not climbing up the guard tower for some other reason. As far as I recall, the guard tower is too tight and sometimes does not connect well with rest of navmesh

[timid light]

Fair enough

[sour atlas]

Few aspects of engine dev have given me as much PTSD as navmesh generation

[hallow trail]

hiya guys. currently editing a mission and would like help to make the AI less sniper bots. far to many times we are getting 1 shot from 400 meters and its getting to be a pain for our ops. any help would be great. just want to tone down the accuracy abit is all

[stone sapphire]

There should be a way, let me check

[stone sapphire]

So, as long as you have mod with scenario, you can do this (its not easy but should work)

• override {5939FFCC6CC2FA96}AI/AIAgents/ChimeraAIAgentFull.et in your mod
• in that prefab in your mod, modify SCR_AIConfigComponent - Skill - that will make AI less accurate
  Mind that as long as your mod is loaded it will modify accuracy of all AI

[hallow trail]

brilliant thank you very much

@stone sapphirebrilliant thank you very much

[timid light]

speaking of navmeshes... is the only way to get the nearest point on a navmesh using the AIPathfindingComponent?

Sometimes I need one and dont have access to a character so ive been putting that component on things just for that one method

for example finding a place to spawn that isnt inside a wall

[stone sapphire]

Possibly yes.
The thing is you cannot expect navmesh to be always there, so we assumed navmesh methods would be accessible only from AI.
Theoretically there is navmeshWorldComponent which could have methods to check it.

You don't need pathfinding, you only need navmesh raycast to confirm empty spot.
Alternatively you could use shape query to check the position of it's physically obstructed

[timid light]

awesome thanks

not having that much luck spawning them on the action vector lol

but hey.. it.. works?

vector wTrans[4];        tower.GetWorldTransform(wTrans);
vector actionPos = sentinel.GetActionOffset().Multiply4(wTrans);

thats my method and Im probably doing it wrong

he does have a very clear line of sight for 360 degrees though

[timid light]

NavmeshWorldComponent seems to be empty or the generated class is

[frail nova]

where do I connect for the navmesh?

[frail nova]

figured it out

[verbal echo]

For the first iteration even driving only via roads would be pretty okay as it would allow to add some more dynamic to user made missions.

[stone sapphire]

@proud coral
If you want to change AISkill globally, you'd have to mod AICombatComponent and change how GetAISkill method works

[proud coral]

@stone sapphire Thanks, what is ChimeraAIAgentFull_2 in the SCR_AIConfigComponent doing then? You can change skill there

[stone sapphire]

Yeah that too, you're right

[narrow field]

https://i.gyazo.com/9bfd7c80de12ae8fcb22a3678ed9afda.png

Guys is the left side X and the right side Z?

[stone sapphire]

Horizontal, vertical

[peak heron]

I have the problem if i give my soldiers modded rifles or clothes... the AI wont work anymore... But i found a trick that works... not the best option...
Here´s a short video whats to do... https://youtu.be/OQvddFFLo5Y

[haughty ivy]

Are there any AI mods released

Really hoping a behavior tree that is based comes out soon

[timid light]

wish they hired the guy who wrote VCOM imho

[shy lake]

Oh nice to see we already have some AI modding going on! 👍

Well i've tested lot of A.I. related stuff since release but sadly look's like most A.I. features are not implemented even if there are already many A.I. features like "Take Cover" and "Bounding / Overwatch"

In the editor there are many things to change, click, select, de-select related to A.I. but so far only things to have any kind of effect on A.I. is SCR_AIGroup > SCR_AIConfigComponent > Enable Danger Events and Enable Perception

Also any way to enable the "AI_DEBUG" feature? Or is it Dev restricted in combination with Diag.exe?

[proud coral]

Cant wait for an AI mod, they are pretty poor at the moment.

[elder wave]

just waiting to show off that potential bottleneck

should be interesting

[random owl]

Hello, actualy you just need to run workbench with parameter -scrDefine AI_DEBUG (you can set it via Steam->properties on reforger tools ->Launch Options )

[shy lake]

WOW! Amazing! Many thx! 😀👍 Where did you get that info from? I couldn't find anything...

Nevermind... You're a Dev... 😊 THX a lot!

[timid light]

im sure this has been asked already but is there a way to disable a SCR_AIGroup? eg when no players are in range to help performance

dont wanna despawn entirely, just switch off the AI

group.SetFlags(EntityFlags.DISABLED, true);

this do it? guess ill find out

[timid light]

so an interesting bug.. if I am switching the player's faction between FIA and no faction, the AI will keep firing at where the player was until they run out of ammo

[stone sapphire]

Indeed it seems like faction change is not handled properly in investigation behaviour.

[timid light]

Ideally for me I'd like them to stop firing but keep investigating, but might be just my use case as I'm using it for a guerrilla/revolution mission

Although I also don't know any other use cases for clearing faction

[proud coral]

@stone sapphire Hi, when I drop "ChimeraAIAgentFull_1" as my logic and set the skill to 100

If i then place an AI Group and look at its AIConfigComponent it sets the skill to 50

[stone sapphire]

ChimeraAIAgent is AI brain for soldiers. SCR_AIGroup is representation of group logic.

Those objects are related but not how you trying to do it
If you want to change skill for all AI soldier, you have to override agent prefab and change properties on that override not on instance.
Instance applies only to this actual object you dropped on the map.

[proud coral]

@stone sapphire Thanks.

Why does overriding, the ChimeraAIAgent suddenly make it apply to all AI Groups as opposed to just dragging in the original entity and changing values?

Because the overridden entity is still placed in the world as previously

[stone sapphire]

Those are very basic questions, please read up on Bohemia Wiki.

Short answer: Modifying the type instead of instance. Type gets used for spawning other entities of that type.
Prefab is a type.

[proud coral]

No worries, thanks for your help. I don't like to take too much of anyone's time.

I figured changing the AI skill would be as simple as adding a loadout in the loadoutmanager or changing perception in the perceptionManager.

I've read the wiki on prefab basics and now I am editing the overriden .et rather than the instance but the AI still seem to be as effective as before.

I think I'll wait till someone comes out with a guide or mod at this point, I'm not a developer just thought it might be something simple (in layman's terms not a developers lol)

[shy lake]

Just wanna to ask: Is A.I. already capable of using cover?
I was toying around all day long using my own "Soldier.bt" file where i tested a lot of find and take cover code from other .bt files but somehow without any luck...
Sadly there is 0 documentation available about Reforger A.I. Behavior Trees.
Anyway... Even without any real results i really had a lot of fun messing around with all this stuff! 🥰
Can't wait to see the full potential of A.I. in Enfusion!

[stone sapphire]

Yes they can take cover but only in some specific situations. There is no cover database where they could pick most useful place. Instead they recognize obstacles between them and a target and can use SmartAction's positions which are defined on most of compositions.

[shy lake]

@stone sapphire Many thx for your replay!
Well in this case...
Today i was reading something about "NavmeshHoles" in some find cover script and was expecting A.I. to detect every hole in the Navmesh as possible cover cuz trees and rocks indeed create holes in the Navmesh.
Well at least i did learn a lot about .bts today.
Again thx for taking the time to replay. 👍

[shy lake]

Is it possible we cannot overwrite "Group.bt" from editor placed A.I. groups in "SCR_AIGroup > BehaviorTree" section?

I runed the whole "Group.bt" file but somehow A.I. still works....

With "Soldier.bt" it works as expected.

[sly harness]

Hey guys,

I’m stuck on something I want to add in a custom AI BT.
What nodes would I need to have my AI react to nearby gunshots ?
I’ve had mild success with the Danger Event decorator, but it doesn’t output anything and seems to stay on forever once triggered.
Ideally, I want the AI to panic briefly or move around – I just need a way to track gunshots for a short time.
Ideas?

[shy lake]

Please guy's! Whenever whatever you do related to A.I. modding be that kind and share your coding stuff. I'm really struggeling with OOP and .bt... 😭

[timid light]

is FactionAffiliationComponent.SetAffiliatedFactionByKey replicated?

or should I RPC the authority to do it

[timid light]

my peer tool is breaking on connection whenever any AI at all is spawned with a load of these errors:

RPL          : ServerImpl event: connected (identity=0x00010000)
rpl::Pip::FixedStep
 RPL       (E): IReplication::JIPError: Inconsistent item table on Slave connection. Item is missing or different item was loaded in its place. (item=0x40042ED9 layout=_SignalsManagerComponent_Layout con=0x10000)
 RPL       (E): IReplication::JIPError: Inconsistent item table on Slave connection. Item is missing or different item was loaded in its place. (item=0x40042EDA layout=script::Game::SCR_WristwatchComponent con=0x10000)
 RPL       (E): IReplication::JIPError: Inconsistent item table on Slave connection. Item is missing or different item was loaded in its place. (item=0x40042EDB layout=_RplComponent_Layout con=0x10000)
 RPL       (E): IReplication::JIPError: Inconsistent item table on Slave connection. Item is missing or different item was loaded in its place. (item=0x40042EDC layout=_BaseLoadoutClothComponent_Layout con=0x10000)

[timid light]

its ok I found your response to others with the issue, need to spawn after world loaded properly

[clever gale]

Hey folks! Can you help me to make the Ai not look that stupid like it is at now? I created mission when Ai have to defend particular area. They have tripods with HMG´s to use it and there is defend waypoint set there. They are able to mount that guns but they are shooting only with one shot per couple of seconds, not using burst or supress fire. I didnt found where to set Ai to use these HMG´s properly. thnx for advices.

[sly harness]

@stone sapphire A question (and possible bug) about something I found while tinkering with BTs : it looks like the ‘SCR_AI Is Target Visible’ decorator returns FALSE when the target entity is inside a building – even if there is direct line of sight.
Is it an issue with, maybe, luminosity in buildings related to the perception component? Or is it intended?

[stone sapphire]

interesting, even through open door or window?
And I suppose outside it works just fine?

[sly harness]

I only tested it through an opened door, so I don’t know about windows or transparent objects.
But yeah, the node returned TRUE as soon as I stepped out of the building.

[haughty ivy]

Is there any AI mods?

Yet?

[shy lake]

As you can see A.I. modding isn't a very populare topic as for now... Guess ppl 1. have to learn and study all the A.I. stuff and behaviors.

Currently A.I. seem's in a very early stage already learned the basic's but that's pretty much it.

But!

From reading all the A.I. Behavior Tree and A.I. script stuff it seem's like BIS A.I. Dev's are about to create some rly cool A.I.

So as for now i guess your best bet will be the official A.I. Dev's when it comes to A.I. improvements!

[tame fjord]

May this is a topic that fast is out of date as BI will upgrade that most likely :)

[shy lake]

Yes i hope so! 👍 Can't wait!

[tame fjord]

Same as map rotation. There would be ways to go around but it will get fixed 99% sure xD

[shy lake]

Enfusion has so much potential! 🥰

[stone sapphire]

I could not reproduce it with vanilla AI.
Can you send more detailed repro, maybe your scenario - to feedback tracker or on my DM?
Must be something with either PerceptionManager, or internal building probes or colliders. Hard to say atm

[stone sapphire]

What mods you want? Just asking out of curiosity 🙂

[halcyon bridge]

personally I'd like to see a way to have AI not abandon their positions and some way to have some kind of simplistic driving, like just following a path without any sort of formation or avoidance

also I'd like AI snipers to work but that seems to be more of a bug than needing a mod

[timid light]

BI is working on all these things, AI is a work in progress

[halcyon bridge]

yup

[haughty ivy]

Less caterpillars with the AI movement 😄

[magic matrix]

Ai commander

[timid light]

Is coming soon according to an interview with BI

Not sure why people are requesting mods for things that have been announced as coming to the base game.

[magic matrix]

Oh shit really? I never seen the interview so i didnt know

[timid light]

Good video about it all here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LEYCgpRbhg

[shy lake]

@timid light Thx! 🙂👍

[shy lake]

Well from what i can tell A.I. Take Cover defenetly is working!

And it's working the way i was expecting it to work with Navmesh holes generated by map object's like rock's.

It has some strong conditions in .bt to make A.I. search and take cover but if you skip them and kind of force A.I. to search for cover it's working pretty well! 🤓

[sly harness]

After further testing, it appears the problem was caused by a modded dummy weapon the entity was equipped with. Is it correct to assume that the perception component is affected by the current weapon? I’m guessing that visual detection is based exclusively on the weapon’s aiming direction, rather than eyepos?

[stone sapphire]

No, weapon should not affect perception that much. Maybe if it has big collider which can block view.

AI visual and audio detection is using head position. Precise weapon pos is only used for aiming / shooting

[timid light]

on that note is there a performant way to check if an AI has line of sight to another character? the lastSeen stat seems to include hearing them but I need to know if they can physically see them

im doing a trace atm and only every 2 secs but just want to be sure I dont clog up the FPS

[shy lake]

Did you already test with A.I. Diag? Bet there will be something like this.

[timid light]

I didnt and honestly havent delved into anything BT related about it

Id rather not touch BTs anyway as I assume they will change a lot

[shy lake]

Yes that's true guess BIS will change the currently T-800 A.I. to somewhat more human and tactical.

[wind kettle]

Will the AI be able to use cover with specific animations attached to it? Like in this trailer:
https://imgur.com/nRXCsPz

[shy lake]

Well my biggest intrest when it comes to Arma modding is A.I. doing this stuff for almost 20 year's now and FINALLY having something else than RV fresh and new is all i ever wanted and needed! 😊

@wind kettle Yes A.I. can already find and use cover but it's very early stage and will need improvement.

[wind kettle]

However do they also use or will they use cover animations? Arma3 had some cover seeking too however there was no real animations for "in cover". The reforger trailer shows that, so I wonder if that is jst for the trailer or a real thing.

So far in the game I have not seen the AI perform any cover animations.

[shy lake]

No there are no cover animations.

A.I. simply change stance given by LoS to their enemy.

Guess the trailer was somewhat cinematic.

[stone sapphire]

No. We don't want features just for AI or just for players. Custom cover animations in game would only make sense if both player and AI could use them. If you are after making cinematics - any animation can be played on character model using AnimationPlayerComponent

[wind kettle]

Thanks for the answer. Will the AI be able to use bipods or "rest" their guns at street corners or on a fallen tree in a procedural way?

[stone sapphire]

At the time or later than players can, yes

[wind kettle]

Ok so that means the weapon resting from arma3 marksman dlc is confirmed? If so that is great, I think this was really one of the best things in arma3. It feels like it connected you to the geometry of the piece of cover you were behind.

[halcyon bridge]

is there some button to make AI not exit a vehicle when inside a move waypoint?

seems like when they are at the move destination they always exit

[random owl]

Since AI driving isn't supported yet they doesn't have other option than leave the vehicle and move on foot. But if you want you can drive them around if they are inside without move no problem.

[halcyon bridge]

can I override a behavior to disable getting out?

[haughty ivy]

You could replace "MovePlanning" behavior tree that sets in node ID 3 (set variable) "dontUseVehicles" to true. But it has consequences: as AIs will not occupy drivers seat (AI driving not supported in current version), the result will be that in some cases, you give a group a move Waypoint and they will appear being stuck in the vehicle. But try it out!

[random ridge]

hey guys i got my navmesh working and i have some questions

1. Are AI dumber than in arma 3 as far as fighting each other? for me , in urban environments they just bunch up on corners and get machine gunned en masse. They also cross things like fences by lining up and going one at a time.

2. They dont like buildings at all. Is it planned in the future they will have "mounting" locations to secure them and provide overwatch?

3. What should a "good" nav mesh look like? mine has some blank spots but they are rare.

example. They never go in this building via the front door. Is it because of that blank spot?

sorry the office building on the left

[random owl]

1. urban environment is tricky for us right now. We will try to improve it as well as crossing walls.
2. I will prepare a Mod which would allow it at least in custom buildings. In general we would like to provide some universal solution which doesn't need custom changes in data but that will take us time.
3. Yes the navmesh there seems suspicious. The end of the navlink should be on navmesh. Sometimes it's drawn underground(which is totally fine) but there it seems missing. Currently navmesh params are set quite tight so sometimes navmesh isn't optimal. It's due to saving memory since the map is huge. However changes in navmesh tech which will allow greater detail are on the way.

[random ridge]

so im assuming the reason they are avoiding that front door is because of that curb not being on the navemesh?

you want everything green right?

what do the colors mean i think red means unpassable right?

Also another problem i saw @random owl is chain link fences not only are not see through for AI , but they cant shoot through them either

[random owl]

Colours are ok. The links are always blue. It could be that small hole in front of it causing the issue. There is an issue with registration of those. So before final regeneration navmesh I would advice close and reload the level.

[random ridge]

yes i was wondering if it was heighmap related like i would need to rebuild it or something

[random owl]

issue with chain link fences - can you provide picture of the wall or name of the entity please? Thank you

[random ridge]

yes

[random ridge]

so i had AI on the camera side of the fence and ai on across the water on the other side of the pipe and they did not see each other

and when i got them to move after shooting at the enemy , they walked around the fence

no shooting

when they got to the other side of the fence the battle started

[random owl]

ok thank you will check. Maybe wrong setup on that fence.

[sly harness]

Wait a minute, the AI can cross fences? I've never seen them do that... Does anyone happen to know which BT handles that? I'd like to compare with what I did for my own zombies.

[random ridge]

if you go into the navmesh you can see little "crossing points" that are generated

[sly harness]

@random ridge Oh so that's baked into the navmesh directly. 😮
Thanks!

[random ridge]

i think so it might be an object of some kind

i just saw it on the navmesh

i have no idea

it just showed me where they were

on big fences they are like

20 feet apart

i think

[sly harness]

Would make sense - I couldn't find anything related to climbing anywhere in the BTs.

[random ridge]

might want to look at something like a door and look in the object properties

[sly harness]

@random ridge yep, found those NavMeshCustomLink components; the functionality is actually part of the prefabs. I reckon I'll stick with the "in BT" approach for my project - way easier if I want my guys to be able to chase players on roofs or over objects that don't have the component (eventhough they actually are climbable by players).

[tawdry fox]

Hi, any guys have a navmesh tutoriels ?

[shy lake]

In "World Editor" select "Tools" > "Navmesh Tool"

Right bottom corner click on "Navmesh Tool"

New Navmesh window will open.

Navmesh select "Soldier"

Click on Connect and again select "Soldier"

Click on "Generate" with all settings default

After it's generated save it somewhere and select it in "SCR_AIWorld" > "NavmeshWorldComponent"

[tawdry fox]

Super thank you, if I understand well the navmesh allows to establish the custom area where the AI can move, exactly?

[shy lake]

Sure np. Yes exactly that's what it's used for.

[tawdry fox]

🙏 thx

[ember bridge]

@random owl Hi, are there any plans to bring AI more in line with Players? For example Killing AI does not work with the Scoring System or respawn system, There is no simple way to grab all players + AI e.t.c. so if you make some gamemode with AI you often have to do seperate implementations to make code work for both.

[stone sapphire]

Character is the common ground.

[arctic mason]

Wait, score doesn't work for AI? Well that explains a few things.

[ember bridge]

Problem is that many modules use Player instead of Character.

[simple ibex]

May not be the right place to ask, but why when in game master on my terrain are the AI I try and spawn white and won't spawn?
And what process would I have to use to make my own navmesh for the terrain I'm making? Any videos on the tube?

[shy lake]

Navmesh HowTo: #enfusion_ai message

[simple ibex]

@shy lake thank you, kindly

[simple ibex]

@shy lake sorry to bother again, I tried that method you showed but if I click navmesh tool when I follow along the navmesh option just says "none" to get soldier I have to add the SCR_AIWORLD then add component then add NavmeshworldComponent but when I click generate after getting soldier to show it my enfusion give me 3 crash logs. Can't seem to work how why,

[shy lake]

Yes you need "SCR_AIWorld" BUT you don't need to add anything! It's already there. Make sure you choose the "SCR_AIWorld" from "Prefabs > AI > SCR_AIWorld.et".

[haughty ivy]

i gotta question

[shy lake]

Ask

I'm unable to read your mind... 🧐

[simple ibex]

@shy lake ah, that's where I was going wrong, I was pulling the SCR_AIWorld from the create tab, works now I got it from the prefabs, thanks again!!! Really appreciate it.

[sly harness]

@stone sapphire Is it intended that characters can walk through one another ? This is very problematic for zombie-like behaviors.
Players can also “hide inside” enemies, which become clueless and unable to detect them...

[shy lake]

@simple ibex Sure np. 😉👍

[stone sapphire]

No it's not intended
We know about collision issues, they will be solved eventually

[brisk sequoia]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Behavior_Editor published - nodes page to follow

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Behavior_Editor:_Nodes followed

useful BIKI links:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Behavior_Editor
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Behavior_Editor:_Nodes

[timid light]

nice 👏

[simple ibex]

I will assume this is being asked in the right place, but when I place my AI and get them to follow way points the AI may get near a lampost or telegraph pole and get shot off to a new location, any way I can sort that issue out? I've got my custom navmesh setup correctly. So not sure what to change to make them not turn into superman and fly off.

[halcyon bridge]

Everything is prepared in world in: \Arma4Data\worlds\AIDemo\Demo0_Template.ent

[shy lake]

@brisk sequoia Many thx! 😊👍 @halcyon bridge What?

[shy lake]

@AI Devs:
I'm looking for a value regarding to A.I. movement but unable to find it...
Well for some reason A.I. which is > 100m away from their enemy will get many move orders within very short time like every 1 - 2 sec.
After A.I. is within the 100m range to their enemy the A.I. movement will be delayed by "SCR_AIGetCoverIdleDuration.c".
So my question: Where is this magical 100 defined? Anyway whatever i change or set in script and .bt A.I. somehow always stick to this 100 value...

[simple ibex]

I have a question regarding AI behaviour, for example. If I were to have one AI setup with the patrol waypoint following a road and another AI scouting in a wooded area close by and I was to shoot AI on patrol and the scout AI hears the gunfire and comes to investigate if the AI doesn't find me will it then go back to its original scouting waypoint or just hang around where the AI ends up?

[shy lake]

If they have Cycle waypoint they will get back to their original route.

[shy lake]

Would be cool if we could override .bts the same way like scripts.
Like if using same directory structure + same .bt file name it uses the custom .bt instead of the vanilla.

[simple ibex]

I'm still new to all this so not sure which is the cycle way point. I've been dropping the waypoints from prefabs where they have a blue radius. I wouldn't mind it being like a cross between tarkov, in where you have to get to a certain location to win and find loot like weapons, ammo and med kits and just generally survive But if the AI don't cooperate it may be a bit dull 😂

[halcyon bridge]

I think it's literally called cycle

[quasi flume]

Hello everyone. Does anybody know how to get the InsectFlyMovementComponent to work?

[simple ibex]

@halcyon bridge I did try and use the cycle waypoint but not sure how to actually set it up as they just stand still when cycle is used. It's very annoying if you shot an ai then all of them come towards the gunfire even ones on the other side of the terrain I've made.

[shy lake]

It's somewhat different than in RV.
You have to create your move waypoints and put all their Hierarchy names in the cycle waypoint bottom box called Cycle Waypoints you can add more waypoints by choosing + and type in the waypoint name.
Choose the A.I. group and in SCR_AIGroup go to "Static Waypoints" add the name of the cycle waypoint.
This will add the cycle waypoint with all the move waypoints defined to it to the group and they will cycle after completing all other waypoints.
Bit complicated if you are not used to it...
However there is a pretty good video to show everything step by step: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNL_oFhlmLU&t=1823s

[simple ibex]

@shy lake cheers, will give it a look over in the morning, do you know if there is anyway to turn down the ai alertness? Like can we make it so they don't react to stuff that's at a certain distance?

[arctic mason]

Similarly,anybody know how to set AI difficulty via script?

[shy lake]

Yes distance can be set here but has to be modded into the class:
`modded class SCR_AIReactionBase
{
//200 - sorry for that, its defined in Soldier.bt in a node GetTarget, should be moved somewhere we can call Get()
static const int AI_PERCEPTION_DISTANCE = 200;

// will be defined on AI component hopefully later
static const int AI_WEAPONFIRED_REACTION_DISTANCE = 500;

};`

[simple ibex]

@shy lake so I can just edit the last part of that and change it to a lower value? It is very annoying when you kill AI and all of them coming running over. Kind of kills the idea of my mission.

[shy lake]

I like to change A.I. skills myself too but could not find the time to do so.
As far as i can tell changing A.I. skill from the A.I. editor component does nothing.
It always returns 0.50 no matter what.
Only thing that affects A.I. skill is the SCR_AICombatComponent > "AI Skill Default" stuff of individual A.I. units.

Guess this is the part you looking for:
` // use this to change AIskill dynamically
void SetAISkill(EAISkill skill)
{
#ifdef AI_DEBUG
AddDebugMessage(string.Format("SetAISkill: %1", typename.EnumToString(EAISkill, skill)));
#endif

    m_eAISkill = skill;
}`

[shy lake]

Yes exactly. 😉

[simple ibex]

@shy lake I'm very new to scripts but will give it a look and see what happens, thanks for all the advice though. It will definitely come in handy.

[arctic mason]

Interesting, thanks

[simple ibex]

@shy lake do you know how I can edit that SCR_AIReactionBase.c as it says it's read only.

[shy lake]

You can NOT edit/change any original/vanilla code instead you have to modify/override it.
Take a look here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Scripting_Modding
Basically you have to create the same folder structure in your mission folder + a flder called Modded.
In your case create the folder structure: Scripts > Game > AI > Reaction > Modded
In the folder "Modded" place the file "SCR_AIDangerReactionBase.c"
Copy the code into the "SCR_AIDangerReactionBase.c" file.
`modded class SCR_AIReactionBase
{
//200 - sorry for that, its defined in Soldier.bt in a node GetTarget, should be moved somewhere we can call Get()
static const int AI_PERCEPTION_DISTANCE = 200;

// will be defined on AI component hopefully later
static const int AI_WEAPONFIRED_REACTION_DISTANCE = 500;

};`

In the Script Editor go to "Build" and click "Compile and Reload Scripts"
That's pretty much it.

[simple ibex]

@shy lake I realised if I duplicate a copy to my terrain then it let me edit it, ow my AI don't all run over when a shot is heard they all stay put doing what they were asked to do. Thanks again for the advice it really did help alot.

[simple ibex]

I'm assuming this is in the correct place, if it possible to change my base character clothes to the bloody one like when you're shot, so he spawns looking like he's been shot? Also is it possible to somehow mod the base character so when you spawn he's prone?

[shy lake]

In .bts there is a node called "Move" ( AITaskMove ) it is a none scripted node without (S) in it.
However is there a way to access the "Move" node code or is it closed-source?
Only thing i can find about the node is a empty base class called class AITaskMove: AITask...

[simple ibex]

Can anyone tell me how to get the character AI to follow waypoints? I've enabled AI, I've tried adding way points via the waypoint list, I've tried changing the AIControlCompnent Agenettemplate and override AI Behaviour Date but they just stand around, I have been using the group AI And marking then down so there is only one AI member but I can't get the group AI to stand on looks outs as they only want to stand on the ground. Anyway I can either use character AI or does anyone know how to get the group AI to stand on lookout posts?

[simple ibex]

@halcyon bridge it was meant to say you're shot 🤣

[simple ibex]

Can anyone advise me how I can make my AI smarter? If I'm behind them in the dark with a torch on like 2 meters away they didn't even notice me, even when they are set as "cylon" is it?
I've looked at SCR_AICombatComponent but not sure what I need to change to make them smarter.

[arctic mason]

@simple ibex AI skill is almost always only affecting their perception range and aim. If they don't notice your flashlight it's because it hasn't been programmed into them yet. The AI is still pretty basic right now but interesting behaviours can be scripted in.

[simple ibex]

Ah, ok. That makes sense as to why they don't notice much that isn't almost directly Infront of them. Some.of them when set at a lower level literally can't hit me when I stand still 1 meter away 😂

[quasi flume]

Is it possible to add Ai to a GenericEntity? Or any other way to make it move?

[sly harness]

@simple ibex Are you using a custom BT?

[shy lake]

Somehow A.I. Devs choosed to give ROOKIE skill lvl compared to the other a very hight aiming offset which makes them miss almost every shot.

[simple ibex]

@shy lake it's funny watching them shooting everywhere it where I'm standing.

Just wondered if learning to script is super hard? And where would I even start? Other than just watching stuff on YouTube?
I can follow along with YouTube stuff but I honestly have no idea what any of it actually means.

[shy lake]

If you are rly interested to learn it and willed to spend some time and nerves it is defenetly doable.
I teached myself .sqf without any knowledge by reading a lot of scripts / functions from other ppl and by a damn lot of trial and error...
But at the end i was able to do with RV A.I. whatever i liked to do.
Well right now i have to learn and try a lot of new stuff myself cuz .sqf and enforce are very different BUT i've already got some of the basic stuff and able to do with A.I. what i like them to do.
But as i said you need to spend a lot of time and stand a lot of setbacks during the very first month's or so depending on your scripting knowledge.

For now i choosed to modify the FindNextCoverPosition() function.
It's used to calculate and return A.I.s next move position so it's called very regulary and therefor a good place to test code.

This might help you a bit for the beginning:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DayZ:Enforce_Script_Syntax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCHoLgB0aXY

It's for DayZ but it's enfusion as well so pretty much most of it is similar in Reforger.

[shy lake]

Well another important thing is: Your goal!
What do you like to affect with your script / modding like what part do you like to focuse on?
For example 1. thing i've noticed when it comes to A.I. was their straight forward movement behavior.
So this was my 1. goal.
Find the part where A.I. movement is done / calculated and start modifying it step by step.

1. change some numbers and see what it does next add some easy code like random values and stuff like that then start adding some code to set A.I. movement direction and so on...
   Find something you are interested in study it and start modifying it by using very little steps.
   After some time you will understand what it does and how it works and thats how you can get into all the coding stuff.

[sly harness]

@shy lake For example 1. thing i've noticed when it comes to A.I. was their straight forward movement behavior.
In my experience that only happens when you forget to set a navmesh? - I mean, if we're speaking about pathfinding.

[shy lake]

Nope i'm talking about general A.I. combat movement.
They don't have any kind of movement pattern they just raise their weapon and walk straight up to you while shooting.

[tired flower]

SO has anyone looked into getting AI able to drive?

[timid light]

Bohemia is

Just have to be patient

[stone sapphire]

Me

[timid light]

my entire mod is relying on it, but no pressure xD

if its even 10% better than arma 3 its a big leap

[tired flower]

@stone sapphire

Well just a Question then, With how AI was handled in arma 3 they were dull, With reforger they appear to have more put into there thinking, So will the problem be solved when Ai can drive vehicles were if a vehicle takes fire, the driver crashes the vehicle or even kills his own troops trying to avoid the gun fire? Also will he hop out instead of staying inside?

[stone sapphire]

It's impossible to talk about solutions to problems which does not exist yet

Arma 3 specific issues do not apply here, it's completely new tech

[unborn canopy]

I'm no coder but a good example of AI behaviour is from the military simulation franchise, "Combat Mission Series". The, "Tactical AI" as it's called in that game is not perfect but top notch on the behaviour of individual entities, from the commander down to a single soldier. Basically, in a summary they gave AI human like behaviour, e.g "Not wanting to die", so the AI tries to make the best decisions to survive and get the mission done, even if means retreating. Their behaviour is based on moral and combat strength so under pressure they will make more mistakes for example and they uses real life tactics and formations to be as effective as possible. Maybe a big jump for the ARMA franchise because it may have to be built from the ground up but it's still a good reference for the direction of the series and also for modders.

As a long time player, the AI honestly stopped me from enjoying the game. I have high hopes for Reforger and ARMA 4 when it comes to delivering a better experience in that aspect.

[halcyon bridge]

combat mission AI is jank too

[simple ibex]

@shy lake I wouldn't mind somehow actually making AI a tad smarter for what I need them for, like right now to make a custom mission it's almost impossible to use the AI as they are now as interactive enemies. I've got AI set up for different waypaths, different skill levels but it would be nice if they could see you better in the dark, maybe react to your torch without needing to be a meter in front of them. But I guess that would be a hard task.

Can anyone tell me the difference between the group AI and the character AI apart from one being a group and the other being a single character 😂 why do the group AI follow way paths it can only stand on the floor and why can character AI stand on lookouts but never follow way points.

[balmy gorge]

At some level all AI are Jank - but are they fun and interesting enough for high replay value is the point. Do you know of mil-game AI that isnt Jank if held to the microscope?

[halcyon bridge]

I agree

in combat mission AI soldiers liked to bunch up together just like in this game

[stone sapphire]

Same as in A3 - AIGroup is more strategical unit, abstract, does not control anything. Single AI character does not have waypoint handling - thats optimization. When you spawn AI characters in GM, they actually come with their own groups, where more "tactical" logic is implemented.
What you may find logical, is that individual AI soldiers should be reacting to orders and other AIMessages, AIGroups should realize tactical plan defined by waypoints. You can also (technically supported but may have bugs) - put groups in hierarchy and use both waypoints and orders to communicate between them.

[timid light]

thanks for this, good info. so if a group has no waypoints I can give individual soldiers direct orders via code atm? simple stuff like "go to" is all I need really. Just that I might hack together some really basic AI commanding in my mod for now until you guys flesh it out properly

[stone sapphire]

Look for player mailbox component
I'm not sure if it's in public version, but if it is, it's kind of example how to use radial menu and send messages to AI.

Remember that AI is simulated on the server. Currently you'd have to write rpc to send request of order to server and then server can actually broadcast it to AI.

[timid light]

sure

thanks

I can see the mailbox component, will try to get it running

[stone sapphire]

What's full name of that component?

[timid light]

SCR_PlayerMailboxComponent

and theres also SCR_MailboxComponent (I assume this goes on the AI character)

doesnt seem to work in public atm, wont recieve OnFrame events, but I can see how its sending orders

[tired flower]

People worry so much about making Ai choose the best path possible to win or survive, they forget to add the most human element of all..... Greed,

If you want a AI in a game like this that wont be to janky, you need to make the AI both smart, Greedy and even random as to what traits each soldat has,

See a Squad leader should not at as the squads brain for a AI squad, But each soldat should follow a trait tree of sorts. Some soldiers Are smart, Some are dumb, Some can act and some wont, To create an enemy Ai that uses tactics alone will never be fully stable, Nore will a AI that uses the best strats to win.

In my conclusion the only way to have an AI that feels like fighting a true human is to give each soldat his own brain persay, or have the commander over the whole unit have lines of code that can force a mastake

[simple ibex]

@stone sapphire so if I say have ai groups set on a route via the patrol waypoint but remove all put one from that group would that then single AI not be as smart compared to if it was in a group?

[pliant arrow]

AI in Arma have always been at group level for multiple reasons:

1. performance, since 1 running AI is faster than 10 separate ones
2. networking, synchronizing 1 AI is faster than 10 separate ones
3. it's extremely hard to have AI work as a team, so letting 1 AI handle the movement of all connected units makes it a lot easier

So yes, you could just add 10 separate units (as their own group), but they wouldn't be able to work together as well as a single AI.

But I've seen AI mods (in Arma3) which not only modified the group AI but also updated the group dynamics a lot, so they would be able to split up and flank their target, or communicate with other groups way better than the core AI was able to. So I do think that with time we'll get AI which is able to really use strategies like humans would, or even better, without being OP (aka aimbot).

[halcyon bridge]

let's hope AI in reforger will know how to drive over bridges

[west kettle]

first they need to learn to drive 😄

[pliant arrow]

First they need to AI 🤣

For Reforger the AI is "good enough" (in the official game modes), but I'm sure it will get a massive update when Arma4 gets released.
Not to mention what modders will do in the meantime to fill in the gap.

[halcyon bridge]

got me

[balmy gorge]

Is that legit? If so lmao

[shy lake]

Yes it is! 😉

[simple ibex]

Anyone of the NightOps that will probably know the answer, I download the AI spawn on the workshop to use in my terrain but I can only spawn US factions and whatever I try to do with the other AI spawns doesn't ever spawn the USSR. What am I missing?

[arctic mason]

Thinking of adding a "killswitch" to stuck bots that kills them if they haven't moved in x seconds. Anyone know what to override? Think I need an Onframe somewhere.

[random owl]

Why would you do such a mean thing to poor AIs? 😢
It's tricky to answer since I'm not sure what you gonna do.
But basically you can store position somewhere where it receive update and when it's unchanged for some time than call Kill on
SCR_DamageManagerComponent

So basically you could hack it into SCR_AIUtilityComponent. (it actually doesn't receive update but it has EvaluateBehavior which is called now and than from behaviour tree)

Slightly better would be change Soldier.bt. Place there some sort of decorator "NotMoving" in parallel and under the decorator whit properly set up abort conditions and stuff (AbortChilde) than sequence, idle and new KillNode which you would create.

But it quite hacky. Better would be create your own KillManager which cares about Agents registered in it and kill them eventually. But yea it's a bit more sophisticated thing to do.

[arctic mason]

@random owl You think that's hacky? You should see the rest of my code. I've done it for A3 and thought about doing it the same way. Store old pos, check difference after some time then execute.
But yeah I've already got an array of all my agents, maybe I can make a parallel array that stores positions and acts on it when necessary. I guess that's better than handling them individually.

I have no idea how to use behaviour trees and assumed that if they are stuck somewhere it's because the tree is caught in a loop anyway and it might be a chore to break them out of it only to off themselves.

[shy lake]

@arctic mason So far to me the only thing that made A.I. stuck is whenever they use the "Move Individually" command / .bt
Also sometimes they kind of stuck in or right in front of their cover position making them turn left and right all the time.
Instead of killing them just try to make them move to another position or even to their current position this very often solved my A.I. stuck problems.

[arctic mason]

In my case it's usually a guy stuck on a fence at a weird angle just sitting there wobbling.

Would be far easier for me to just get rid of him.

These guys are disposable in my scenario. Having a leftover guy out in the woods somewhere with his foot caught in a fence kind of ruins the scene

[shy lake]

Yes right.
At this point of enfusion A.I. developement it's hard to tell if it's a bug or none finished A.I. behavior causing the problem.

[random owl]

guy stuck on a fence at a weird angle - Could you please provide me more details? Where or how? maybe with scrrenshot/video? I was searching for bugs like this but wasn't successful. It shouldn't happen - I thought we resolved it recently.
Thank you

But as ATiM suggested new move should unstuck them. We are trying to improve our navmesh etc. so they don't get stuck what so ever but it will take some time.

[arctic mason]

Ok, give me a couple of days and I can have a few examples. It's happened often enough that I had to look into it so I should be able to get a few examples.

[arctic mason]

Quick update. I've recorded two instances where a single bot refuses to follow his squad. Going into gamemaster and giving a forced move waypoint will work to get him moving, also engaging him in combat will work. No instances of bots stuck on geometry yet.

[shy lake]

AI:
- Fixed: AI getting stuck in aiming after an attack and investigating
- Fixed: Rotation of AI when provided with a lookAt location
- Added: New navmesh area type for ladders

I like this update! 😊 👍

[trim mason]

sorry to bring this up again. Followed your instructions, added SCR_AIWorld.et to my map and proceeded to attempt to load my navmesh file via NavmeshworldComponent. Only issue is that the directory structure wont let me access the folder I save it in. All I seem to be able to access is ArmaReforger / Worlds / GameMaster or MP. My world "Dune Island" does not appear there, nor does the folder I saved it under. Any suggestions ? (nevemind....just found a solution. Created a folder within my Map called Navmeshes and placed the nvm file there

[haughty ivy]

Hey has there been any vanilla fixes to AI

[wise fable]

I believe the last update had AI updates

[shy lake]

#enfusion_ai message

[haughty ivy]

I was thinking more FSM wise.. the AI tactics themselves.. lots of caterpillaring

[shy lake]

Well nope guess it will take some time till we see any major A.I. improvement if ever in Reforger.
To me it looks like Reforger was done with focus on MP.
Still i'm happy with what we have lot of stuff to do with A.I. for modding.

[tropic wave]

I am just waiting for the AI to actually be able to do stuff at night. I want to see tracers everywhere until my game crashes

[stone sapphire]

With 0.9.5.101 update there is new way of modding the navmesh.
Documentation is available here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Navmesh_Tutorial
Basically you can save modified parts of navmesh needed for your scenario and merge those between different mods. It should make it easier to distribute scenarios on Everon as you won't have to provide rebuilt navmesh for whole island, but only for your modified parts.

[halcyon bridge]

omg AI has git now

[sly harness]

Is it possible to create a new navmesh project (other than “Soldiers” and “BTRlike”) ?

[haughty ivy]

Is anyone working on behavior trees right now

[timid light]

I think the majority of people are waiting to see what BI does to trees first rather than just possibly reinventing a wheel before they do

I may be wrong, but Ive not heard of or seen anyone going too deep into BTs yet

[sly harness]

I am, a little bit.