Make Bots Use Vehicle More Often?

[Vilespring]

IT MAKES SENSE!
that hasn't happened in a long time!

[Swaffy]

Same here, Vile, same here. I never knew about Takiwa's experience, it's nice to see another experienced modder here.

Okay, here is my setup for my APC AI. I made the the driver and gunner seats use some higher values than the passenger seats. (Is this a problem?)

Driver and gunner:

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aiTemplatePlugIn.setStrategicStrength 0 2
aiTemplatePlugIn.setStrategicStrength 1 2
...
aiTemplate.degeneration 15
aiTemplate.allowedTimeDiff 2
aiTemplate.basicTemp 10

Passenger:

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aiTemplatePlugIn.setStrategicStrength 0 1
aiTemplatePlugIn.setStrategicStrength 1 1
...
aiTemplate.degeneration 15
aiTemplate.allowedTimeDiff 2
aiTemplate.basicTemp 8

Should all of the Temps and strategicStrengths be the same value throughout the whole vehicle?

[takiwa]

Should all of the Temps and strategicStrengths be the same value throughout the whole vehicle?

No, each PCO can (and most often does) have a different strategic value.

[Swaffy]

Should all of the Temps and strategicStrengths be the same value throughout the whole vehicle?

No, each PCO can (and most often does) have a different strategic value.

Okay, thanks. Now I have a similar question that relates to this thread. Is there a way I can get a bot to use a gunner seat but never the driver seat using any of these values? I want my Mi-24D Hind to be like this, and also my AH-6 Little Bird.

[takiwa]

Okay, thanks. Now I have a similar question that relates to this thread. Is there a way I can get a bot to use a gunner seat but never the driver seat using any of these values? I want my Mi-24D Hind to be like this, and also my AH-6 Little Bird.

You could try a strategic value of 0 for offense/defense on the driver PCO, and a value of 3-5 on the gunner PCO and see...although I think the easiest way would be to remove the aiTemplate from the driver seat...haven't played with this yet, but I was thinking of doing the same thing with the mobile artillery, seems the bots always get in and try to drive while I'm aiming the arty

[Swaffy]

I tried a few minutes ago to make the AI take no priority to the driver seat, but it seems to have made the bots completely ignore the vehicle.

I have another idea:
Is there a way to make the "W" key the key that players press to go to seat 2? You see, bots instantly use the move forward key so perhaps we can change the key the bots use to the seat 2 key (so they instantly change to seat 2)?

[Edit] Look what I found:

[Vilespring]

AHA!
nice,that can make vehicles that bots just cannot use as well as a player (well, that's everything...) be left alone, yet with a full crew ready for battle!

[takiwa]

haha, that would do it...every time the bot uses the throttle input (menu select 2) to make the vehicle go, he changes positions in the vehicle...brilliant

[Swaffy]

I'm currently trying to figure out a way to prevent the bots from switching to the driver position after leaving it. In other words, preventing the bot from going back and forth between seat 2 and seat 1.

[Vilespring]

make the seat 1 button be the seat their already in?