ACE3/documentation/feature/ai.md

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## 1. Overview

### 1.1 Adjusted AI skill values
The idea here is to reduce the AI's godlike aiming capabilties while retaining it's high intelligence. The AI should be smart enough to move through a town, but also be 'human' in their reaction time and aim.
Note: All these values can still be adjusted via scripts, these arrays just change what 0 & 1 are for setSkill.

### 1.2 Firing in burst mode
AIs will now use the automatic mode of their weapons on short distances, instead of always relying on firing single shots in quick succession.

### 1.3 Longer engagement ranges
The maximum engagement ranges are increased: AI will fire in bursts with variable length on high ranges of 500 - 700 meters, depending on their weapon and optic.

### 1.4 No deadzones in CQB
Some weapons had minimum engagement ranges. If you were as close as 2 meters to an AAF soldier, he wouldn't open fire, because the AI couldn't find any valid fire mode for their weapon. ACE3 removes this behaviour mostly notable in CQB by adding a valid firing mode.

### 1.5 No scripting
All changes of ACE3 AI are config based to ensure full compatibility with advanced AI modifications like ASR AI.


## 2. Dependencies

`ace_common`
Create missing documentation placeholders Creates placeholder documentation for modules which did not previously have any. If a module had the same name and apparent purpose as a module from AGM, AGM's documentation was imported into the placeholder. These documentation are useful to users for explaining what ACE3 changes. They are also useful to community admins who want to create a custom distribution of ACE3 and need to know which modules to disable. The documentation needs to be significantly fleshed out before it's ready for public consumption, but this should be a helpful start. 2015-05-13 00:28:18 +00:00			`---`
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Create missing documentation placeholders Creates placeholder documentation for modules which did not previously have any. If a module had the same name and apparent purpose as a module from AGM, AGM's documentation was imported into the placeholder. These documentation are useful to users for explaining what ACE3 changes. They are also useful to community admins who want to create a custom distribution of ACE3 and need to know which modules to disable. The documentation needs to be significantly fleshed out before it's ready for public consumption, but this should be a helpful start. 2015-05-13 00:28:18 +00:00			`group: feature`
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Documentation pass2 - guidelines added - classnames added 2015-05-15 15:08:29 +00:00			`## 1. Overview`
Insert additional newlines 2015-05-14 14:02:01 +00:00
Documentation pass2 - guidelines added - classnames added 2015-05-15 15:08:29 +00:00			`### 1.1 Adjusted AI skill values`
Create missing documentation placeholders Creates placeholder documentation for modules which did not previously have any. If a module had the same name and apparent purpose as a module from AGM, AGM's documentation was imported into the placeholder. These documentation are useful to users for explaining what ACE3 changes. They are also useful to community admins who want to create a custom distribution of ACE3 and need to know which modules to disable. The documentation needs to be significantly fleshed out before it's ready for public consumption, but this should be a helpful start. 2015-05-13 00:28:18 +00:00			`The idea here is to reduce the AI's godlike aiming capabilties while retaining it's high intelligence. The AI should be smart enough to move through a town, but also be 'human' in their reaction time and aim.`
			`Note: All these values can still be adjusted via scripts, these arrays just change what 0 & 1 are for setSkill.`
Documentation pass Documentation improved for - ai - aircraft - attach - captives 2015-05-13 19:26:51 +00:00
Documentation pass2 - guidelines added - classnames added 2015-05-15 15:08:29 +00:00			`### 1.2 Firing in burst mode`
Create missing documentation placeholders Creates placeholder documentation for modules which did not previously have any. If a module had the same name and apparent purpose as a module from AGM, AGM's documentation was imported into the placeholder. These documentation are useful to users for explaining what ACE3 changes. They are also useful to community admins who want to create a custom distribution of ACE3 and need to know which modules to disable. The documentation needs to be significantly fleshed out before it's ready for public consumption, but this should be a helpful start. 2015-05-13 00:28:18 +00:00			`AIs will now use the automatic mode of their weapons on short distances, instead of always relying on firing single shots in quick succession.`
Documentation pass Documentation improved for - ai - aircraft - attach - captives 2015-05-13 19:26:51 +00:00
Documentation pass2 - guidelines added - classnames added 2015-05-15 15:08:29 +00:00			`### 1.3 Longer engagement ranges`
Create missing documentation placeholders Creates placeholder documentation for modules which did not previously have any. If a module had the same name and apparent purpose as a module from AGM, AGM's documentation was imported into the placeholder. These documentation are useful to users for explaining what ACE3 changes. They are also useful to community admins who want to create a custom distribution of ACE3 and need to know which modules to disable. The documentation needs to be significantly fleshed out before it's ready for public consumption, but this should be a helpful start. 2015-05-13 00:28:18 +00:00			`The maximum engagement ranges are increased: AI will fire in bursts with variable length on high ranges of 500 - 700 meters, depending on their weapon and optic.`
Documentation pass Documentation improved for - ai - aircraft - attach - captives 2015-05-13 19:26:51 +00:00
Documentation pass2 - guidelines added - classnames added 2015-05-15 15:08:29 +00:00			`### 1.4 No deadzones in CQB`
Documentation pass 3 - Fixed typos in laser/readme - Documentation guidelines updated - ACE3 mentions updated in - - ai - Updated doc - - fcs - - hearing - -hitreaction - - interaction - - interact_menu - - inventory - - javelin - - laser - - laserpointer - - laser_selfdesignate - - logistics_uavbattery - - logistics_wirecutter - - magazinerepack - - main - - map - - maptools - - markers 2015-05-17 17:51:46 +00:00			`Some weapons had minimum engagement ranges. If you were as close as 2 meters to an AAF soldier, he wouldn't open fire, because the AI couldn't find any valid fire mode for their weapon. ACE3 removes this behaviour mostly notable in CQB by adding a valid firing mode.`
Documentation pass Documentation improved for - ai - aircraft - attach - captives 2015-05-13 19:26:51 +00:00
Documentation pass2 - guidelines added - classnames added 2015-05-15 15:08:29 +00:00			`### 1.5 No scripting`
Documentation pass 3 - Fixed typos in laser/readme - Documentation guidelines updated - ACE3 mentions updated in - - ai - Updated doc - - fcs - - hearing - -hitreaction - - interaction - - interact_menu - - inventory - - javelin - - laser - - laserpointer - - laser_selfdesignate - - logistics_uavbattery - - logistics_wirecutter - - magazinerepack - - main - - map - - maptools - - markers 2015-05-17 17:51:46 +00:00			`All changes of ACE3 AI are config based to ensure full compatibility with advanced AI modifications like ASR AI.`
Merge branch 'doc-dependencies' of https://github.com/dharmab/ACE3 into docs-merge 2015-05-14 14:44:44 +00:00

Documentation pass2 - guidelines added - classnames added 2015-05-15 15:08:29 +00:00			`## 2. Dependencies`
Create missing documentation placeholders Creates placeholder documentation for modules which did not previously have any. If a module had the same name and apparent purpose as a module from AGM, AGM's documentation was imported into the placeholder. These documentation are useful to users for explaining what ACE3 changes. They are also useful to community admins who want to create a custom distribution of ACE3 and need to know which modules to disable. The documentation needs to be significantly fleshed out before it's ready for public consumption, but this should be a helpful start. 2015-05-13 00:28:18 +00:00
Document module dependencies Add a list of dependencies to each module's documentation. Also add a note to the documenation of modules which are a dependency for many other modules. Dependency lists are pulled from each module's config.cpp. 2015-05-13 19:31:53 +00:00			`ace_common`