AI dont shoot and other problems

[JG27_Steini]

Hello gentleman,

 

recently i play tank mission or the campaign. I try to play as a platoon leader. This is very frusttrating. I have the following problems.

 

1. AI forming up very dump. They place themselves in bad positions so that they can not shoot or they became stuck in front of obstacles or get damaged by them. During a mission you always have to change missions trying to avoid them get stucked.

2. AI often won't shoot. For example in the first german campaing mission my platoon does not shot. I tried all orders and i tried to select single targets. Nothing. Even at close range they do nothing. 

3. AI behave very dump, they just follow the script and thats it. Even light tanks dont disengage a Tiger tank. If they reached a point they stop and wait. All enemy react very simple. They drive to the target and they shoot everyting in their give range. Thats it. There is no simple logic like disengaging, hiding, shoot and hide. They often show you their weak points instead of turning the vehicle to you. Like bad plane AI tanks have no willing to survive, they follow the script and thats it.

 

 

[TIGRE88]

 

for the simplistic behavior of the tanks it is because the programming was not done in a sufficiently thorough way.

it is possible to make tanks run away, or move forward and back when their comrade are hit etc. all of this is doable with the mission editor, but it still has to be done.

 

if not for the fact that there are problems with the friendly tanks following you, the problem is with the AI which is not high enough, but it is up to the TC team to review that.

[JG27_Steini]

15 minutes ago, TIGRE88 said:

 

for the simplistic behavior of the tanks it is because the programming was not done in a sufficiently thorough way.

it is possible to make tanks run away, or move forward and back when their comrade are hit etc. all of this is doable with the mission editor, but it still has to be done.

 

if not for the fact that there are problems with the friendly tanks following you, the problem is with the AI which is not high enough, but it is up to the TC team to review that.

 

Thank you. Do you have any idea why AI wont shoot? I ordered "Fire at will" and brought them in a good fire position, but they do nothing. Even mark a single target has no effect. Might be a bug.

Edited November 4, 2020 by JG27_Steini

[TIGRE88]

 

it depends, it can be for several reasons, what is the  mission? and where ??

Sometimes it is simply because of the terrain, it is enough that you are in front and that your friends who follow you are behind you and that the ground is not sufficiently flat and the tanks cannot open fire. ..

it is for this reason that very often when I program missions I prefer to separate the groups, to remain alone, especially in the difficult grounds ,  or to have only one tank which follows me and to have alongside a group of tanks which advance independently. .but they stop at startgic places and start to move forward when I'm nearby!

[istari6]

I also find that it sometimes seems tied to Autopilot. Ensure Autopilot is on (set by Driver position), then give your crew orders.  

[SCG_Neun]

Latest patch might have fixed this..  24. Fixed a bug due to which the AI controlled tanks did not attack obviously visible targets in some rare circumstances;

[JG27_Steini]

6 hours ago, SCG_Neun said:

Latest patch might have fixed this..  24. Fixed a bug due to which the AI controlled tanks did not attack obviously visible targets in some rare circumstances;

 

I also tested a lot. My observation was that AI wont shoot until it reaches the given waypoint. In the campaign you do have to follow the waypoints correctly. If you stay out of the range the AI often does nothing. For example the first german mission in the campaign. If you stay out of the waypoint and let the T34 come closer your AI wont shoot. I will test again. The other problem that it was impossibile to assign targets with binoculars seems also fixed now. 

On 11/5/2020 at 3:04 AM, istari6 said:

I also find that it sometimes seems tied to Autopilot. Ensure Autopilot is on (set by Driver position), then give your crew orders.  

 

It was a plattoon problem. My gunner shoots like machine gun ?