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> have they been supplanted with evolving A.I.? Not to my knowledge. In fact, the AI of F.E.A.R. is still more or less looked at as a benchmark of good FPS AI

by Merad 10y ago

> have they been supplanted with evolving A.I.? Not to my knowledge. In fact, the AI of F.E.A.R. is still more or less looked at as a benchmark of good FPS AI. I'm really struggling to think of any game that has surpassed it. The FPS genre has been dominated by titles focused on multiplayer for the last 6-8 years, so AI has been fairly stagnant.

corysama 10y ago
In games, AI is not my area. But, what I've seen is that games try to avoid training-based AI because it is difficult to get predictable, controllable results. Training an neural/genetic/whatever system is great until a designer asks you to code in a few exceptional situations and a few extra guarantees. However, there is apparently some movement into that area going on. Here's a recent vid about game AI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jse_ZleruJU&t=11m44s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jse_ZleruJU&t=11m44s It talks about the progression from FSMs, to Behavior Trees, to Utility AI, into Neural Nets and eventually Neural Evolution.
zyxley 10y ago
The latest Fallout game has some interesting things in the enemy AI. In particular, enemies will actively try to flush you out of cover by blind firing even if they only have a guess at where you are (keying into the game's stealth system).
nickpsecurity 10y ago
Call of Duty Ghosts if it was the one with bots that acted like real players. I actually thought I was online when my brother handed me the controller because (a) didn't know COD's had bots and (b) they acted like players albeit with far less range of behavior. It was pretty nice experience with me enjoying screwing with them to test the limits of their capabilities. Half-life's squads were first to have an impact on me like they were realistic. FEAR was first to really put pressure on me without straight-up cheating (or appearing to). It was awesome. I think Ghosts exceeds it, though, in some ways esp realism.

by Merad 10y ago

corysama 10y ago

In games, AI is not my area. But, what I've seen is that games try to avoid training-based AI because it is difficult to get predictable, controllable results. Training an neural/genetic/whatever system is great until a designer asks you to code in a few exceptional situations and a few extra guarantees. However, there is apparently some movement into that area going on. Here's a recent vid about game AI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jse_ZleruJU&t=11m44s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jse_ZleruJU&t=11m44s It talks about the progression from FSMs, to Behavior Trees, to Utility AI, into Neural Nets and eventually Neural Evolution.

zyxley 10y ago

The latest Fallout game has some interesting things in the enemy AI. In particular, enemies will actively try to flush you out of cover by blind firing even if they only have a guess at where you are (keying into the game's stealth system).

nickpsecurity 10y ago

Call of Duty Ghosts if it was the one with bots that acted like real players. I actually thought I was online when my brother handed me the controller because (a) didn't know COD's had bots and (b) they acted like players albeit with far less range of behavior. It was pretty nice experience with me enjoying screwing with them to test the limits of their capabilities. Half-life's squads were first to have an impact on me like they were realistic. FEAR was first to really put pressure on me without straight-up cheating (or appearing to). It was awesome. I think Ghosts exceeds it, though, in some ways esp realism.