What is wrong with the AI?

[2004ChevyTahoe]

For like over a year the AI's intelligence has been going down hill

[Angularityッ]

I've been playing Arma 3 for years now and the AI has always been ♥♥♥♥. I especially hate the way BI handles their accuracy. They'll make the most impossible shots first try and they'll actively track you though smoke, walls, and concealment semi regularly so they can laser you as soon as you are out of cover even though any human being wouldn't be able to do the same thing except for blind luck. It's like line of sight isn't even a factor with the AI, only whether or not you are behind cover. And beyond they're also extremely dumb. I'll fire an Anti Personal RPG at a group of enemies and the remainder of the squad will sit there for a year and a half looking for me instead of moving to cover. It sucks, but luckily mods can make it better. It's just another thing to add to the Arma 4 wishlist.

[2004ChevyTahoe]

is there a mod that improves the AI?

[Angularityッ]

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=721359761

This one is my favorite. Enemies move around much more dynamically.

[El Berl]

Originally posted by Angularity:

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=721359761

This one is my favorite. Enemies move around much more dynamically.

I like it, but I swear sometimes it doesn't work. I know it also breaks some missions.

[Bunc]

Vcom Ai is good.

[El Berl]

Originally posted by Bunc:

Vcom Ai is good.

I tried ASR and the AI did alright but the driving was trash. VCOM AI driving is great, but the mod's performance penalty is a problem with larger AI counts.

[Angularityッ]

Originally posted by V. Berlioz:

Originally posted by Angularity:

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=721359761

This one is my favorite. Enemies move around much more dynamically.

I like it, but I swear sometimes it doesn't work. I know it also breaks some missions.

That is true. My group stopped using it because we had trouble commanding large amounts of AI. I miss it so much, but understand why we can't use it. One of my buddies knows the developer so hopefully he'll get some of the issues sorted soon.

[El Berl]

Originally posted by Angularity:

Originally posted by V. Berlioz:

I like it, but I swear sometimes it doesn't work. I know it also breaks some missions.

That is true. My group stopped using it because we had trouble commanding large amounts of AI. I miss it so much, but understand why we can't use it. One of my buddies knows the developer so hopefully he'll get some of the issues sorted soon.

Are there any functional AI mods besides ASR and VCOM? I kinda like ASR's infantry combat but they do way too much armor reading (I use AAPM, so I've got double-digit armor everywhere but on the neck) and VCOM costs too much performance.

[fnden]

Originally posted by M16A4 Assault Rifle:

For like over a year the AI's intelligence has been going down hill

it's because the people who made the AI don't know what they were doing and ended up leaving the company and didnt leave BI with instructions on how they made the AI. So BI is trying to reverse engineer the AI so they understand how it was made and how they can fix/edit it

[El Berl]

I gotta be honest. I tried ASR a second time on Altis and the AI were having a legitimate shootout within a city that felt way better than either VCOM or base game. I highly recommend it if you can handle the AI driving's lack of improvement!

[cam.au]

AI is obsolete feature from prior titles, ported forward to A3 to fill a gap but not really innovated or developed beyond a few token novelties

[cam.au]

Originally posted by fnden:

Originally posted by M16A4 Assault Rifle:

For like over a year the AI's intelligence has been going down hill

it's because the people who made the AI don't know what they were doing and ended up leaving the company and didnt leave BI with instructions on how they made the AI. So BI is trying to reverse engineer the AI so they understand how it was made and how they can fix/edit it

nothing has changed in 5 years, what sort of timeframe should they have for understanding and fixing it?

[MasterManiac]

What *isn't* wrong with the AI?

[Cow Obliterated by Train]

Originally posted by Angularity:

I've been playing Arma 3 for years now and the AI has always been ♥♥♥♥. I especially hate the way BI handles their accuracy. They'll make the most impossible shots first try and they'll actively track you though smoke, walls, and concealment semi regularly so they can laser you as soon as you are out of cover even though any human being wouldn't be able to do the same thing except for blind luck. It's like line of sight isn't even a factor with the AI, only whether or not you are behind cover. And beyond they're also extremely dumb. I'll fire an Anti Personal RPG at a group of enemies and the remainder of the squad will sit there for a year and a half looking for me instead of moving to cover. It sucks, but luckily mods can make it better. It's just another thing to add to the Arma 4 wishlist.

I don't feel bad about cheating and carrying like 50 smokes against AI.

[Cow Obliterated by Train]

Originally posted by au Joy:

Originally posted by fnden:

it's because the people who made the AI don't know what they were doing and ended up leaving the company and didnt leave BI with instructions on how they made the AI. So BI is trying to reverse engineer the AI so they understand how it was made and how they can fix/edit it

nothing has changed in 5 years, what sort of timeframe should they have for understanding and fixing it?

Seriously. If you can't fix it just gut it. They actually did that with the engine switch in DayZ SA and it ran so much better. I could actually run it on high without melting my pc.