Adaptive AI question

[Charlie Victor Romeo]

If I load the game on death animation,is the Alien still adapting?

[ArielNugie]

I dunno, but I think so.. Cz I though the same last time and it still keeps searching me under the table. The best way to hide is just crouch behind the furniture and keep moving against the alien and the Alien for some reason, wont be able to see you, even when you face to face

[Ablomis]

I'd say "no". I always loaded before getting killed (sometimes even before the attack) and the Alien almost never ever searched for me in the lockers and under the table.(maybe pulled me from under the table once when I made some noise). Was playing on nightmare.

[Dayve]

No. When you die you see the little save symbol very briefly. If you press ESC and load a game before you see it, your death date is not registered.

[Shakes]

There is some misconception: the xeno AI doesn't actually "learn" when it kills you. The game's AI gives it hints to your location and "unlocks" different behavior patterns periodically to give it the appearance of figuring you out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt1XmiDwxhY

[Dayve]

Originally posted by Shakes:

There is some misconception: the xeno AI doesn't actually "learn" when it kills you. The game's AI gives it hints to your location and "unlocks" different behavior patterns periodically to give it the appearance of figuring you out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt1XmiDwxhY

Yeah, there's no such thing as a self-aware AI. We know it's only the illusion of learning.

[Ablomis]

When I said "learning" I have meant that if AI catches you under the table multiple times - it will unlock the node "check under the table".

Same way as if you use noisemakers too much it will start to ignore them.

[Shakes]

Originally posted by Dayve:

Yeah, there's no such thing as a self-aware AI. We know it's only the illusion of learning.

The point was that deaths don't make the xeno AI wise up to your behavior. Go to timestamp 9:12 in the video where this is explained.

[Skullmonkey]

The AI is the only thing that lets this game down, there is absolutely nothing unique or special about it, it's very easy to get around by fast walk everywhere and only hiding under tables, no hiding inside containers.

[Dayve]

Originally posted by SMX87:

The AI is the only thing that lets this game down, there is absolutely nothing unique or special about it, it's very easy to get around by fast walk everywhere and only hiding under tables, no hiding inside containers.

Every game is very easy once you know how its AI works. That's how games have always been. Even games which were designed to be extremely difficult are extremely easy once you know how the enemy AI works, which is why Youtube is full of Dark Souls no damage no saves runs.

It's easy to get around by walking and hiding under tables once you know what you're doing, yes. Before that though you die. A lot. And new players tend not to figure out very quickly how to avoid the alien so easily. They spend a lot of time in one place waiting for it to go in the vents, and their hiding place of choice is almost always a locker.