AI Tweaks for Realistic and Immersive Play (Updated 12/11/24)

This is a modification of settings based on the RoN AI mod. (Version 2.0.0)

I did not make the mod itself, only the configuration for it below.

This config below aims to keep the intensity of the game, but reduce the ai's inhuman snap speed, reduce the ai's aimhack accuracy to promote more firefights and suppression, and lower the ai's health values so you don't have to shoot them several times when they aren't even wearing armor.

I tried to stay as close to the original game's vision as I could, all while making it more realistically fair.

It does not make it easier by any means, but makes it a lot more fair and realistic. It also slightly lowers the minimum and maximum morale values to be more varied but also not so overpowered. The issue was that the AI was able to look and fire at a player before even pulling their gun up in some cases. That has been corrected by this so this requires them to actually point the gun at the player before even firing.

Important values that were changed: RequiredTimeSpentOnTarget (time they must be looking at a target before firing), SuspectAccuracy went down a bit (so they are less like hacking snipers), and SuspectTimeWithWeaponUpBeforeFiring (to make sure they actually hold the weapon up before firing).

ONLY THE HOST NEEDS TO MAKE THESE CHANGES.

Someone posted my guide here as well: https://kosgames.com/ready-or-not-ai-tweaks-for-realistic-play-13310/

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Brief Intro

THIS SHOULD TAKE YOU ALL OF 10-15 MINUTES MAX UNLESS YOU'RE CUSTOM TWEAKING ALL THE SETTINGS.

Though we've been playing for a few days, my friend and I dialed this all in tonight after playing for 6 straight hours. These values are what we felt were best. The game feels much more free-flowing to us, all while retaining the tactical aspect, intensity, and overall feel for the game. Over 400 combined hours have gone into playtesting, editing, and adjusting this mod at the time of writing this. The numbers are now tripled for time spent testing.

The default speed and accuracy of the AI in game was far from "realistic" or even being really fair. If you check some slow-mo replays online, you'll see exactly what I mean. The Devs even acknowledged the AI is "BS" sometimes - their own words.

We strive for as close to realism as possible in games. We've been playing a wide selection of milsims for years including the entire Arma series (Including when it was called Operation Flashpoint), Insurgency 1 & 2 (And the old mod), Ground Branch, Zero Hour, Red Orchestra 2, Squad, Hell Let Loose, Post Scriptum, the SWAT series, Six Days in Fallujah, the old Rainbow Six games, and many more that I can't currently think of.

The only aspect of RoN that we could not stand was the insanely fast and miracle-like snapshooting of the AI.

I'm no expert by any means, but I do hold a Bachelor's in Computer Programming and Software Development with a focus in Game Design and I've also been a huge history/military buff for my entire life since a very young age. I also grew up with firearms and learning how to properly/responsibly handle and maintain them. I'm 30 as of writing this.

(Mostly Completed) Spreadsheet of Commands and Descriptions

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XCUKILwm-c5xQA6Z62yYKRgH7mvpoHSF7wm0Uo7DEGw/edit#gid=1708444565

Still Standing Custom Config (Realistic/Intense/Fair/Immersive)

Save this config as "AILevelData.ini" somewhere on your PC.

Config:
https://pastebin.com/fkbq3PZU

Upload it here using "Modify bustom AI Config" (Upload)

Upload Site:
https://ron.recursiveprojects.cloud/AI_Mod

Then click "Generate Mod" and save the file as "pakchunk99-Mods_RonModGenerator_AI_P.pak"
in your game's install directory: "steam\steamapps\common\Ready Or Not\ReadyOrNot\Content\Paks" (It will look something like that)

Closing Thoughts

Tweak the settings to fit your personal tastes. As stated above, only the host needs this for multiplayer games, but you should tell people when they enter your game if you're using mods as a courtesy. Not everyone will enjoy it.

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