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Halo 2: Tickrate AI Balance Fix

No, the tools aren't linux compatible.

There won't be a similar fix for Reach, correct?

Or well, it's skipping one full update then firing. Since there's two per second, it fires every half second.

Further explanation.

0.566 is the limit because of two reasons.

0.5 ensures that 30 hz is skipped every second. It skips half the first update then half the second update. This puts the total delay at 0 seconds.

If you use 1, it would normally skip one full update then fire, however now it is skipping one, firing, then skipping another and firing again, putting the delay at 0.5 seconds.

If you use 2, it skips both updates then fires, putting the delay at 1 second.

Etc, etc.

0.066 ensures another 33 ms of time is skipped per update, in case any frame dependent actions are being taken.

They fixed the weapon bugs but not the AI bugs. I fixed the AI bugs.

I thought they fixed this bug in the past, or is it they only fixed tickrates in Multiplayer?

The mod tools don't support it, so idk, has anybody else gotten Halo 2 Anniversary mods?

Can you eventually get this working with anniversary graphics ?

The tickrate causes double updates, which you have to fix. There's then the fact that a lot of timers update per frame, so they need a delay added to not outpace the engine. The complicated part when it comes to the new tickrate is that 0.5 = 0.

So, for example if I want to take a timer with a .1 delay and fix it, then I have to use the following formula:

0.1 * 2 + 0.566 = 0.766.

But the really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying part is that some things have parent timers, so you have to figure out what the parent timer is. Changes to any timer underneath the parent work normally, the parent is the one that updates per tick.

For AI behaviors, it's the perception timers.

For AI attacks, they use the difficulty scales.

It is very, very complicated.

I don't think most people actually have the knowledge to implement this fix correctly is why it hasn't existed thus far.