Hello guys,
just want to share some thoughts On SpaceSim AI i came across so far...
Since my early days in Space Sims i encounter extremely dumb flight AI in general. I played original Elite on c64, Elite FE on Amiga, Wingcommander, Freelancer, the X Series, Starpoint Gemini 2, EvE online On PC... and it seems to be a golden rule in every space sim, that a good half of the NPC controlled Vessels have to crash into all sorts of structures or preferably the player controlled ship. Or they get stuck completely in named structures.
with Elites zero tolerance mechanic that leads to the station slaughterhouse events i get in every starport i visit now. Either one or multiple ships are grinding the station surface heavily, or one or multiple ships are beging ripped apart by the station Lasers. It happens so often, its a big Immersion killer for me.
I wonder why this phaenomena is not so common in other genres like flight Sims or racing Sims. And i played a lot of them too.
If the AI cant handle the rotating Station thing, then please give the Stations tractors to help those out of control NPC pilots.
just want to share some thoughts On SpaceSim AI i came across so far...
Since my early days in Space Sims i encounter extremely dumb flight AI in general. I played original Elite on c64, Elite FE on Amiga, Wingcommander, Freelancer, the X Series, Starpoint Gemini 2, EvE online On PC... and it seems to be a golden rule in every space sim, that a good half of the NPC controlled Vessels have to crash into all sorts of structures or preferably the player controlled ship. Or they get stuck completely in named structures.
with Elites zero tolerance mechanic that leads to the station slaughterhouse events i get in every starport i visit now. Either one or multiple ships are grinding the station surface heavily, or one or multiple ships are beging ripped apart by the station Lasers. It happens so often, its a big Immersion killer for me.
I wonder why this phaenomena is not so common in other genres like flight Sims or racing Sims. And i played a lot of them too.
If the AI cant handle the rotating Station thing, then please give the Stations tractors to help those out of control NPC pilots.