AI dumb as a brick?

For me when i use the AI in the demolition arena the AI will only go forward hit the wall and keep on trying to drive, before the update it would not do this and back up. Thought the AI got improved.

 

I do not believe that map has AI roads yet.

 

...When did you ever see the AI back up after hitting a wall in Derby Arenas? You must have been in a scenario because it would never do that. Nor do I think it would be able to because Derby Arenas has no AI pathed Decalroads unless you change it in editors.

So to answer your original post.....Yes, AI is dumb as a sheep...

 

Despite Derby Area not being mapped, on other maps AI loves to overshoot corners and god save them if they get the slightest bit sideways.

 

yeah, but on ECUSA and WCUSA its actually really good.

 

I find that I have to set the parameter risk at 0.6 for them to be able to drive somewhat decent. It's not bad then until they need to turn around which ends up hung up on a curb, in the ditch or stuck in reverse.

 

I tend to have the opposite problem, where if I want to have a decent chase I need to set the risk factor to well over 1, otherwise the AI drives like a scared grandma when it takes gentle turns on a wide road. The AI is actually better on small twisty roads. There I can have a hard time keeping up. I think the AI would benefit from taking into account the road width/type before ultimately deciding what risks to take.

 

absolutely love ur pfp
its freaking amazing

 

Thanks. Yeah I just wanted to add a face to the default pic, since I didn't want to be faceless, but I didn't feel like coming up with an entirely new profile pic.

 

They made changes to the AI in the 0.12 update, unknowingly ruining the chase mode. Now the car in chase mode will only hit you with its front. If you are behind it, it will drive forward in search for a place to make an u-turn. Look here:
https://www.beamng.com/threads/0-13...g-thread-read-1-post.56010/page-4#post-890617
As you see, I have already reported that twice, but devs give zero damn.

 

Now now, that is not true, they might not address every issue right away, but they do care for sure, it is their best interest to make AI work well, however there are short term and long term goals, some aspects of AI might not make sense to work much right now if for example they have bigger plan rolling in regards of AI, which might give much better results bit later.

There can be various of reasons why it has not been possible to address that issue for 0.13 or 0.14, but one thing is certain that they do care about it and seeing someone thinking they "give zero damn" is kinda hurting when they work very hard to make things better all the time.

In chase mode AI car that is chasing tends to hit trees quite often indeed, but when I do chasing things work out quite nicely:

 

Yes, chase AI is behaving quite well in literal chases, but a demo derby is now impossible. I used to enjoy them with Beamng physics, but I have been unable to play one for half a year now and it's making me slightly mad.

 

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If found that if you stay near the ai in chase/flee mode it's less dumb.

If you go further than 20 feet away from it, its dumber than dirt

 

It’s still a brick in flee. It forgets about roads when you get too far.