A Hard Lesson gets an Idea

[Sundansyr]

Phoenix-D said:
I've tried forcing the AI to ram via AI scripts. Every time I tried what they did was stop around 14ls away from the target..

Did you take the weapons off the drones or give them a weapon with a '0' range?
I've not tried to do anything with the game AI, since I'm no programmer, so it may be something else entirely.

What they are always doing when they hit me is fighter loops, very tight and generally in sync with each other. Although sometimes I've seen them ram each other... *evil laugh*

It's strange, though, that it's downright difficult to get a full sized ship to run into me. They're even generally good about avoiding asteroids and planets... until they start doing those circular patterns that they get stuck in so easily (AI glitch?). When they start doing loops near asteroids generally I usually net a good bit of salvage in short order.

[Phoenix-D]

The circular patterns are a pre-programmed behavior that you can change if you like; its in AI_Scripts.txt.

As a side note, that file isn't exactly complicated. Not any more so than any of the other files anyway. If you really want to see a lot of ramming, try cranking up the game speed..

[Longinus]

Maybe you can replace the AI scrit with the one that makes fighter return to carriers, minus the docking part.

[Phoenix-D]

That AI script isn't open to modding unfortunately.