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Old August 9th, 2004, 01:51 PM
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Default Re: AI difficulty levels

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Its such a shame that even in dom2 the AI cheats...
I know its already like that in most games, but somehow I expected the AI in dom2 not to cheat...

I dont consider such things cheats. Being a lurker in the game development newsGroups, and the AI newsGroups, Id call it a necessary equalizer.

For an AI not to cheat, it would have to operate in with the same restrictions as players. Thats very difficult to program. Even if you accomplish that, then you have the intelligence part. Making the computer play smart isnt as hard as making it play sneaky. If a computer always goes to the obvious goal then the players will use that to setup ambushes.

Also keep in mind that we arent talking about the AI on normal setting being able to cheat. We are talking about the AI on harder settings being able to cheat. How would you make an AI be above average difficulty if you cant program it to be smarter than human players?
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