[ian-reeds-games] Re: auto pilot
- From: Ian Reed <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:06:54 -0600
Yeah, that really is a good idea Carlos.
What I really like about it is that the player is still responsible for
choosing the strategy and commanding the units, but the commands can
stretch beyond a single turn so you don't have to baby the unit each
turn to get it to the destination location.
And of course this could eventually be done for telling a unit to patrol
an area or stand guard until an enemy is nearby and then attack the
enemy, etc.
This is like what Time of Conflict does, and in fact what pretty much
all real time strategy games do.
I've even played RTS where you could give multiple commands, such as
move here, then move there, then start mining this resource, etc.
I don't have time to implement it right now though, but I do intend on
making it possible to override the AI for the RPG using script in the
near term.
So likely I'll be able to back port that feature to TB and then people
can write really custom AI scripts as Vojta suggests. In fact once
people can override the AI I could really see many more creative maps
made for TB as the AI seems to be one of the big limiting factors right now.
Ian Reed
On 8/21/2013 5:57 AM, Carlos Macintosh wrote:
Yeah that was availabl a long time ago, but only for however much he
was able to move. For example if a unit had 9 actions and move costed
3 actions you could only select a tile 3 squars away. Btw, a unit on
autopilot would move through terrain with effects on it. It would be
your job to guide him/her past or around the detrimental squares/.
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