Need someone to test this.

GameArena · Post by **GameArena** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:42 pm

I've been working on improving the AI in Doom lately, and was wondering if I could have someone test it on multiplayer, it works pretty nicely on single player (the enemies will follow you into rooms, etc.). But I'm not sure how it'll work via networking, if it doesn't work well with multiple players it'd be generally easy to fix it. But if you want to see what the updated AI is like, start the executable up with -file map01.wad (it needs to load the trajectory paths), then without killing everyone or anyone (I suggest the easy skill level, then you'll be able to better see how they work, run by those guys in the hall, open the door to the room with all the guys on the platforms, press the buttons to bring the platforms down, then run to the exit room, and hide inside (don't hit the exit switch). You'll here the footsteps get closer and closer, then they'll open the door (with their speed it may take a little while). I still have no clue what will happen on multiplayer, you'll have to use map01.wad of course. It should work, but I want to make sure.

You'll probably want to extract the contents of zdoom.zip to a different folder than your current zdoom as I didn't change filenames yet. For best effect you'll probably want 3d sound on and the sound effects turned up.

Enjoy. I'm currently working on a lot of other new stuff to, if this goes well, perhaps I'll release more for public testing.

You can download the file at modarchive.gnlive.com/files/zdoom.zip .

Hirogen2 · Post by **Hirogen2** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:44 pm

The monster AI or the bot AI?

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:48 pm

I would try if it said the zip wasn't corrupt. But maybe that's my pc being a bugger.

GameArena · Post by **GameArena** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:49 pm

Monster AI, I currently have no desire to create a bot system. Gah, I'm on a 56k so there's a chance it got corrupted upon uploading, I'm downloading it to check. Hopefully it's just your computer

GameArena · Post by **GameArena** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:58 pm

Alright it works for me, so it's not the zip. Try redownloading it.

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:05 pm

Will do.... As soon as my goofy brother's illegal Halo warez download.

Lexus Alyus · Post by **Lexus Alyus** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 6:03 am

Mmm, finally, footsteps!

But apart from that I didn't trally notice anything differant...

GameArena · Post by **GameArena** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 10:20 am

Yeah, I'm still working on the path nodes, appearently Map01 wasn't really a good choice to test them on. The problem is I need them accurate, but I don't want them to take to much processing time (which would be the case with multipath-traversing prior to movement. Although I think I may try a new system that makes it so the players drop nodes after a certain amount of tics.

Galaxy_Stranger · Post by **Galaxy_Stranger** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:46 am

did you use a dehacked patch to use the player's pain sound to get the footsteps? I noticed that there is no pain sound when dropping from a good height.

GameArena · Post by **GameArena** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 5:47 pm

No, it's a source modification, no dehack stuff needed, it just doesn't have the *land sound included.

Sphagne · Post by **Sphagne** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:11 pm

Hey GameAreana, have you used some of my ideas in your monster AI? I would like to see them implemented somewhere, so please say yes.

Ultraviolet · Post by **Ultraviolet** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 3:32 am

Will you be able to keep this up-to-date with future ZDoom releases?

Post by **Kappes Buur** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:46 am

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First off, could you call this modified file something different than zdoom.exe, for example zdoomAI.exe or AIdoom.exe or GAdoom.exe? I can see the bug reports flooding in, saying that ZDoom no longer works, because someone did not realize that this is no longer ZDoom anymore.

Second, are you making this modification so that it can be patched into ZDoom seamlessly? And are you willing to follow-up on bug reports?

Thirdly. It sure would be good, if you considered Sphagne's recommendations.
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Post by **Enjay** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 2:56 pm

I agree with Kappes Buur. Give it a different exe name, give it an alternativly named resource wad to zdoom.wad and make it use it's own ini. Then you can keep things neat and tidy and the two progs won't interfere with each other if you put them in the same dir.

Aside from that, it ran well enough, but apart from the footsteps, I was hard pushed to notice much difference.

GameArena · Post by **GameArena** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 1:09 am

The filename will change, but this is just part of the code built I've been working on. I'm actually working a engine for a freeware game based on Randy's wonderful Zdoom

. But I may release several versions for those who wish to have more editing features and special effects with regular doom wads. As for the AI ethics, I'm currently using a simple node system (predefined) but am working very hard on fuzzy logic path traversing, yet am having problems concerning speed. I may in the end just stick with waypoints.