I still remember fighting grunts in the original half life for the first time and being blown away. Your work makes games great!
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pennomi@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Me too, but I make pathfinding algorithms for video game characters. The truly classic Artificial Intelligence.
bobotron@lemm.ee 7 months ago
barsoap@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It’s been a while since I looked at how Valve does it but it could be called a primitive expert system. And while the HL1 grunts were extraordinary for their time, HL2’s combine grunts are still pretty much the gold standard. Without the AI leaking information to the player via radio chatter it would feel very much like the AI is cheating because yes, HL2’s grunts are better at tactics than 99.99% of humans. It also helps that you’re a bullet sponge so them outsmarting you, like leading you into an ambush, doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re done for.
OTOH they’re a couple of pages of state-machines that would have no idea what to do in the real world.
Venator@lemmy.nz 7 months ago
TIL OTOH is short for On the Other Hand
Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Is it? I always thought it was Off The Top Of my Head for some reason.
perishthethought@lemm.ee 7 months ago
<sweats in Opposing Force>
samus12345@lemmy.world 7 months ago
So many walls being ran into over the years!
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I appreciate your work. Rock and Stone.
Water_Melon_boy@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Did I hear a Rock and Stone!?