Tactical Shooter AI - Asset Store Pack

i did it but the agent get back to patroll before arive to sound location.. how to make it investigates or wonder arround the sound position then if he didn't find the player get back to patrolling .. one more issues how to make the grenade damage my RFPS player ..
Thanks for answering. .

 

Default behavior of the investigate sound function is to do just that- go close to the location of the sound and then return to the idle behaviour. I can look into making you a version of the investigate sound function that has the agent wait around a bit after reaching the sound source. (However, as stated above, I'm pretty busy at the moment, so this might take me a while to get around to.)


As for making AI grenades damage the RFPS player- in short, open the TSAI explosion script and uncomment the RFPS lines in the middle. Then set the layermask appropriately so it doesn't interpret the RFPS player itself as a wall and do no damage. More detail can be found in the RFPS integration instructions included with the package.

 

Hi squared55, is there any way i can use object pooling with ai gameObeject? I'm trying to use this on mobile platform.

 

People other than me have done it, but it did require some code modification. IIRC, someone actually made a video demonstrating how to integrate TSAI with an asset called Pool Boss, but on taking a brief look, I can't seem to find the video again.

 

Hi, bots on my map are pretty stupid and i don't understand why.
http://take.ms/WIaZt
I start 10x10 battle, there is still plenty of blue soldiers, but all red soldiers stand near one of them and do nothig. This blue soldier is shooting randomly. And this is not the only strange thing. Often bots don't see each other in 1 meter distance. They can stand on one place for 2-3 minutes before start moving, or don't move at all. They move in group without reacting to enemy bots. Bots in one team can intentionaly shoot each other. And bots like to shoot to nowhere.
And on demo map everything works ok. What can it be?
I am using same bot prefab like on demo map, only change their team parameters at runtime on awake (team, allied teams, enemy teams).

 

Have you configured the AI Controller to match the demo scene? You should also use the "SetNewTeam(int newTeam)" method to change teams if you are not already.

 

I hope u make the version of the investigate sound function that make the ai to investigate around the sound location??!!

 

Sorry for the late response. Like I said, I was extremely busy.

Anyways, here is a version of the Investigate Sound behavior that will cause the agent to wait for a certain amount of seconds before returning to their regular idle behavior.

Replace the InvestigateSound class in the CustomAIBehaviour with this one.

Code (CSharp):

1. namespace TacticalAI
2. {
3.     public class InvestigateSound : TacticalAI.CustomAIBehaviour
4.     {
5.  
6.         float radiusToCallOffSearch;
7.         //Change this to change the amount of time the AI waits!
8.         float timeUntilReturnToIdle = 10.0f;
9.  
10.         public virtual void Inititae()
11.         {
12.             base.Initiate();
13.             radiusToCallOffSearch = baseScript.radiusToCallOffSearch;
14.         }
15.  
16.         public override void AICycle()
17.         {
18.             //End the behaviour if we get close enough to the source, or we engage a target.
19.             if(navI.GetRemainingDistance() < radiusToCallOffSearch)
20.             {
21.                 timeUntilReturnToIdle -= Time.deltaTime;
22.             }
23.  
24.             if (timeUntilReturnToIdle <= 0 || baseScript.IsEnaging())
25.             {
26.                 KillBehaviour();
27.             }
28.             else
29.             {
30.                 targetVector = baseScript.lastHeardNoisePos;
31.             }
32.         }
33.  
34.         public override void OnEndBehaviour()
35.         {
36.             Destroy(this);
37.         }
38.     }
39. }

Let me know if it works.

 

How can I get bot who is owner of bullet, that hit me? Is there any built in method or i need to modify plugin code to achieve that?

 

Unfortunately, there is no built-in way to tell which bullet was fired by what agent. You may want to attack a new script to the bullet prefab instead of modifying the TSAI code, though.

 

So I need to create a bullet prefab for every bot and assign this prefab to gunscript at runtime?

 

That's one way to do it. But, upon thinking about it more, the best way would require only a bit of modification to the code.

First, you'd make a script which holds the ID of the agent which fired the bullet and transfers the data to the target (or you could integrate it into the existing bullet script, if you'd find that easier).

Then in the GunScript you would access this new script/code when the bullet is instantiated and provide the information that way. You can look to how I set the target of homing rounds for an example.

 

Great job on the plugin!

What is the best way to give a new destination to the ai agent. For example, a new base or flag to defend during the game? I tried setting the key transform of the BaseScript to the new target transform and setting the idle behaviour to "moveToTransform" but I think this only seems to work when the agent is first instantiated not during gameplay.

 

"Berserker" is the combat behavior which moves the enemy to a specific point. By default, this point is the target, hence the name, but you can override the destination via the key transform.

 

Ok great thank you.

Will using berserker behavior let the agents still engage enemies along their path? one thing I noticed with the move to transform behaviour was that they would often run right past enemies in a blind rush to the destination, which looks a bit funny that they ignore an enemy a few feet away.

 

As a general suggestion for coding that might make the plugin a bit more extensible, would be to provide more virtual functions that can be overridden to allow for easier customization without having to edit your original code.

Also things like the spawner have a reliance on a hardcoded sendMessage that will only work with the spawnerscript class as it is written. This is when a new unit is spawned and then it looks like the spawner registers itself with the new unit so that when the unit is killed the spawner will be notified, but as it takes the spawner itself as a parameter, it will only ever work with that specific spawner class. Would be cool if this was a bit more generic and instead of passing in the spawner as the parameter, we just passed in the gameobject so that the agent could send out the killed message to any script on the spawner object rather than only this one class.

Anyways, just some general thoughts, but overall it's fantastic!

 

I tried the berserker style but they pretty much just run at the set destination without stopping for cover as much. I prefer the feel of the Tactical behaviour but is there a way to just give them a general point to move towards and make sure they do so carefully so they stop at cover, don't just run into enemy fire, etc..?

 

You might want to try using the Advance Towards Target cover finding method along with Tactical. This will make them choose cover nodes that are progressively closer to the Key Transform.

 

Trying to get this working with Invectors TPC. So far so good, however when I apply the Target script on the Player, the AI do not see me, yet when I apply this script to the camera they do, but shooting at the camera which is behind the player. Any ideas?

 

Sounds like a layermask issue is causing the agent to view the player as a wall they can't see through. Try excluding the player's layer from the AI Controller's layermask.

 

Thanks. I'll give it a go and let you know if it works.

 

Thanks. I tried changing the cover seek method to Advance towards target, but doesn't seem to change anything. They still don't move towards the key transform. Maybe you can give me some instructions based on this desired behaviour:

1. I set a transform or position of an capture point for the agent i want them to proceed to
2. They move towards that point, using cover if they are in combat, otherwise just walk towards it if not in combat
3. Once the point is captured, I give them another point to move towards (repeat step 2)

Any thoughts on how to accomplish that?

 

Hi,
I'm looking for a good AI solution. Is it possible to create AI bots as enemies for my player?

 

Are using manually placed cover nodes?

You can use TSAI to make enemy NPCs, however, depending on what movement/other mechanics you player has, the TSAI agents may not be able to do everything your player can.

 

Thank you.

 

Yes, I put short and tall cover node prefabs into the scene along the path the agents take to get to a control point. I put the nodes as children of other objects (props, cars, etc..), not sure if that matters or whether the cover nodes need to be in the root of the scene.

 

There's an error in the CoverFinderScript. Line 123 should read

Code (CSharp):

1. return FindAdvancingCover(targetTransformPos, transformToDefend);

 

How do you get the AI to hear gunshots, they only detect me through vision (iv'e played around with the shout options.)

Im also using UFPS.

 

There should be a script included with the package that makes a "sound" the AI can hear when the prefab on which the script is placed is instantiated. So, putting it on your bullet prefabs should do the trick.

 

Hi,

How would I go about disabling an agent's ability from engaging with other (enemy) agents until the player tells them to?

In the game I am working on the player can command agents to follow and assist them and I would like to stop agents from engaging with enemies until the player commands them to.

Thank you.

 

Quick question, can this work with invector? I can hurt enemies but they just stand there, I have the teams all properly set in the target script.

 

Try setting the priority (on their TargetScript) for the enemies that you do not want the agents to engage to a value less than 0. Then when you want the agents to attack them, restore their priority to a value greater than 0.

You could also change the priorities of the agents to different amounts based on player commands in order to get your friendly agents to focus fire (or do the opposite- give friendly agents a higer priority than the player to make distractions more effective).

I don't offer official Invector support, but if you have the damage systems working together, that's 99% of the challenge.

Have you made sure that the player's physics layer is not included in the AI Controller's layermask? If the player's target script object is hidden behind the player's collider, the agents might not be able to see it.

 

hi. I have two identical agents with same settings but one of them shoots at the other the same moment he sees him, which is good. Other one is practically identical to the first one but he does not shoot right away but startwalking to first agent and shoots only when he is at nearmele distance.
What could that be?
Help please!!!

 

Probably some discrepancy between the settings of the two agents. Do you have sprinting enabled on the agent that is not working? Are they both using the same combat behavior?

 

Hello boys.

This is my game evolution made with Tactical AI:

Website:

http://www.andromedavideogame.com/

I've published a demo at Windows Store:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/t...kfx9?SilentAuth=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab

and Amazon Store:

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Also a paid Preview at Amazon Store:

It consists of 5 levels of 16 and an interesting story:

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This might be way late, but lookup Core Game Kit, it uses pooling and spawners and has tutorials on setting it up with TactAI.

 

squared55,
Are these variables 'timeBeforeTargetExpiration' or 'willEverLoseAwareness' in TargetScript still used? The one is a public var to be set, but it looks like the code that would use them is commented out. I'm setting up difficulty levels and I'd like to use them as some of my variables. Are they not used in the latest release?
Thanks, and by the way this is a great AI system.

public int timeBeforeTargetExpiration = 15;

Here's the commented out sections where they appear in TargetScript:

//Old target loss method
/*IEnumerator CountDownToTargetExperation()
...
yield return new WaitForSeconds(timeBeforeTargetExpiration);
}
}*/

//public bool willEverLoseAwareness = false;

 

Yes, I changed the way target loss works a while back.

 

OK, thanks. Do either of these parts of the TargetScript below make AI aware of enemies they haven't seen yet?
In my game, I only want AI to engage if they have spotted an enemy, have been notified by a shout from another AI or a sound.
If this does do make them aware of unseen enemies and if these parts are only to keep the action going in a deathmatch type scenario, can they be removed?

*************************************
//Settle for targets we can't see, if we have to.
else if (!foundTargetWithLoS)
{
enemyScoreCheckingNow = Vector3.SqrMagnitude(enemyTransformCheckingNow.position - targetObjectTransform.position);
if (enemyScoreCheckingNow < currentEnemyScore || currentEnemyScore < 0 || !foundTargetWithLoS)
{
currentEnemyTarget = listOfCurrentlyNoticedTargets;
currentEnemyScore = enemyScoreCheckingNow;
}
*************************************
//If all of the above fails, pick a random target- even if it's one we haven't seen
if (currentEnemyTarget == null && enemyTargets.Length > 0)
{
currentEnemyTarget = enemyTargets[Random.Range(0, enemyTargets.Length - 1)];
}
*************************************

 

That is so that idle behaviours like Search work as intended. If you use something like Patrol, then it can be safely ignored, as those behaviors are not tied to the currently selected target.

 

Great, that should help with my tweaking the other values on the behaviors. I use Wander, Patrol and Search, so I will leave it as is because it seems to be performing well, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't something happening that might make all the AI types look like they know where the player is without having seen them.
Thanks.

 

Hi, @squared55 very first very great pack, love it,
I want to know, how can I set distance, keeping enemy his distance from player, and fire from some distance.
and must take cover after some time.

 

The variables defining the desired combat/cover range and the minimum desired distance to the player when out of cover can be found in the Base Script and Cover Script.

Choose "Tactical" for the agents combat behaviour if you want them to take cover.

 

Thanks for reply, but I am having issue, When I select mode to Tactical, agent simply goes to player, and shooting, not taking any cover, just firing and going to player position. but I want agent, firing some time towards player then should take cover at different position,then fire and after fire change position, and fire, again and again , until unless it dies. Even my cover positions are well set, in scene, according to your demo scene, I am uploading image of my base script and cover, kindly guide me. for my scenario (bold text).

 

Have you set the layer masks on the AI Controller/Cover nodes to include the objects that make up your level? If you haven't the AI will be unable to find valid cover as it doesn't know which objects are solid.

Similarly, make sure that your player's physics layer is NOT included.

 

still, issue remain as you can see in image,, enemies are at player position, and don't know why, .. have you any tutorial about setting tactical and cover behavior

 

Can you tell me what the layer mask variable is on your AI controller and on your cover nodes? I have attached a picture for reference.





Please let me know which layers you have selected and what layers your player and level parts are on.

Additionally, make sure your cover nodes are placed close behind cover objects. Agents will only take cover at locations where the player does not have a clear sight line to the location of the solid sphere, but does have a clear line of sight to the location of the wire sphere.

 

My player has layer of NPC, and controller, cover node have layer mask of Cover, and environment is of layer mask.
attaching images, have a look.
and I made very huge blockers (blocker contain box collider and have default layer) for cover that for not clear sight, But still enemy didn't take cover and come to player.. base script is set to MY AI type is Tactical, and My idle behavior set to search

 

Ive just come back to this awesome asset. But now my guys run so close to me they force themselves under me and im on their head, I cannot find how to stop them coming so close? Is there a variable for this ?

 

Hmm.

Just to make sure, is the physics layer of that big wooden box set to "Cover"? Additionally, what happens if you enable "should use dynamic cover" in the Cover Finder Script? Is "Performance Mode" disabled on the AI Controller? Sometimes that setting can cause problems.

There is a min dist to target when out of cover variable in the base script. Also, make sure your player is not included in the various TSAI layermask variables. Finally, attach a navmesh obstacle to your player to stop them from running underneath you.