Add some AI to troops

[Lituup]

I know HT is busy with getting all the planes and new gv's up to speed with the graphics and physics, but how about a touch of brains and a new skin for the poor boy's getting shot at trying to take a town?
 I'm not talking player controlled or "Super" AI bots..but give them enough "Sence" that they spit up in grps of 2-3 and make rushes at a map room in random intervals from diffrent directions.
 Also the pilot skin has to go!:D  All of us know the only thing a pilot would look for in a town is a bar..or the "Red Light" district!!!:aok  Who care's which kind of grunt it is, just dress the poor B@#$ard in something other then a flight helmet and a lifevest!
 All right let the discussion begin!

[rabbidrabbit]

Maybe they could dodge intended harm by chicken dancing on the way in?

[A8TOOL]

When you drop them from a c47 your able to disperse them in a wide area if preferred or just land them for a straight line approach. Either way they have a chance of being shot and there is only one way into the map room for now.

[Latrobe]

Replace troop drops with Sheep drops. Take the town easy!

[Denholm]

Would be nice if the troops fire at enemy units, such as Jeeps, M16s, or even planes for that matter. Right now they look like Police men, "Stop, I'll shoot!"

[Flayed1]

I would just like it if my troops would stop scaling buildings and trees flashing the big red troop icon to the NME GV's and planes as you try to sneak a base out from under them lol.  

  Also another little question, Why the hell do the troops always have to enter one side of the map room? I mean if you were one of those troops and were droped off right outside the far side of the maproom from the hangers on a VBase would you intentionally run aound the map room, moon the guys defending the base and run in from the hanger side on a Vbase?

[Denholm]

I agree with both suggestions. They should be simple manipulations in the gaming code.

[stroker71]

If you have done your job right there won't be anyone around to shoot your troops!

[BaldEagl]

Instead of HT taking time to re-write the code for this, why don't you just drive your M3 around dropping off 2-3 troops at a time from different locations?  The time it takes to get from one drop-off point to the next will also give you your random timing.

You could do that in a goon too.

[apcampbell]

I like the sheep idea. Can we have exploding sheep?

[OOZ662]

Originally posted by apcampbell
I like the sheep idea. Can we have exploding sheep?

Only if we get an arty piece to hurl them from.

[Krusty]

Sheeps got jihad?!

[Denholm]

Yeah, Muhammad was recently the Shepherd for the Bishops. They need to start background checks.

[K-KEN]

Originally posted by Lituup
I know HT is busy with getting all the planes ...snippage occured....
 Also the pilot skin has to go!:D  All of us know the only thing a pilot would look for in a town is a bar..or the "Red Light" district!!!:aok  Who care's which kind of grunt it is, just dress the poor B@#$ard in something other then a flight helmet and a lifevest!
 

A 'test" movie I made with FRAPS (the first one with FRAPS) has a cool Pilot modelled. I was just messing around, but zoom (fast fwd) to the end where he bails!  LOL

Test Movie

[GreenEagle43]

i agree only on one thing.changing them on how they look.instead of a pilot looking dude with a hand gun.how about a real airborn ranger with back pack and a rifle in hand.and if we had to shoot.instead of a lil .45 cal.how about a m-14 rifle.thomson 45 machine gun,m1garande. now thats how a paratrooper should look..