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Building the Battlefield AI ExperienceBuilding the Battlefield AI Experience
Mikael HedbergLead AI ProgrammerEmail: [email protected]: slicedlime
Critical acclaim for BF: BC
Critical acclaim for BF: BC 2
Overview
• Challenges• What is AI?• Design Philosophy• Improvements• The Frostbite AI
Battlefield AI Challenges
• Working with Soldiers• The Uncanny Valley
Battlefield AI Challenges
• Friendly Squad AI• Immortal friends• Personalities
Battlefield AI Challenges
• ”Battlefield”– Infantry– Stationary Guns– Armed cars– Tanks– Helicopters– Quad bikes– Passenger Positions
Battlefield AI Challenges
• Destruction
Battlefield AI Challenges
• Open world
Battlefield AI Challenges
• DICE + Single Player = ?
Battlefield AI Challenges
• Code base from BF2, BFV, BF1942• Multi-player bot-style AI
What is AI?
• Behaviors?
What is AI?
What is AI?
What is AI?
AI Experience – Main Problems
• Coupling between:– AI behaviors– Scripting– Animations
• Animation fluidness• Non-reactive NPCs• Decision Oscillations
AI Experience – Acting
• Cheating = win
AI Experience
• 80% bulk AI behaviors• 20% memorable moments
Improvements for BF: BC 2
Sensing Rewrite
Improved Scripting Support
Dynamic Pathfinding Features
Improved AI-Animation Integration
Seemless Cutscene to AI transitions
AI Insertion SequencesAI Soldier Death Animations
Improved Combat Cover Selection
New Cover Animations
Improvements for BF: BC 2
• Death animations
Improvements for BF: BC 2
• Sensing rewrite
Improvements for BF: BC 2
• Focus on the player experience• Script the memorable moments• Open world -> wide corridor, arenas
The Frostbite AI
• Environmental awareness
The Frostbite AI
• Frontlines– Positional awareness– Personalities
The Frostbite AI
• Automatic cover detection
The Frostbite AI
• Reactivity over planning• Layers of ordered behavior lists
Summary
• Uncanny Valley• Player impression of AI is what matters• Stable bulk + memorable moments• Cheating = win
Questions?Questions?Mikael HedbergLead AI ProgrammerEmail: [email protected]: slicedlime
