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giving the marines orders
Posted By: butcher <butcher@finality.net>Date: 10/19/01 4:01 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Matt, this pertains to the Marines' AI (just chris)

: "You won't be issuing commands like that in the game because..."
: a)We didn't include that option because we didn't want the player to have
: to micro-manage his forces a la Rainbow Six, b)The AI is smart enough to
: know what you're doing and offer support accordingly, c)The AI's behavior
: has been previously scripted and they will more or less do the same things
: every time, d)How the AI behave depends upon the difficulty level at which
: you're playing, or whether you're getting your ass kicked, or whether
: you're playing co-op, etc...

A, B, and partly C and D. if you'd given an E and F, probably those would apply as well. :)

halo is an action game and it's important for the pacing and mood that the player isn't forced to control the behavior of friendly troops in a way that would require additional UI and break the immersion. cortana is hooked into the marines' radio network and will order them to hang back, retreat, move up or flee as appropriate, based on the player's actions (e.g. whether you try sniping or just charge in, which of multiple attack routes you use).

they will also respond to their situation and the enemy's forces - falling back to a series of defensive positions as more of their friends get killed, charging forward once the player takes out defensive emplacements, that sort of thing. this is typically accomplished through scripting, but the extremely fluid nature of combat in halo means that it's quite rare that you will see the same thing happen twice.

of course there's a lot of situations where the marines will simply move about to act as fire support for you, but you can make them get in and out of vehicles by finding one and driving up to them with an empty seat or leaping out of the vehicle and moving off on foot. occasionally there will be opportunities for the marines to salvage covenant vehicles as well.

but the main reason is just because it's not that kind of game. anywhere that you'd like to tell the marines to move up or fall back, it's more effective to lay down the lead on your foes than it would be to fumble with buttons on the controller and issue orders. I'm pretty sure you'll agree once you play the game.

- butcher

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Matt, this pertains to the Marines' AIjust chris 10/17/01 6:51 p.m.
     Re: Matt, this pertains to the Marines' AIMatt 10/17/01 7:37 p.m.
           Re: Matt, this pertains to the Marines' AIjust chris 10/17/01 10:58 p.m.
                 Re: Matt, this pertains to the Marines' AISkeletor 10/17/01 11:46 p.m.
                       Re: Matt, this pertains to the Marines' AIjust chris 10/18/01 7:24 a.m.
                             Re: Matt, this pertains to the Marines' AIvector40 10/18/01 8:05 p.m.
                             giving the marines ordersbutcher 10/19/01 4:01 p.m.
                                   Re: giving the marines ordersvector40 10/19/01 7:30 p.m.
                                   Re: Thanks *NM* *NM*just chris 10/19/01 8:13 p.m.
                                   Re: giving the marines ordersPicky 10/20/01 5:59 p.m.



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