So I was playing William Steele 3 by grayman and this happened.

[Wenex]

https://clips.twitch.tv/PrettiestVibrantCiderImGlitch

 

Can't deny that I bursted out laughing when I saw this, didn't record my voice though.

Edited July 13, 2018 by Wenex

[grayman]

What can I say?

 

Some of the children are idiots.

[AluminumHaste]

LOL, I swear, 90% of the AI code is handling doors.

[grayman]

Yes, the door code is quite complicated.

[AluminumHaste]

Yup, and there's always a situation that AI get themselves in that is not handled and "strange behaviour" is seen.

Just giving it a quick think over though, it's amazing just how well our AI handle situations though.

A lot of AAA games use hacks for situations where you've coded behaviour. I've seen AAA games in which 2 AI try to go through a door and get stuck, they'll both become ethereal so they can both go through the door at the same time.

[Springheel]

We have that hack too as a last resort.

[AluminumHaste]

Well, it's a testament to how robust the code is that I don't think I've ever seen that.

[grayman]

You'll see it in narrow hallways.

 

For the longest time, I'd thought about implementing a "narrow spaces handler" that would work like the door queue, but would be used on narrow spaces.

 

But the door code is so complex I never got up the initiative to port it all over to the narrow spaces situation.

[kano]

My favorite easter egg in TDM is that the revenge code of the Doom3 AI is still in there. So if you get a guard to hit another guard with an attack, for example an arrow, they will become enemies and fight each other.