Looking for some advice for my AI system

[zane203 8]

ok so I've created my own little set-up, not hard but can get complicated.

 

its basically a checker to see what shall the NPC say next. anyway these are all the exterior variables that the system checks.

 

(* means possible, havnt decided yet)

-Time of Day

*-Weather

-What Day

-Title of player

-Fame of Player

-player conversation stats

 

 

how should i set these up for the logical check? I think if I go with Conv.Stats first it can decide from the start the main base of "Nice/Mean" response, and then go to fame and ect. =]

[Valdred 1]

Are you going with scripts or events?

[Kiriashi 117]

If you are eventing this then you should check to see what the player has done recently, or what happened in the game recently.

[Valdred 1]

A good AI system first calculates all actions that would make sense, and in percentage how much each would make sense. Then a randomly generated number decides which of these actions is selected.

[Arkbennett 16]

Not at all Valdred.

[Dark Den 4]

AI never madwe sense to me :(

[Kiriashi 117]

Not at all Valdred.

 

You need to explain your opinion; telling someone they're wrong and not elaborating just won't do. ^_^

 

 

AI never madwe sense to me :(

 

You need a tutorial?

[Espie23 1]

Just to clarify, are you asking how to actually store data like hero's reputation, time of day, and whatnot? Or are you just wondering how to implement it into the NPC events?

 

If it's the latter, Conditional Branches work best for this stuff. Here's an example I whipped up:

 

http://img96.imageshack.us/i/forumhelpone.png/

 

Hope it helps!

[Kiriashi 117]

Nice post man! But I think zane was just looking for suggestions. ^~^

[zane203 8]

O.o yes the system is done... but im always looking on ways to improve.

 

the system just variable after variable after variable. And a few switches such as titles and when it comes to local news, and or the opinion of a resident, the stored data for the condition of the kingdom.

 

tho, I really just got a turn around on most of these, i still wanna say thanks xD.

 

i was going to script the AI system, but I want to stick to the skeleton of my game programming style guide. and im doing custom scripts and scripts learning all for the next game project, while i do DLC for this game on the side =].

 

but thanks guys -- and suggestions are still nice ^^