Mod : Hardcore AI version 1.0

[TemplarGFX]

Hi all,

Version 1.5 has been released and renamed!

short Youtube video showing the difference in the AI mods (version 1.0) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4m1gimwbHI

Improved AI v1.5
http://www.willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=90206

Difficult AI v1.5
http://www.willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=90204

Extreme AI v1.5
http://www.willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=90205


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Reduced Burst Fire length AI Mod 1.0
http://www.willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=90347

This modification can be used with or without the AI mods (will effect original AI)

This reduces the amount of time that the AI fire in one go. Now they no longer fire like crazy people, and take single / three shot bursts. Sometimes they still fire like crazy

Like the AI mods, unzip into your MAIN installation folder. not the DATA_WIN folder
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to give you an idea where these sit, here is a difficulty bar :

TOO EASY                                                IMPOSSIBLE
\/                                                              \/
|-O-----------------I----------------D-------------------E-------|

O = Original Game AI
I = Improved AI
D = Difficult AI
E = Extreme AI

Unzip this file into your Operation Flashpoint installation MAIN FOLDER (choose yes to replace files/folders)

Changes :
More view distance (Difficult and Extreme only)
better accuracy
faster recovery (Difficult and Extreme only)
better detection range (Difficult and Extreme only)
better hearing (Extreme only)
larger "danger close" range (Extreme only)
reduced shield
no weapon damage reduction for shooting at player
no accuracy reduction for shooting at player
Morale and Experience of AI now taken into account when shooting at player

VERSION ARCHIVE :
HARDCORE AI VERSION 1.0 (280 Downloads)
http://www.willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=90024
SEMI HARDCORE AI VERSION 1.0 (233 Downloads)
http://www.willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=90035
Normal but ACCURATE AI VERSION 1.0 (135 Downloads)
http://www.willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=90042
Downloads as of 1:16am GMT 19th October 2009

Version 1.5 Changelog
Normal but Accurate renamed to Improved, and had the following modifications :
decreased central sight cone to original
decreased standing/crouched/prone accuracy modifiers closer to original
decreased general accuracy slightly
improved shield effectiveness slightly
reduced hearing and target acquisition range closer to original

semi-hardcore renamed to Difficult, and had the following modifications:
slightly decreased central view range
greatly decreased peripheral view range
decreased non-combat view range
increased central view cone
slightly decreased standing/crouched accuracy and degradation
reduced hearing and target acquisition ranges slightly
decreased general accuracy slightly
improved shield effectiveness a tiny bit

HARDCORE renamed to Extreme, and had the following modifications:
decreased peripheral view range
SLIGHTLY decreased non-combat view range
decrease danger close range a little
decreased hearing range a little
decreased target aquisition slightly
slightly reduced base accuracy


These changes will take effect immediately, no need to restart campaign mission.

*Note about campaign mission* (Difficult and Extreme only)
This mod can make some things in the campaign bug out a little due to placement of unit objects within the map. you wont find any missions are broken though, for instance in Mission 2 it is nearly impossible to pass undetected due to the proximity of the second fire team to the convoy at the start of the level.

*Note about multiplayer*

Originally Posted by TemplarGFX

...so you used this in multiplayer and it allowed you to play?

Originally Posted by Abdi

Yeah it did. I was doing COOP online with hardcore ai. No problems works fine. I was doing that mission 6 where you attack that mg nests on the hills. We were using prone all the time trying to take out that mgs. It felt like Omaha Beach. Bullets going past my head constantly. Hell of an expierience.

*Note about Players Fire Team* (Difficult and Extreme only)
As this modifies AI as a whole, your team mates are now AWESOME. but they are also a little pycho! your REALLY need to be using RULE OF ENGAGEMENT to stop your guys from shooting at people 500+ meters away (they hit them too) giving away your position. the ROE Return Fire Only is the best choice when you want to try sneaking up to a position, or flanking.

*note of close range battles* (Difficult and Extreme only)
Due to the lack of leaning, fighting battles closer than 100 meters is practical suicide, if you plan to get this close, have your team suppress the position first to cause wounds and reduce morale so that when you do get close, they arent so good at shooting you!

Uninstallation instructions:
head into the DATA_WIN folder inside your Operation Flashpoint folder and delete the AI and DISPERSIONSYSTEM folder to return to the Original AI settings.

[KevlarSoul2K10]

Nice!!

[JakeD.Parker]

haha nice work mate,,,

[D0117]

Nice job man! You will go down as the first man to start "fixing" FPDR.

[fatboy214536]

Haven't even finished the game yet. I'm puttin these little diddies on anyway. Maybe it'll give me the fear I've been waiting for in this game.

Cheers Templar

[Keytay]

Originally Posted by fatboy214536

Haven't even finished the game yet. I'm puttin these little diddies on anyway. Maybe it'll give me the fear I've been waiting for in this game.

Cheers Templar

Ditto to that Fatboy. Been finding it way to easy so far.

Thanks OP!

[Acog]

Good job mate, first released mod in OFPDR history and a nice one at that! This makes me even more hungry for a decent set of tools to mod this game, could transform it to a totally different level. In relation to the problem I asked you about in the other thread, I took a good look through the executable and it is calling the files you have modded and a handfull of others, but nothing for the xml's I have been working on...guess that will have to go on the burner for now as editing the exe is pointless (and illegal). Anyway nice work!

[Phantaroo]

Very nice, I'll try this out tonight and see how it changes things.

Out of interest, how did you determine the values that you set when you were editing the AI stuff?

EDIT: I did not need to replace anything, am I doing it right?

[TemplarGFX]

if you unzipped into your main folder with "recurse subdirectories" (which in non geek terms means create any directories in the archive) option in your unzip program, then yes. WinRar asks you if you want to replace the directory win_data, simply because it already exists. it doesnt do anything to the stuff already inside the directory, but it asks you anyway. Other archive programs may not do this, and only ask if you are replacing a file.

some of the values are simply distances. so taking the original values as a base point I increased them and then played through mission 2 a few times to see what difference it made. alot of the other values are either percentages, or multiplyers. and again I did the same thing. In the end it was just trial and error. Of course working out how all these things worked together took about 10 hours (and Im still not 100% sure on alot of it)

ACOG :
What needs to be found are the command line switches. they are unfortunately not stored in the exe in hex, so they will be stored in asm. and I know nothing about asm.
if we can find a -loose or similar command that forces the engine to look for unpacked files first, rather than the other way around, modding will become alot easier. at the moment though, you can only play with those files mentioned in the exe and have any type of change show up in game.
I've tried every type of dev/debug mode command line switch I can think of, but nothing has worked

[Phantaroo]

Right now I'm just getting owned, run n gun doesn't work anymore, and I can no longer rely on enemy muzzle flashes to spot the enemy because I'll be dead before I can see them! Looks like it works OP.