AI-Uveso (v114) - AI mod for FAForever

Uveso

Update 05.Oct.2022(v107)

New: completely new marker generator - every movement layer is now created independently
New: added movement layer for hover units (was using amphibious layer before).
Del: removed lobby option for AI waypoint genertor. (it's now always on)
Fix: fixed a bug that could cause the nuke function to error out after a launcher died
Opt: minor improvement in EconomyBuildConditions calculation speed
Opt: removes special pathing for engineers (pathing without heuristic search)
Opt: check for mass spots are now based on playerarea instead of map size
DEV: Fn OnDefeat() now first checks for the existence of a manager before trying to delete it
DEV: changed check for defeat to aiBrain.Status ~= "Defeat"
DEV: pathing debug will now display expansions first (from game second 5 to 10)

Note:
The new marker generator is ported from the Sanctuary-RTS game i am working on.
With the kind permission and support of Enhearten Media

Gheed

I'm having an issue since yesterday's update where the AI is not building mass extractors, or acting properly in general. Tried both an AIx adaptive and AIx overwhelm, on two maps with markers that worked before. Also with and without mods. Any ideas?

relentless

@gheed It needs a quick hotfix, I'm sure Uveso will upload once he's available.

Uveso

@gheed said in AI-Uveso (v107) - AI mod for FAForever:

I'm having an issue since yesterday's update where the AI is not building mass extractors, or acting properly in general. Tried both an AIx adaptive and AIx overwhelm, on two maps with markers that worked before. Also with and without mods. Any ideas?

I was using code that is only available at the FAF Develop game.
So if you start the FAF develop game version then it would work.

Will be fixed today.

Thanks for reporting it!

Uveso

Update 07.Oct.2022(v108)

Fix: fixed a bug in EconomyBuildConditions. (Mod was build for FAF develop version)
Fix: fixed pathing to evade cliffs / hills or cluttered areas.
Fix: sub AI Experimentals was not building defense tanks if enemy is close to base
Opt: refactored marker generator.
Opt: pathing debug view is now using the internal markers, not the FAF PathGraphs
DEV: added 3rd impassability value for markers that are neighbors to already flaged markers
DEV: new commands for marker generator: GetLandExpansions(), GetNavalExpansions()

Harris86

Hi There,
Thanks for the great MOD it given me a some great games. i am unfortunatly seem to be find some issue of late:

The AI not build SMD before (well stop building it before it is finished)
Not knowning how to use transports (it used to really surprize me)
Doesn't know how to get to Mex requiring transport (it used too)
I have had a AI lanch a nuke at itself when a support com tele into its base.
Gunship after Gunship passed the 40mins mark (seems to run out of ideas)
This is the only MOD i use so i don't think i have meesed it up, please feel free to say if i need somthing else to ensure the AI return to its once great self.
Thank you.

Uveso

@Harris86

Thank you for your feedback!

When the Ai starts to build something and stopped it later, then this is mostly because of low eco
i will take a look at the ecomanager and check if the issue is caused there.
Right. My AI is using the original transport function. Its mostly wasting transports by flying into SAMs
This needs some rework of the transport function in general.
not knowing how to reach a mex on a hill or island is caused by not having a transport ready.
The engineer will ignore the missing transport and try to get the mex on its own until a transport is available.
Can also be caused by a missing waypoint marker that needed to be present near the Mex.
That should not happen. The Nuke Target function looks for friendly buildings and shouldn't
fire at more than 3 own Tech2/3 buildings.
Well thats right. I only play the game with mods, so the AI is using those gunshipts to destroy experimental shields.
I have to change that anyway because eg. Seraphim has no T3 gunships.

I highly recommend testing other AIs we have for Supom like RNGAI or M27AI.
They are not focussed on turtle play and are much more challenging.

Again thanks for your feedback, i have written everything down to my ToDo list and will check it!

swaaye

Has anyone noticed that the civilians won't attack the Uveso AI? I think this is new behavior though I don't know what may have caused it.

relentless

@swaaye
I have seen this but I never correlated it to Uveso being present or not. There's nothing in his code that plays with civilians.
When I saw it happen I saw that the PD's attacked one player but not another. I'll have to try it with a few variations of different AI and see if having Uveso enabled makes it happen or not.

Uveso

@swaaye said in AI-Uveso (v108) - AI mod for FAForever:

Has anyone noticed that the civilians won't attack the Uveso AI? I think this is new behavior though I don't know what may have caused it.

No, i did not noticed this, and there is no code/function for civilians in the AI-uveso mod.
We will take a look at it. Thanks for reporting!

bsee

On some naval maps the AI just builds T1 subs until it hits unit cap. This is especially true if there's a section of water where the subs are trapped. Is there any way to avoid this? In this game 30% of unit cap is taken by T1 subs at 25 minutes: https://imgur.com/W5Ytb01.

Also, does disabling nukes prevent the AI from working properly? I posted a year or so back and you fixed it. Recently it seems like disabling nukes makes the AI stop building most experimentals. UEF seems most affected by this change. Aeon plays normally with nukes off.

Uveso

@bsee

Thank you for your report again!

I'm very busy at the moment but I've put it on my todo list.

not sure why so many subs are build, normaly the builder should not overbuild.
I guess i forgot to add a buildcondition to check for enemies.

And yes, the AI needs to have nuke/antinuke to continue with higher tier units like experimentals.
I will have a look at it and see if i can use a different build logic without nukes.

tankmayvin

@uveso

In a similar vein to the sub glitch, I've had several games where a tight match is thrown by the AI building absolutely nothing but T2 AA units. Hundreds of them.

Uveso

@tankmayvin

Thanks for reporting.
This should be fixed in the next version.

bsee

Is it possible this mod prevents the score screen from showing for all players at the end of the game? We played a couple very short games to narrow down the issue. With AI Uveso only one player gets the score (usually the host). Without the mod all players get the score. This has been an issue for a long time, but only just now narrowed it down to this mod.

No mods: https://replay.faforever.com/18954136 - Everyone got the score
AI Uveso: https://replay.faforever.com/18954020 - Host got the score

Uveso

@bsee

Thanks for reporting!

i will check and fix it.

Uveso

@bsee

i guess i found the bug, it should be fixed in v109 (release maybe next weekend)

swaaye

@uveso I looked at the problem with the civilians not attacking the AI again and it does seem to be specific to the Uveso AI. I disabled all other mods and tried a couple maps with civilians. Purely default FAF with just Sorian AI has the civilians attacking everyone correctly. Adding the Uveso AI mod and Uveso AI does not get attacked.

Uveso

@swaaye said in AI-Uveso (v108) - AI mod for FAForever:

@uveso I looked at the problem with the civilians not attacking the AI again and it does seem to be specific to the Uveso AI. I disabled all other mods and tried a couple maps with civilians. Purely default FAF with just Sorian AI has the civilians attacking everyone correctly. Adding the Uveso AI mod and Uveso AI does not get attacked.

well that is strange.
First thing I can say, I don't have any special function in my AI to deal with civilians.
Will get into it and see what happens there.

Thanks for reporting the issue!

Uveso

@swaaye
found the bug why civilians are not attacking the units from uveso AI.

will be fixed in version 109.