Synced AI Tutorial

[Fonzeh]

I am going to start this off. By Saying that Altimit told me pretty much everything I needed to know to figure this out. I'm not stealing any credit, and I couldn't have done this without Altimit. Now...


Is AI being synced possible? Oh yes, and it is a lot easier than anyone could think. Now, from what Altimit has told me, In originaly Gamespy servers, There are two ways to Sync AI. The Ai will not be synce perfectly if at all. One way is to have all your players Join at the exact Same time, which is the same time you join the game. The other is to spawn the AI after everyone is in. Now as most of us know, that barely never works and if it does, it works barely. Well, After thinking a bit and doing some testing with Jake2032, We have made Synced AI Possible. You need to have GameRanger to make it work. Let me go into more detail.

As seen in Adventures in Sharebearland-Kill the Zombies, I was fighting Ai in the map. And yes I could See them, we were playing in GameRanger. From what I have learned, The very server Halo plays on, has something to do with Syncing AI. Now, Of course since The AI start as soon as the game starts, and because you can never really get in the game at the same time as the host. The AI did not sync perfectly. And there were some random AI just standing there. And in the Outtakes im shooting at nothing. I was seeing AI that my Host couldnt see (jake2032). But on my second test, I found that if you spawn AI via Weapon (Thanks Alt for your CSS AI mod) or any other technique AFTER everyones in your gameranger server. The Ai Sync's Perfectly! Now for the test! If you guys want, go download gameranger from GameRanger.com and play Taxi's Covenant AI Pack V2 Beta, and host it on GameRanger. If you hold down the Banshee's bomb trigger for a few seconds and let it go after everyones in, The Covi Ship will come in and drop you off some AI! So Ladies and Gentleman! I now welcome you to a New Age of AI mods, Not to mention, the next step in the Jester Brothers Machinima! So thank you for reading, And may this put modding in a new swing! Thanks again Alt!

-Fonzie

[zapconquest]

This isn't very clear. So you have to have GameRanger AND you have to spawn AI after everyone joins? Why can't you spawn them after everyone joins on a normal halo server?

[Fonzeh]

So you have to have GameRanger AND you have to spawn AI after everyone joins?

Yes, Sorry for not making that clear. You have to host the Halo Multiplayer game on GameRanger. The AI CAN spawn immediatly, but the AI will no be synced perfectly.

Why can't you spawn them after everyone joins on a normal halo server?

I cannot answer because I do not know. It simply just doesnt work.

[Andor]

This is revolutionary work, Fonzie. Recently we've seen a burst of impressiveness from you; let's hope it continues. This is the kind of support that modding needs. Again, groundbreaking work. Thank you, very much. Hope to see more from you soon...

-A

[Fuel]

Good Job Funzie

[Xenoku]

Hah hah, I just saw this at modhalo...
Nice tut, It's awesome. (I should try this out sometime....)

[seabeast]

Lol @ Funzie in Fuel's post.

Anyways, that's why I could never host AI servers without everything getting screwed up! I will have to try the thing with gameranger sometime.

[Smythe]

ok so would this work?
swap the Vehi for an itmc and make it so it doesnt spawn immediately?
so when they spawn they spawn AFTER the other player joins?

[Fonzeh]

Just make sure the AI actually spawn and move around. If you can get them to actually be "Alive" And then spawn about 30-60 seconds after the game starts, when everybodies in, Then yea, that should work just fine.

[Smythe]

Cool i will try this now
oh and does anyone know how to log out of gameranger? because i want to vs my brother in your AI mod