Will it be resolved in ARMA3 that AI can penetrate walls?

[msy 22]

It is a historical bug lasting for many years. I wonder if BIS is able to resolve it in ARMA3.

In ARMA2, this problem often happens when a wall has a hole, however AI instead of keeping prone to pass through the hole, stands up to move through the wall.

[Flash Thunder 10]

Thats not a bug its a feature. ;)

[carlostex 38]

Thats not a bug its a feature. ;)

Hmmm i wpuld say AI cheating.

[jw custom 56]

Hmmm i wpuld say AI cheating.

No AI is not cheating they just got a good hearing, like when they prone in a waist heigh grass field and constantly know your exact position 100m away :p

[-)rStrangelove 0]

Seen worse tbh. Been crawling around guardposts in the dark and felt really smart to make it behind a wall so the AI couldnt see me, then all of a sudden a guard teleports to my side of the wall as if to say: "HA! Our teleport equipment beats your nightsight equipment!" :D

[dmarkwick 261]

I've seen it several times yes :)

I always assumed it to be a CPU-saving device, which is OK, but it should not ever happen within sight of a player. Should always happen beyond the rendering distance.

[Defunkt 431]

Are you sure it's not one of the walls with the gap in the bottom that's considered 'passable'? I've not seen it otherwise.

[maddogx 13]

Are you sure it's not one of the walls with the gap in the bottom that's considered 'passable'? I've not seen it otherwise.

I believe I read somewhere that the AI might consider certain other walls (ones with no gap) passable if the wall is badly placed, e.g. doesn't properly touch the ground.

I've never seen it myself though.

[max power 21]

Well to introduce another reading on the situation, I've read that it's to make sure the AI don't get stuck anywhere.

[enad 11]

I'd love for this to be fixed too.

It's nothing more annoying than getting shot by an AI that walked through a wall behind you.

[AlexVestin 24]

There's too much walls with holes in them. Almost all military bases/camps in ArmA with these kinds of walls surrounding have huge gaps everywhere.

[dmarkwick 261]

There's too much walls with holes in them. Almost all military bases/camps in ArmA with these kinds of walls surrounding have huge gaps everywhere.

That's to allow for gameplay. I have been frustrated before on custom maps where a chain link fence goes on for miles and I cannot circumvent, climb over, or snip through it.

[msy 22]

There's too much walls with holes in them. Almost all military bases/camps in ArmA with these kinds of walls surrounding have huge gaps everywhere.

Because in ARMA2 without MODs we don't equip pliers\scissors\strong acid to clear the obstacle.:D

[Tonmeister 14]

i thought it was a good way to resolve ai from getting stuck in dumb places and not being able to pathfind their way out.

Edited May 25, 2011 by Ebolavirus

[Mr. Charles 22]

It is better to have them run through the walls with gaps at the bottom, than to never cross them at all. Just watch your back :)

[NeMeSiS 11]

It would be nice if they crawled instead of walked though, though in the end it doesnt matter that much for gameplay, now they are just easier to spot.

[nodunit 397]

Because in ARMA2 without MODs we don't equip pliers\scissors\strong acid to clear the obstacle.:D

Battery acid baby (that stuff chewed through my concrete pad :Oo:) I think for an addon like that to work you'd need a section of the fence that could be removed or otherwise altered to make the gap.

[msy 22]

It would be nice if they crawled instead of walked though, though in the end it doesnt matter that much for gameplay, now they are just easier to spot.

I haven't tryied to creat an island\map in program myself, but I doubt maybe to define a wall with a hole\gap, you can't tell AI how high the hole\gap is, but AI only knows that there is a location (-- not the exact position of the hole\gap, but must near it for some error) from which of the wall can pass through. So AI won't keep prone or crouch but stand to penetrate the wall, and the hole is just near him.

Edited May 25, 2011 by msy

[NeMeSiS 11]

I don't try to creat an island in program myself, but I doubt maybe to define a wall with a hole\gap, you can't tell AI how high the hole\gap is, but AI only knows that there is a location (-- not the exact position of the hole\gap, but must near it for some error) from which of the wall can pass through. So AI won't keep prone or crouch but stand to penetrate the wall, and the hole is just near him.

I know, but i doubt it would be impossible for BI to fix. (Maybe add some extra parameters to the roadway lod or whatever)

Its ArmA3 we are talking about here, not an addon request.

[msy 22]

I know, but i doubt it would be impossible for BI to fix. (Maybe add some extra parameters to the roadway lod or whatever)

Its ArmA3 we are talking about here, not an addon request.

I mean I have no experience in map creating so what I said for map and building definition may not be correct. And of course I wish BIS can fix this problem in ARMA3 at least.