Assigning an area as "hostile territory"/Dynamic AI attack

[Archosaurusrev 12]

Is there any way to specify an area with maybe a marker as hostile, so when units from the opposin side cross into it, they go into combat mode/move around cautiously?

I could do that with waypoints, but my point is that I want dynamic AI.

Second thing, is there any way to make AI attack a marked waypoint/area dynamically without any kind of AI mods?

I mean, like, if you place a few vehicles and some infantry then assign them to attack the area, they'll use things like flanking maneuvers, covering fire and so on that COULD be achieved through waypoints and script, but then it wouldn't be dynamic.

I'm probably asking for too much, and should come back in maybe 5 years, but the RV engine can do a load of things...

[tryteyker 28]

I haven't heard of a way to script dynamic AI behavior yet, but somebody else probably has (maybe).

For the hostile area idea, you could probably try something along the lines of this:

{_x setbehaviour "COMBAT"} foreach thisList

Place this in a trigger with OPFOR / BLUFOR activation, make the radius however big you want, and set it to repeatedly.

Edited December 7, 2012 by tryteyker

[Archosaurusrev 12]

@Teyker

What does the _x command do?

The way I see it, the script makes BLUFOR/OPFOR = _x set their behaviour to combat every time _x enters the area, _x being the unit that enters the area...?

[tryteyker 28]

In the example above _x is simply the group entering the area, yes.

thisList is every group/unit in the trigger.

[polishcowboyst 1]

I was also wondering this. I have been thinking on it for days.

[SavageCDN 231]

Second thing, is there any way to make AI attack a marked waypoint/area dynamically without any kind of AI mods?

I mean, like, if you place a few vehicles and some infantry then assign them to attack the area, they'll use things like flanking maneuvers, covering fire and so on that COULD be achieved through waypoints and script, but then it wouldn't be dynamic.

First thing I thought of was UPSMON script (it's not a mod!!) which does exactly this - setup a marker area, add some groups, they will patrol dynamically the marker area and also has a lot of other parameters (fortify buildings, stay on roads while patrolling, etc).

https://dev-heaven.net/projects/upsmon/wiki