AI Units Getting Stuck A Lot

[75th-VFS-Striker 10]

This is a problem that's been going on for a long time. I remember them getting stuck even back in OFP but mostly in ARMA, ARMAII and now ARMAIII. I think that I may have found something related to this happening and I'd like you to look into it please.

I had just finished a firefight with a group of AI under my command and one of the units was injured. I asked the medic to heal this unit and then another enemy approached our position. I told all the AI to engage the enemy and they did so without any problem. I then told the AI to get back into formation but when they did my previously injured one wouldn't move. I went over to him and kept trying to give him orders but he just wouldn't respond. He was effectively stuck in that position. I did not see any problem with his icon showing that he was still injured but I told the medic to heal him again. Once he was healed he then started responding to my orders again.

I've noticed that some orders that you give will make the AI move to a position and not respond again. Also, I've noticed that they will start giving orders to other AI soldiers even though they should be under my command. They will just ignore me and keep following the other AI. I don't know if you guys have addressed any of this under any of the recent patches but the sticking problem especially has been going on for a long time now and is really annoying. I guess that I've just gotten used to it over the years but it would be nice if it could be fixed.

BTW, I'm super happy with ARMAIII. The terrain is amazing and the missions that people are making are really good. I really think that this is going to be a very long lived simulation and will go down as one of the best created. Keep up the good work!

One other note: The AI could definitely stand to be smarter. They have a tendency to just run around, stop and go back to patrolling after being shot at. I've used ASR AI mod in the past and it really made a difference. Maybe you can incorporate some of that scripting into the game at some point. In real life enemy soldiers triangulate on your position but in ARMA they do not.

Edited November 22, 2013 by Scottyman