script HIVE_AI A3

[Kosmo_ 43]

HIVE_AI A3 V2.5

 

continuation of : https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/290822-hive_ai/

 

Overview

 

HIVE is an strategic AI self commanding script.

• Map locations are objectives.
• Groups are automatically sorted into types and receive waypoints to objectives.
• Units such as artillery, aerial and supports are also handled.
• Forces ratio consideration, defensive stance when outnumbered.
• Infantry can garrison and be transported when needed.

Usage

Initialize with execVM "HIVE.sqf".
Requires "HIVE_AO" marker present. Marker size "b" is radius of included locations.

In HIVE.sqf are following configurations:

• HIVE_ACTIVE - Pause/unpause looping.
• HIVE_WEST/EAST/GUER - Can suspend side control.
• HIVE_DEBUG - Debug markers and messages.
• HIVE_GROUP_BLACKLIST - Remove groups from HIVE control.
• HIVE_NAMES - Location types to be used as objectives.

Files and manual

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bDqVV98rXw48YPWLymcOp4PtG-hBkfnO?usp=drive_link

 

Battle Generator

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/291108-sp-hive-battle-generator-a3/

 

[Kosmo_ 43]

Note about artillery as of V1, doArtilleryFire gets the type of ammunition to use from first magazine with getArtilleryAmmo. With removeMagazinesTurret and addMagazineTurret this ammotype can be changed. Once they run out of HE, which is usually the first magazine type in units, they use the next ammunition type.

 

 

[froggyluv 2136]

So is this like a Meta-AI? Determining groups and planting waypoints like a HAL? Is it meant to be played with tactical AI mods aor does it conflict? I couldnt really find a clean overview anywhere

[Kosmo_ 43]

5 hours ago, froggyluv said:

So is this like a Meta-AI? Determining groups and planting waypoints like a HAL? Is it meant to be played with tactical AI mods aor does it conflict? I couldnt really find a clean overview anywhere

Very good questions, thank you for asking

1. I do not know what Meta-AI is

2. Yes has similarities to HETMAN Artificial Leader

3. HIVE works on waypoints, so any modifications or additional scripts that deal with waypoints will probably only see limited functionality

4. Sorry for lack of clear overview, I am still working on this and figuring out the scope of it

[Kosmo_ 43]

Version 1.1

• Added transportation handling.
• Vehicles without gunners, eg. trucks will be assigned to "logistics" category.
• All vehicles that have more free cargo seats than units in group will be available for transportation missions.
• Infantry that gets a waypoint that is far away (> 1000m) will be added to cargo array.
• Transportation missions will be assigned from this cargo pool, depending if they can fit the infantry group in question.
• Changed forces comparison, now counts individual units and vehicles instead of group types.
• Added "danger close" check for artillery.
• Artillery will not fire at targets which have friendly units close ( <200m).
• Changed known enemies array, now accounts individual units instead of groups.
• Closest know enemies are now checked from waypoint, not squad leader position.
• Slowed down script looping a little, is now 120s, 240s and 360s.
• Infantry when side is in defensive mode will seek a building nearby (<250m) waypoint.
• If building is found they will receive a "HOLD" waypoint on it

[honger 117]

Could you elaborate more on what your mod does exactly? Is it meant for AI vs AI fights or can I incorporate it into a player vs AI scenario? I am a big fan of Zeus Wargame and having a more "conscious" AI on the enemy side actively responding to how the player moves his forces would be greatly appreciated. 

 

From what I gather, AI will first occupy the zones they have to defend and then move towards zones taken by the enemy side. Does it support three-side warfare, as in BLUFOR vs OPFOR vs INDFOR?

[Kosmo_ 43]

42 minutes ago, honger said:

Could you elaborate more on what your mod does exactly? Is it meant for AI vs AI fights or can I incorporate it into a player vs AI scenario? I am a big fan of Zeus Wargame and having a more "conscious" AI on the enemy side actively responding to how the player moves his forces would be greatly appreciated. 

 

From what I gather, AI will first occupy the zones they have to defend and then move towards zones taken by the enemy side. Does it support three-side warfare, as in BLUFOR vs OPFOR vs INDFOR?

Once again good round of questions!

1. Not specifically a mod, but an script that is included in mission file.

2. Yes it can be incorporated into PVE or PVP, in HIVE.sqf the following controls are available (can also be changed during the game).

HIVE_WEST/EAST/GUER - Can suspend side control. eg. suspend control on player side.

HIVE_GROUP_BLACKLIST - Remove groups from HIVE control. eg. you can add player groups here.

3. The priority of objectives depends on the defensive stance (dictated by forces comparison). Meaning when not in defensive stance the priority of a side is unoccupied areas -> enemy areas -> all areas, while defensive side(s) won't engage enemy areas unless they have none of their own.

4. Yes three sided warfare should work, however since forces comparison compares both enemy sides there is a possibility of an defensive stalemate.

[Komodo-1 13]

nice one, will try it out

any chance of this being made into a mod?

ty

[Komodo-1 13]

is it compatible with all faction mods like CUP/RHS/cDLCs etc?

[Kosmo_ 43]

1 hour ago, Komodo-1 said:

is it compatible with all faction mods like CUP/RHS/cDLCs etc?

Hello, thank you for taking interest. Yes any faction should work, unit classification is based on CfgVehicles  (eg. if unit has "artilleryscanner" in its cfg it is considered artillery). As for making this into a "mod", I do not have such plans currently (what would the benefits even be?).

 

V1.2

• Transports unit categorization changed, (no gunner,  group > 2 units and seats > 1)
• Single seater planes/helos should be correctly categorized into air units now.
• Fixed typo in forces comparison, specifically _airwest was incorrectly _airswest.
• Removed cyclical (strategic) reset of busy array, should prevent transport waypoint never completing.
• Attempt at stuck prevention, every tactical cycle the radius of current wp is exponentiated.
• In tactical separated INF into their own section.

[Komodo-1 13]

with a mod/module you can set the options using it ingame and maybe support custom factions if that's possible using synching

[Kosmo_ 43]

54 minutes ago, Komodo-1 said:

with a mod/module you can set the options using it ingame and maybe support custom factions if that's possible using synching

Thank you for the suggestion. The options variables in HIVE.sqf can already be set in-game, for example:

Trigger -> Radio Alpha -> On activation

HIVE_WEST = false;

 

Custom factions are already supported, do let me know if there are discrepancies in any units.

 

[Kosmo_ 43]

V 1.3

• Vehicle and armored units have their normal waypoints at "Limited" speed, making infantry keep up a little better.
• Made settings variables execute unscheduled, can now be changed by init fields in units etc at game start.
• Added transport to artillery exclusion list.
• Added HIVE_SUPERBUSY array.
• Every strategic cycle (groups in HIVE_SUPERBUSY) waypoints get placed on unit position. This should prevent transports from getting stuck.
• HIVE_TACTICAL now excludes units in HIVE_GROUP_BLACKLIST, exclusion should happen faster this way.
• Changed formation array to 6 with wedge being most likely.
• Added check for vehicle commander in HIVE_BUSY array, also excludes blacklisted units.

[honger 117]

On 11/24/2024 at 7:30 PM, Kosmo_ said:

Once again good round of questions!

1. Not specifically a mod, but an script that is included in mission file.

2. Yes it can be incorporated into PVE or PVP, in HIVE.sqf the following controls are available (can also be changed during the game).

HIVE_WEST/EAST/GUER - Can suspend side control. eg. suspend control on player side.

HIVE_GROUP_BLACKLIST - Remove groups from HIVE control. eg. you can add player groups here.

3. The priority of objectives depends on the defensive stance (dictated by forces comparison). Meaning when not in defensive stance the priority of a side is unoccupied areas -> enemy areas -> all areas, while defensive side(s) won't engage enemy areas unless they have none of their own.

4. Yes three sided warfare should work, however since forces comparison compares both enemy sides there is a possibility of an defensive stalemate.

Thanks. I'll give it a try and see if I can report or suggest something because so far this looks like a great alternative for HAL NR6.

 

Btw, could you upload the files to some host other than GDrive? I keep getting a "could not download the file" error no matter which one I try to download, not sure if it's something about permissions or just Google being wonky. Anything else should work. I'd be grateful. Never mind, it works now. Just some fucky-wucky on Google's side I guess.

Edited November 27 by honger

[Kosmo_ 43]

V 1.4

New HIVE_SPAWNING.sqf

• Groups can be spawned with editor placed markers.
• Marker name has to be from HIVE_1 to HIVE_15.
• Markers are "b_inf", "b_motor_inf", "b_mech_inf" and "b_armor". Markers with b_ prefix are for west units while o_ is east and n_ is for resistance. See : https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CfgMarkers
• Group types to spawn correlates with marker type. Possible group types are "Infantry", "Motorized", "Mechanized" and "Armor". See : https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CfgGroups
• The text field in marker dictates which faction to spawn, for example of you want NATO military, you type in marker text field BLU_F. See previous link.
• Marker size "a" is how many groups should be spawned, multiplied by 10. For 7 groups you would set marker size "a" to 0.7.
• Marker size "b" is how large spawn radius should be,  multiplied by 500. So if you want groups to spawn in a radius of 1000m, you set marker size "b" to 2.
• If you disable HIVE_ICONS in HIVE.sqf these markers will be removed after spawning.
• Removed cyclical waypoint reset, may the AI pathfinding be merciful.

[Kosmo_ 43]

Version 2

HIVE.sqf

• Location types now categorized into large/medium/small
• Additional location types, "Hill" in medium and "StrongpointArea" in small
• Location types have a separate radius array HIVE_SIZES

HIVE_STRATEGIC.sqf

• Simplified arrays a little
• Area arrays are reset every strategic cycle
• New strategic modes, ATTACKING, DEFENDING and MANOEUVRE
• MANOEUVRE is activated by ratio of captured areas to uncaptured
• MANOEUVRE causes groups to prioritize uncaptured objectives

HIVE_TACTICAL.sqf

• Split tactical into TAC_WEST.sqf, TAC_EAST.sqf and TAC_GUER.sqf
• Sped up TAC a little, sleep delays only happen if unit is not in busy array
• Infantry target building has to be within objective radius
• Waypoint placement radius depends on the objective size
• Waypoints that have less distance to objective than radius are now placed from objective's center
• Transportation is now requested if distance is radius * 2 from waypoint

[Kosmo_ 43]

Version 2.1

 

https://imgur.com/a/SYHHzzO

 

Updated HIVE_SPAWNING.sqf

• 30% of groups are spawned from random type, so for example infantry formations will have some supporting vehicles
• Group strength now changeable with rotation of marker.
• 90 degrees = 75% group strength, 180 = 50% and 270 = 25%
• Ammunition status can be changed with color of marker.
• Green = 75% ammo, Yellow = 50% and Red = 25%
• Morale (skill) can be changed with alpha of marker.
• 0.75 alpha = 75% skill, 0.5 alpha = 50% and 0.25 alpha = 25%
• Spawning markers will now have text with information, "UNITS", "AMMO" and "MORALE"

[piter306 17]

Great thing, now we just need a magician who will make it a mission in the style of Hetman War Stories 🙂 I tested on Global Mobilzation and CSLA Dlc and it works very well, thanks a lot

[Kosmo_ 43]

On 12/3/2024 at 8:29 PM, piter306 said:

Great thing, now we just need a magician who will make it a mission in the style of Hetman War Stories 🙂 I tested on Global Mobilzation and CSLA Dlc and it works very well, thanks a lot

Hey, I just released a HIVE battle generator for A2. I am looking for testers for A3 HIVE battle generator. Please dm me if interested.

[Kosmo_ 43]

Version 2.2

HIVE.sqf

• Additional parameter, HIVE_DEBUG2.
• Looping is now 600s, 300s and 150s.
• Removed StrongPointArea from locations array.

 

HIVE_SPAWNING.sqf 

• Removed opacity parameter, alpha of marker doesn't matter anymore.
• Morale and supply has 3 states now: High, Medium and Low.
• Supply is now "colorGreen", "ColorYellow" and "ColorRed".
• Morale is now: 0 degrees, 120 degrees and 240 degrees.
• Exceptions list for certain factions.
• New marker type, "b_unknown". Can be used for factions which have unconventional cfgGroups structure.
• Balancing done for different group types, infantry formations should have some chance against armored formations.
• Reduced spawning radius to marker size * 200.
• BIS_fnc_findSafePos now defaults to marker position if no valid positions found.

 

HIVE_STRATEGIC.sqf

• Fixed issue with debug markers not updating.

 

HIVE_TAC

• Made waypoint position default to target position if no suitable position at midpoint was found.

 

Update 11/12

HIVE_UNITS.sqf

• Assigns driver as group leader, if not player

HIVE_SPAWNING.sqf

• Sets marker 2 name to marker 2 + _2

 

[Lily Ava 0]

Additional parameter, HIVE_DEBUG2.

Looping is now 600s, 300s and 150s.

Removed StrongPointArea from locations array.

[Kosmo_ 43]

Battle generator for A3 released:

 

[Kosmo_ 43]

Version 2.4

 

HIVE_SPAWNING.sqf:

• Updated getter for group class types
• Added more variety to formations
• Decreased of spawning artillery in armored formations
• Custom formations now select completly randomly from group types and group names
• Fixed Motorized_MTP formations not spawning.
• HIVE marker 2 inherets name from marker.

Future update notes will be in the battle generator workshop change notes, will upload new files every now and then if changes come

[Tobias Schoyen 1]

It looks very promising! We used HAL before, but due to other mission makers not utilizing it enough, they removed it from the mod list. Since this is a script, I can use it! More than happy to test it!

[Kosmo_ 43]

Hey would there be interest for some kind of tutorial/manual on setting up this script and using the spawning markers?

 

Edit: Making it anyways xd

Edit2: Added manual to the google drive folder.