05.02.2008, 10:09
The problem is the ship AI. IMO it's somewhat pointless to do anything with aircraft vs ships right now since the ships are so completely stupid.
Dunno how the ship AI can be addresses, it's not a matter of improving it, it's literally a matter of actually build some ship AI from scratch. That somehow seems unlikely.
The only way I can think of might be to make a ship a plane so it can use plane AI (which is the only complex AI in game). A side effect of such a choice would be to make the ship "flyable."
I don't think that someone driving a DD down the slot at 0 to 30-something knots, turning to unmask guns, or to evade dive bombers is "arcade" if the speeds, accelerations, and turning radii are accurate. NOt saying someone doing this is likely, but it would certainly be useful. It would be REALLY useful for movie makers, too...
Dunno how the ship AI can be addresses, it's not a matter of improving it, it's literally a matter of actually build some ship AI from scratch. That somehow seems unlikely.
The only way I can think of might be to make a ship a plane so it can use plane AI (which is the only complex AI in game). A side effect of such a choice would be to make the ship "flyable."
I don't think that someone driving a DD down the slot at 0 to 30-something knots, turning to unmask guns, or to evade dive bombers is "arcade" if the speeds, accelerations, and turning radii are accurate. NOt saying someone doing this is likely, but it would certainly be useful. It would be REALLY useful for movie makers, too...