[Grenademan]

My Operation Flashpoint frequently freezes on me, utterly pisses me off. It happens all the time. Sometimes i can play for over an hour before it freezes, sometimes it happens as soon as i hit the menu. So annoying.

Well I guess my AI tweaking has well and truly come to a glorious end. Played some maps in both BFV and BF42 and all hosted satisfactory AI behaviour. So much more difficult than it was before.
Here is the updated list of things I have accomplished to date.

BATTLEFIELD VIETNAM

Infantry:
- Bots use knives, machetes and plantation knives for up close action.
- Bots use the M79.
- Bots use the Timebomb.
- Bots use landmines.
- Bots throw caltrops as if they were ninja stars.
- Bots use Bouncing Bettys.
- Bots use pistols.
- Bots throw grenades at infantry on some occasions.

Vehicles:
- Bots in the Cobra co-pilot position fire HEAT missiles more frequently.
- Bots in the Assault Huey fire the miniguns much, much better now.
- Bots in the Huey slicks will now fire at enemy targets.
- Bots fire the coaxial machinegun when in tanks.
- Bots in planes will attack ground targets more often, including air control towers.
- Bots fly the Mi8 helicopter a tad bit better now.
- Bots use the M46 artillery gun a tad bit better.
- Bots fire stationary weapons such as the Quad 50 and the M60 much better now.
- Bots in the ZSU gunner position now fire the weapon much more faster, creating a wall of flak.

Global effects:
- Bots are more accurate.
- Bots go for vehicles a bit more often.
- Bots shoot tank weapons further.
- Bots now fire on low flying aircraft with rifles and rocket launchers.
- Bot weapon ranges slightly increased and decreased respectively.
- Bots no longer fire LAW and RPG rockets at infantry.

Other changes:
- Crosshairs turned off for infantry and vehicles.
- Nametages and hit indication turned off during COOP games.
- 3rd person soldier view activated.
- Vehicle wreckage lasts a lot longer to give the game the 'battlefield' meaning.
- Air control tower health reduced from 1200 to 500.

Possible changes:
- Maybe get bots to use claymores and other explosives.

BATTLEFIELD 1942 (and expansion packs)

Infantry
- Bots use knives, throwing knives and bayonets against infantry.
- Bots use landmines against vehicles.
- Bots use the binoculars to call for artillery bombardment.
- Bots use the K98 rifle grenade.
- Bots use the colt a bit more often, as much as they use the Walther.

Vehicles:
- Bots fire mounted machineguns much more effectively.
- Bots fire other stationary weapons much more effectively, such as the Defgun, Pak40, flak cannons etc.
- Bots fire tank shells further.
- Bots fire artillery shells much further.
- Bots in aircraft now attack ground targets much more often.
- Bot dogfighting skills increased.
- Bots now bail out of badly damaged vehicles more often.

Global effects
- SAI aggression greatly increased; expect heavy AI resistance and bigger battles.
- Bots more accurate on foot and in vehicles.

Other changes
- Crosshairs turned off on vehicles and infantry.
- 3rd person soldier view activated.
- Nametages and hit indication turned off during COOP games.

Possible changes:
- Give bots ability to choose rifles and pistols better.
- Might consider allowing bots to throw grenades at enemy infantry.

Things that I would like to do, but cannot and will not for various reasons:

BATTLEFIELD VIETNAM
- Bots to use expacks and C4.
- Bots to use some radio commands sensibly.
- Bots to fly helicopters a bit better (and get rid of that 'rollercoaster' effect!)
- Fix certain AI bugs, including bot stalling, idling, and strange 'player presence' behaviour...
- Bots to be made much more aggressive, including the SAI.
- Bots to use the Huey and chinook winch to pickup and drop off ground vehicles.
- Bots to be able to land helicopters to pick up and drop off troops.
- Bots to bail out of badly damaged vehicles.
- Bots to use the Loach (Little Bird), Sampan and Tango as often as any other vehicle, and to make them drive them properly.
- Bots to use the wrench and medpacks.
- Bots to use the Car-15 underslung grenadelauncher.
- Bots to fire the Cobra machinegun.
- Bots to fire from the open positions on BTR-60s.
- Many, many other things I'd like to see them do.
(I had the following coded in, but removed them because of poor bot behaviour)
- Bots to use punji sticks.
- Bots to use the blowtorch.
- Bots to use binoculars to call for artillery.
- Bots to deploy and use mortars.

BATTLEFIELD 1942 (and expansion packs)
- Bots to use the expacks and other demolition charges.
- Bots to use radio commands.
- Would like to increase SAI aggressiveness.
- Would like to increase personal bot skills.
- Bots to fire the tank coaxial machinegun better than they currently do.
- Many, many other things I'd like to see them do.

Well, can't really say that its TRULY over. Like i said in the considerations. I found out today that in BFV, claymores don't need the detonators to explode, so that might be useful for teh bots...