AI in HHTR/COTA

[RoyalOak]

Hi,
I've just finished my first campaign of HTTR : historical Arnhem as Allies.
It was only my third game of HTTR (played tutorial 1 and para rescue as Germans before), and as you can see, I am quite disapointed by the level of the AI :
Is there any projects to raise the level of the AI in the future ?
At the actual level, is there a scenario/side that is better played by the computer ?

[EricGuitarJames]

One remedy would be to use the reinforcement and supply options to make them favour the opposition. This would make it more of a challenge to you. As for a scenario, try playing 'Mook Right Hook' as the Germans[:)]

[Arjuna]

RoyalOak,

As Eric suggests try the Mook Right Hook and Terror of the Tyne Tees scenarios. They should give you a run for your money. Of course online play is another dimension again.

One thing top bear in mind is that a 10 day campaign conducted in 0ne minute time intervals is like playing a turn based game with 14,400 turns. Now that is a lot of decision points and because the strategic level AI is not scripted - it is generic - it will unfold differently from one session to the next.

Having said that, the focus in terms of AI has been on the "tactical" level - ie the AI that determines how units move, deploy and fight. The reason why we focussed on the tactical AI is that you must have a half decent tactical AI in order for a player's subordinates to do a reasonable job. Without this you require the player to give orders to every unit. With this the player can be like a real commander and give orders leaving the details to their subordinates.

The "strategic" level - how forces/resources are allocated to the different side objectives, the options for achieving these etc - certainly could do with some more work. In fact I am rewriting the force allocation routines as we speak and hopefully these will help to that end. AI development is an ongoing thing and is certainly one of our priorities.