Warrior General Games

my suggestion is quite simple.
it is obviously in the interest of GLB
to make designing the AI as simple and efficient as possible.
this will definitely help in some specific situations.

i have found many times when setting AI,
that i end up having the exact same set of Outputs for multiple Inputs.
for example, i may use exactly the same outputs
when it is a third and long, or a "passer" tagged QB is in, or its a prevent situation, or etc...

the keyword is:
or
if you could add multiple Inputs, separated by an "or"
corresponding to the same set of Outputs,
that would save, me personally, TONS of time!

i realize this is a difficult explanation so if yr confused,
lemme know i will try to elucidate. i think i got the general point across tho...

i'd like to see some action on this soon, if there is interest in the idea;
as i said it costs me a lot of time adding the same set of outputs over and over.

know its tough to understand, so
"BUMP"
until the skilled coordinators get a chance to view this thread

How is this different than packages?

its a totally different animal.
this could easily be used in combination with packages obviously.

say i have a package for 4-3 short run defense, 3-4 zone run defense, and 3-3-5 run defense.
say i want to use those 3 packages at 33% each, (one at 34% to be technical)
for these 5 specific situations ("INPUTS"!)

1st down with powerback and blocker TE tagged
all 3 and short situations with powerback
all 4th and short situations
all goal line situations (close to the endzone) with the opposing offense NOT in goal line formation
late in game when the opponent has lead and is trying to run out the clock.

as the mechanics work now,
i will have to make 5 different "inputs"
each one of them having the exact same 3 packages at the exact same %s
obviously, thats 5 times the work then we should have to do,
and would have to do, if there was an 'or' options
that allowed multiple INPUTS for the same SET of OUTPUTS!

OK, i'm confident that this explanation has clarified this.
sorry i know it might have been vague before, now i see the confusion.
this explanation should do the trick. discuss.
i believe this suggestion has no negatives and a ton of time saving positives.

you see, it sould NOT be necessary to have a googleplex inputs for the exact same outputs.
it should NOT be necessary to have a million different packages which are just combinations of packages you already made.
the 'or' option will cut down on TONS of repetitive work. its a perfect solution to halve the time it takes to set up the AI.

I could go for this, it would save a few minutes of my time. +1.01

+1. There are areas where it would save a lot of time if I could use it.

its something that will save time on the AI

I think the best suggestion I saw that encompassed the same ability was the nesting of AI Inputs. That would give you the ability to have a top level tag (i.e. "Receiver" TE) or situational trigger (i.e. Strong-I 3rd & 7+) and then organize the nested input logic from there.

I really think the idea of nesting inputs works better as you can not only more easily specify OR, you can specify AND with a much improved ability to move things up/down your AI for organizational or specific opponent purposes.

Here's the thread I was thinking of of.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=4786290&page=1

let me add something to complete this idea:

not only do we need "or"

we need "NOT"


as in, for example:
tagged Passer QB, tagged Speedy RB, NOT Blocker TE

thats just an example, im tired of having to make identical sets of outputs over and over

+1, just because, although I think the AI is ok as is, this could be a good addition

bumped for multiple thread

'or' option for DAI Inputs is determined here to be a timesaving option

'and' as well will have benefits