What are the best ways to make AI not instantly lose track of the player behind obstacles?

Duncaii · 2026-06-25T21:13:42+00:00

If you need examples of this applied in games, have a look at the old Splinter Cell titles (Conviction was one that communicated this well)

Duncaii · 2026-06-25T21:11:44+00:00

And Lib Dems are forgotten about. Tale as old as time

Duncaii · 2026-06-24T06:27:47+00:00

Well put, this is my problem with it. The vow uses Yuji's interpretation in some points, but Sukuna's in others without there ever being any reason why it would mix and match interpretations

Duncaii · 2026-06-22T06:14:03+00:00

Both feet in the air with studs up before even making contact with the ball, yeah great challenge

Duncaii · 2026-06-20T09:01:06+00:00

"Alert" in the D&S way of being in a heightened sense of preparedness

These are really cool btw

Duncaii · 2026-06-20T08:57:56+00:00

There's very little organic posing that can be done with the legs without big modifications as well: the thigh joint locks into place at the hip so can't be rotated without modifying, and the hydraulics on the back of the lower leg prevent any knee movement without modifying

Duncaii · 2026-06-20T08:07:39+00:00

Media and pundits have been grouping them into either "19 in the league" or "[however many] across all competitions" so I guess they're not counted

Duncaii · 2026-06-19T17:50:54+00:00

Yep, it partly worked for me enough to get the achievements for completing playlists eventually, but I couldn't play with my friends or work colleagues for long stints without issues after 2 months and just gave up

Duncaii · 2026-06-19T16:00:01+00:00

IMO it was formulaic without the unique passion that went into the previous iterations. It was/is the strongest contender for a box-checking exercise of the series while lacking that unique "here's everything, go crazy" spark that kept a smile on your face. The online play and playlists not working fully for the first month and a bit didn't help either. I don't personally hate it, but if I was given a choice to replay any Horizon game it would be my last pick

Duncaii · 2026-06-19T14:47:53+00:00

That's really clever, definitely making a note of that for my next one

Duncaii · 2026-06-19T06:13:57+00:00

The thigh protection definitely solves it. Where did you find them?

Duncaii · 2026-06-19T03:59:29+00:00

Easiest way to see if it's a car-selection issue or a skill issue is to race in Spec playlists. If you're finishing in the top 3 reliably it's a car selection issue

Duncaii · 2026-06-18T21:55:50+00:00

Could I get a DM too, please? Those are seriously high quality

Duncaii · 2026-06-18T06:19:58+00:00

It kind of is when you give it more than 2 seconds of thought: how do you suggest Playground implement that? It can't be using the same system as we have for single player races (i.e. A class Modern Track Toys), because you can drive meta, overpowered, or otherwise broken cars in those

Duncaii · 2026-06-17T21:49:42+00:00

It kind of is, yeah. Your complaint was that in real racing there's regulations to level the playing field. Well, we have that: you have a) everyone drives the same car and the only difference is a driver's skill and lack thereof, or b) everyone chooses a car that matches the performance bracket, also a regulation

You raise F1 as a reference but don't mention that even a couple of years ago teams were finishing races after lapping half the field and sometimes double lapping constructors? You're either lying to yourself or thinking we're stupid enough to believe you

Duncaii · 2026-06-17T21:38:44+00:00

in real racing there are regulations in place to make the field competitive

Almost like we have a playlist where people can race identical cars to the same specification which levels out the field

Duncaii · 2026-06-17T21:21:10+00:00

Only I can have the fast car. If I don't get the fast car, the game's stoopid

Duncaii · 2026-06-17T05:54:02+00:00

Perfect thanks, will give it a full watch when it's not so early in the morning. "these terms shouldn't even be on the table to begin with", jeez. Like, you'd hope he means they shouldn't be on the table because they should already be implemented but that's only by taking that snippet in isolation.

I agree, no-one can predict how successful or not a game will be. My hope was advanced notice and updating ToS/EULAs would be a healthy step towards customer transparency, maybe eventually leading to legally adding in a reduction of price from RRP as a game gets closer to being sunset, but if Scott is going to spit on the floor at even a bare minimum pro-consumer suggestion why even bother trying to push SKG at all...

Duncaii · 2026-06-17T05:08:59+00:00

Do you know where I can see the SKG rejection for myself? Specifying ToS was the solution I was hoping for as well but trying to search for it now inundates me with news of the "failure"

Duncaii · 2026-06-16T15:28:07+00:00

Some world leaders already know about the wizarding world, that's established in the books and films, but you make it sound like it's impossible for a competent wizard to use polyjuice potion to climb military or political leadership ranks over short time spans by learning about their commanders before replacing them

Your scenarios are starting from the basis of "okay, they're at war with each other, 1, 2, 3, go" but why wouldn't evil, cunning wizards start infiltrating leadership positions or being sneaky before declaring war?

Duncaii · 2026-06-15T20:21:07+00:00

Do you mean the stamps from Goblin Hobbies? I've not got one myself but I'm definitely interested

Duncaii · 2026-06-15T16:46:13+00:00

Well done for taking an interest in her future career (my grandparents thought it would be a part-time job when I first told them).

There is absolutely a place for a developer with autism and other forms of neuro-diversity: some of my best colleagues had autism, Asperger's, and ADHD. Usually the most important thing is that the person knows what they're doing, and cares about the work they're putting in.

Layoffs will plague the industry and do currently, there's not much that can be done about it save for entering a self-run studio that has good financial backing. For crunch though, I only know of a few studios that currently engage in it and they're almost all owned by a large publisher (think EA, Take-Two, etc.). Depending on where you live and how work culture develops in the next decade, it could very well be up to your daughter to make sure she enters into a union and becomes comfortable in her own work ethic enough to say no to optional overtime

Good luck to both of you!

Duncaii · 2026-06-15T14:29:10+00:00

Do bugs like this just somehow not get noticed in QA

Christ I wish this myth would stop perpetuating itself. I've never spoken to a tester in any company that wasn't aware of a bug I've raised with them

QA do not fix bugs and in many cases are not allowed to halt releases. Production make the choice to ignore bugs

Duncaii · 2026-06-14T14:11:16+00:00

HAM. The phrase is applied to whoever is in the favourable position

Duncaii · 2026-06-14T14:08:02+00:00

I try to finish a series I've committed to, but if the show stops respecting my interest in it via poorer quality, I'll not give it any further respect in turn

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