AutoBalance.....please have the answer.... | Forums

[maximus0402]

If I pick this to play and start over...do you still pick a difficulty level or no??? or does it make difficulty level disabled because it dynamically changes it in the game?? or does ai balance around the difficulty level that you pick.....please someone has to know the answer please....thanks in advanced

[maximus0402]

If I pick this to play and start over...do you still pick a difficulty level or no??? or does it make difficulty level disabled because it dynamically changes it in the game?? or does ai balance around the difficulty level that you pick.....please someone has to know the answer please....thanks in advanced

[maximus0402]

oh come on..someobody must know this.

[JaZpAh]

you have to choose a new difficulty level i think

[Supersnake---]

Interesting questions and ones that I would like to know the answers to also.

I especially would like to know if one selects AI will the amount of "resistance" you encounter ever exceed that of the Difficulty level that you have also selected if you keep playing stronger and stronger.

Unless we can get a definitive answer from a developer the possibility may exist that the amount of "difficulty" one encounters when choosing AI may reach that of the Realistic level if one maintains greater kill skills over the mercs?

[daREALhomercles]

Well, i picked it with my difficulty setting to one past the average one (sorry cant remember the actual names) and my game gets *effing* hard at times. My guess is that higher settings probably wont make the mercs any smarter, just more of them i bet.

[Tarrant11]

I would like to know the answer also. I have not tried it yet, is there anyone who has tried it on and off at the same dificulty level?

[Supersnake---]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tarrant11:
I would like to know the answer also. I have not tried it yet, is there anyone who has tried it on and off at the same dificulty level?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Good question Tarrant11 although I fear that there may be some conflicting answers as it sounds like it may be a subjective matter.

Any developers out there?

[This message was edited by Supersnake--- on Fri March 26 2004 at 11:49 AM.]

[GaFF_Oz]

I'm playing on realistic with auto balance on. From what I can tell it doesn't change the number of enemies, but if you replay a section often enough the AI reaction time seems to slow down, takes a little longer for them to spot you, aim and fire. Their aim might be a little off as well, hard to pick that though as it's pretty subjective. Apart from that I haven't noticed it does much, but then it is labelled "AI Autobalance" so thats probably fair enough.

[riccol01]

I have read from "the man" in charge of AI development (on this board, I believe), that auto-balance does need to get started at a certain difficulty, and will adjust both upwards and downwards accorindingly. I don't believe the number or location of enemies changes at all. I believe that their tactics, aim, and ability to withstand damage are all adjustable, but don't hold me to that last part.