Play the Tactical AI Kit Demo!
by Bryce · 03/28/2013 (5:33 pm) · 45 comments
Hey fellas! We've got some big news today. To keep up with my typical demo-and-release tradition, I give you a new demo game, made in Torque 3D, with the most polished AI we've seen yet.
Since my last blog, I've been hard at work fusing together the Tactical AI Kit and the soon-to-be-released weapon pack to go with it, all while keeping things in separate packages. Several dozen headaches and one reformat later, we've got everything pretty much ready to get kicked out the door. I'll let you guys occupy yourselves with this demo while I finalize everything and get the documentation all finished up!
This demo lets you drop yourself into one of three places: a massive airport terminal, a test map with tons of cover, and a gun range. You can set your starting health and AI aim difficulty, and just mess around. Four game modes exist: Snatch and Grab, AI Match, Scope Wars, and Gun Range.
Snatch and Grab: This mode is accessible in the Airport level. It starts you off in the parking garage or light rail station, and requires you to retrieve a laptop hidden at a gate. Once you've retrieved the laptop, you extract where you started. This matter is complicated by the presence of 15 guards, all placed randomly and walking all over the area. You can pick a louder, stronger loadout and fight them, or you can put on your Sam Fisher goggles and try to sneak past.
AI Match: As seen in every demo I've ever released, two teams of six AI battle it out. This can be done in the AI test and Airport levels.
Scope Wars: Accessible in the AI Test map, this drops you in an area with 8 snipers. Your job is to take them all out. You can take advantage of their initial non-alert state, their tunnel vision from looking for you through their scopes, various concealment scattered about the area, and the cover of night. Be aware of your last known position and never pop out of the same spot twice!
Gun Range: This is nothing special, just a target practice / anger management course. 20 human targets appear, and you can test out the numerous combinations of weapons and attachments available to you on them.
From me, for now. The store I was usually using is going to be down for a while, so if you send me an email at tgebryce@yahoo.com, we can get the exchange going. I check my email quite often, so don't expect to wait too long.
As said in my last blog, the current price of the kit is $74.99, but this price will be raised to $89.95 when the kit is released sometime next month. If you buy it now, you get the update and weapon kit for free when that happens! Doesn't that sound nice?
Sure, why not! But first you must complete...
What is the Tactical AI Kit Challenge? Go through the Snatch and Grab game mode on the Airport level, and do not kill or alert anyone. You'll see your stats when you complete the mission; it should show that you left 15 guards alive and clueless. It takes some serious patience and just a pinch of luck, but it can be done. Post the "congrats" message here, get a (discounted) copy of the kit, and show up in this glamorous hall of fame!
EDIT: You ninja people are way too good at this! I'll allow one more free copy and then I'm dropping down to a %25 discount, I'm going to go broke! ;)
==== TAIK Challenge Hall of Fame! ====
Bryce
Robert Fritzen
Muzaheed Ahsan
Dan Horsfall
Possibly you? One more free copy for the next winner!
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That's about it for this blog, thanks for reading! Play through the demo and give some feedback on the AI. Let me know if you spot any bugs or oddities that I somehow missed, so I can iron those issue out before the update + weapon pack gets released. As before, if you'd like to buy the Tactical AI Kit, send me an email at Tgebryce@yahoo.com and I'll get you started.
Hopefully that was enough reading material to get you through the download time! If not, here are some demo screenshots. Have fun shooting AI, folks!
Since my last blog, I've been hard at work fusing together the Tactical AI Kit and the soon-to-be-released weapon pack to go with it, all while keeping things in separate packages. Several dozen headaches and one reformat later, we've got everything pretty much ready to get kicked out the door. I'll let you guys occupy yourselves with this demo while I finalize everything and get the documentation all finished up!
Click on this or the picture to download the demo! [127MB]
What do I do with it? I need an adult.
This demo lets you drop yourself into one of three places: a massive airport terminal, a test map with tons of cover, and a gun range. You can set your starting health and AI aim difficulty, and just mess around. Four game modes exist: Snatch and Grab, AI Match, Scope Wars, and Gun Range.
Snatch and Grab: This mode is accessible in the Airport level. It starts you off in the parking garage or light rail station, and requires you to retrieve a laptop hidden at a gate. Once you've retrieved the laptop, you extract where you started. This matter is complicated by the presence of 15 guards, all placed randomly and walking all over the area. You can pick a louder, stronger loadout and fight them, or you can put on your Sam Fisher goggles and try to sneak past.
AI Match: As seen in every demo I've ever released, two teams of six AI battle it out. This can be done in the AI test and Airport levels.
Scope Wars: Accessible in the AI Test map, this drops you in an area with 8 snipers. Your job is to take them all out. You can take advantage of their initial non-alert state, their tunnel vision from looking for you through their scopes, various concealment scattered about the area, and the cover of night. Be aware of your last known position and never pop out of the same spot twice!
Gun Range: This is nothing special, just a target practice / anger management course. 20 human targets appear, and you can test out the numerous combinations of weapons and attachments available to you on them.
How can I buy the Tactical AI Kit?
From me, for now. The store I was usually using is going to be down for a while, so if you send me an email at tgebryce@yahoo.com, we can get the exchange going. I check my email quite often, so don't expect to wait too long.
As said in my last blog, the current price of the kit is $74.99, but this price will be raised to $89.95 when the kit is released sometime next month. If you buy it now, you get the update and weapon kit for free when that happens! Doesn't that sound nice?
I hate paying for things, can I get a free copy?
Sure, why not! But first you must complete...
What is the Tactical AI Kit Challenge? Go through the Snatch and Grab game mode on the Airport level, and do not kill or alert anyone. You'll see your stats when you complete the mission; it should show that you left 15 guards alive and clueless. It takes some serious patience and just a pinch of luck, but it can be done. Post the "congrats" message here, get a (discounted) copy of the kit, and show up in this glamorous hall of fame!
EDIT: You ninja people are way too good at this! I'll allow one more free copy and then I'm dropping down to a %25 discount, I'm going to go broke! ;)
==== TAIK Challenge Hall of Fame! ====
Bryce
Robert Fritzen
Muzaheed Ahsan
Dan Horsfall
Possibly you? One more free copy for the next winner!
============================
That's about it for this blog, thanks for reading! Play through the demo and give some feedback on the AI. Let me know if you spot any bugs or oddities that I somehow missed, so I can iron those issue out before the update + weapon pack gets released. As before, if you'd like to buy the Tactical AI Kit, send me an email at Tgebryce@yahoo.com and I'll get you started.
Hopefully that was enough reading material to get you through the download time! If not, here are some demo screenshots. Have fun shooting AI, folks!
#43
02/27/2014 (1:38 pm)
This morning :) I finished uploading it to the site a few hours ago.
#44
02/27/2014 (2:49 pm)
So like is this a port from 1.2 to 3.5 or is this an update? Will everything released in the product be like in the demo? I like those takedowns/nightvisions ;)
#45
02/27/2014 (4:56 pm)
Official announcement will be coming sometime tomorrow, but it's up in the store for anyone who wants to grab it beforehand. The update is for 3.0 and 3.5. 
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