squarerfive / bf3-bots

AI mod for BF3, preserving the game and reviving the Battlefield 2 experience.

SquarerFive

My stuff

GenericFoliage - Populate the world with vegetation

Cesium - Procedural Foliage Tutorial

• 

Procedural universe

• Projection experiments - https://github.com/SquarerFive/PlanetSphericalProjection

• SDF Node Graph

  • 
  • Voxel world generated on the GPU using the graph.
  • 

AI and Games

• Game AI: Battlefield 3 Bots

bf3-bots's Issues

Air Vehicle Navigation

Modifiable bot difficulty

Invisible bot/s

BOT cannot be moved, do you need to create it?

AttributeError: module 'pyastar' has no attribute 'astar_path'

Apply proper damage

Blaze Server Compatibility

I see this is for VU only, is there any chance of it being supported on a normal blaze server like on this portable server project? Would be nice to have bot support for a fully "offline" setup.

The account cannot be registered

"POST /pathfinding/register-user/ HTTP/1.1" 200 7 Unauthorized: /v1/login/

AIHelper doesn't work

Layered Navigation Mesh Generation (to help with subsurface/interior environments)

Add support for more gamemodes

Multiple gamemodes for a level will need to use the same navmesh,

Gamemodes to implement:

• Conquest/Conquest Assault
• Rush
• TDM
• SQDM
• CTF
• GM

Behaviours to implement:

• Get out of vehicle once at objective
• Defend flag carrier (CTF)

General Stability

To be fixed before 0.0.5:

• Ensure navigation/combat is standard across all levels
• Reduce memory usage, switch array dtype to 32bit (float32, int32), allocate resources on demand.
• Clear bots on level reset.
• Reduce behaviour cycle latency [try to query once for all bots]
• DFAstar++ to prefer recorded (known) paths
• Fix random crash on CQ (clone destination)
• Load navmesh on level change

AIServer Packaging

Packaging with all dependencies now works. Need to test on my other PC.

noreload parameter must be passed otherwise it will not start

./dist\AIHelper/AIHelper.exe runserver --noreload

Migrate progress onto a new db

The current one is 3GB+ in size, because some data wasn't cleaned up properly when I updated the models...

Move AI to random positions when there are no objectives (useful for TDM).

Bots seem to get stuck on large world objects.

Need to generate a new path around the obstacle or find an alternative path to the destination.

Document mod architecture and installation

0.0.4 Release

• Document Installation Process: #12
• Bots to emit and provide when below a certain health or ammo threshold. #3
• Query all vehicles from the map, bot will pick the closest one to enter automatically. #6 [moved to 0.0.5]
• Ensure this is fixed, and document how it was fixed. #1
• Improve pathing so bots don't get stuck on large objects #15
• Fix random firing, bots should only be firing at enemies (or melee attacking an obstacle).

Smarter AI combat

Migrate all old endpoints over to /v1/

Commander mode

Can use my existing map editor, and just tweak it to show all players with unique colours for each squad, with some interaction to set orders at a position.

Map Editor

• Add Layer Controls
• Drawing tools
• Path evaluator
• Reproject after editing vectors
• Add custom CRS

Fix conflicting bot states

Ensure they are only set from the server, and reset once the soldier dies. Otherwise, the bots would just idle.

Ensure the bot is only able to access a valid soldier

Dynamic nav-mesh (for destructive structures)

Lightweight mode

Implement a 'lightweight' mode where various paths from the navmesh and other player recorded paths are cached and used instead. Allowing users with lower-spec pc (<4GB RAM) to use the mod.

Adaptive nav-mesh layers

Avoid creating extra layers when they are never used.

Loadout Manager

Currently importing the asset listing into the db using MajorVictory87's weapon/unlocks sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17TkU6cm7kNfjDx7V0di02Cs5emnJQSYfTrLtjK3LxcY/edit?usp=sharing

Advanced land vehicle interaction

Need to figure out what vehicles are already full and what isn't.