Strange SP AI/Sprite behavior
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:10 pm
I've just played the demo so far and really enjoyed it, but I noticed a few very strange things:
1) Every time I sent a Reb regiment packing they would leave several men standing at their former position, in parade rest, looking like a bunch of tools. After a minute or so, these men would finally wake up and join the rest of their fleeing brethren. This seemed to happen every time I forced an enemy unit to retreat as opposed simply to falling back.
2) I've noticed, like some other people, that some of the soldier seem to have trouble navigating the rocks of Devil's Den, producing a stuttering animation.
3) When my men were in combat there were a couple of occasions where a large percentage of them seemed to forget how to use their weapons. They would raise it as if to put on the firing cap, then lower it to the ground again. . .repeat ad nauseum for a couple of minutes. Then they finally fire. I don't know if this was an animation issue only or if it was connected to a reduced volume of fire coming from the regiment (this problem seemed to be affecting about a third of the unit).
4) When I ordered a line forward to a particular position they would arrive there. . .facing backward (sometimes you might not have noticed this unless you were zoomed in).
5) Sometimes lines arriving a position would do this completely pointless maneuver where the men would run to the opposite end of the line at full speed.
Anyone else noticed these things?
1) Every time I sent a Reb regiment packing they would leave several men standing at their former position, in parade rest, looking like a bunch of tools. After a minute or so, these men would finally wake up and join the rest of their fleeing brethren. This seemed to happen every time I forced an enemy unit to retreat as opposed simply to falling back.
2) I've noticed, like some other people, that some of the soldier seem to have trouble navigating the rocks of Devil's Den, producing a stuttering animation.
3) When my men were in combat there were a couple of occasions where a large percentage of them seemed to forget how to use their weapons. They would raise it as if to put on the firing cap, then lower it to the ground again. . .repeat ad nauseum for a couple of minutes. Then they finally fire. I don't know if this was an animation issue only or if it was connected to a reduced volume of fire coming from the regiment (this problem seemed to be affecting about a third of the unit).
4) When I ordered a line forward to a particular position they would arrive there. . .facing backward (sometimes you might not have noticed this unless you were zoomed in).
5) Sometimes lines arriving a position would do this completely pointless maneuver where the men would run to the opposite end of the line at full speed.
Anyone else noticed these things?
I want to go back and test this because it also seemed as if my unit would stop firing even though those left behind guys were still in range. Which doesn't seem fair.