AI units

[TheFlyingCat]

Wouldnt it be great if you can build you own army of robots? Ai grunts who could to tasks like mining, building things according to a construction plan, represent the army of a large organisation, etc. These units would be controlled by some kind of datacenter were you give them orders. They would be active as long the owner or a designated operator of an organisation is online and also only in an area of one planet or something like this.

 

Pls send feedback

 

[0something0]

Short Answer: You will not be able to do that, and it would be best to delete this ASAP as this goes against the founding principles of DU so you don't get flamed.

 

Long Answer: There will be heavy restrictions on Lua scripting so you won't be able to do these kinds of things. Dual Universe supposedly is supposed to be a social MMO so Novaquark will be deliberately limiting automation to encourage people working together. And while it is possible to automate some processes to make your like easier like say, fly-by-wire, full automation will not be enabled. However,

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They would be active as long the owner or a designated operator of an organisation is online and also only in an area of one planet or something like this.

 

Will be implemented so scripts will run only if a player is nearby.

 

And when I said to delete this ASAP, its because a certain member of the community has a tendency to claim that people who want automation are antisocial "carebears" who only do PVE grinding and then say that its boring.

[Lethys]

On 24.11.2017 at 7:56 PM, MaxTheFlyingCat said:

Wouldnt it be great if you can build you own army of robots? Ai grunts who could to tasks like mining, building things according to a construction plan, represent the army of a large organisation, etc. These units would be controlled by some kind of datacenter were you give them orders. They would be active as long the owner or a designated operator of an organisation is online and also only in an area of one planet or something like this.

 

Pls send feedback

 

You could use the search function and instantly find this thread

 

 

With this quote from NQ:

- Regarding AI, it depends what players are expecting: if it's to help in some basic industrial tasks, or basic automated defense, yes, there will be some - limited - possibilities. However, no AI self-replicating robots, no AI able to replace completely a player in a multiplayer crew ship.

 

Besides the point that you could also think about the implications of such an idea (mechanics, balancing)

[Armedwithwings]

I would love autopiloted transporter airships and hovers navigating by locking into a pulser's frequency.

But that's as far as i would like AI to go,anything beyond would surely be prone to exploits.