[SCRIPT] PiloteAI III.70 (28.09.08)

[Azz]

PilotAI

Script AL Plugin
Version: 3.70
Author: Azz
Script originally created in French
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Downloads

Pilot AI in .spk - You will need Script Installer courtesy of Cycrow.

Pilot AI in .zip

Player User Guide PDF / ZIP (1.2Mo)- Includes:
* Comprehensive User Guide
* Controls
* Troubleshooter
* Hotkeys
* Pilot AI ranks and skills
* Command slots in Use, "t" files & pages

Author web Site: http://azzx3.free.fr/

You must install the PrizzZ Library mEngine 1.1 http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=132150
PilotAI is using this library to provide the user with the ability to select from scripted menus: wares, sectors and so on....
Thanks to PrizzZ for this fantastic tool..

Main Features

1 - AI Pilot improvement:
• Your pilots will improve in the military career, depending on their victories, or their business abilities for Universal Trader or Station Trader (Naffarin script) tasks.
• Their fighting skills will also enhance according to their career path. They will get a better response time, better fighting accuracy both with lasers and missiles, as well as better ship speed and handling.
• Additional controls will also be available according to the Rank (AI expansion): SAM abilities, ECM, damage management, advanced shielding management, protection of station, special SAM abilities when flying in a squadron... The higher the rank, the better some skills can improve.

2 - Early Warning & Strike Network:
• You can use your satellites in order to create one surveillance network. Strike squadrons will be allowed to automatically respond to every kind of threat. Patrol squadron will be also available to complement your surveillance network.

3 - Advanced Group management:
• You can create squadrons and manage them easily and efficiently, including keyboard shortcuts. Script will automatically monitor the squadron and will reform if one or several members are missing. If M5 is part of a squadron, some of them will be used as anti-missile fighters

4 - Patrol can get bounties by destroying enemy ships:
• Your ships will get a bounty for every single enemy ship destroyed. This bounty will vary according to the pilot rank and the class of enemy ship shot down.

5 - Supply:
• You can ensure that your fleet is properly supplied by using supply group or refuel group :

- Carriers can refill the ships which are docking
- You can create 'Tankers', which store products and redistribute them if necessary in your ships or squadrons
- Both carriers and Tankers are refilled by 'Suppliers'
- For every squadron you can allocate a ship to the energy supplying.

6 - Status report available:
• A comprehensive report regarding the key elements of the ship is available, such as IA rank, upgrades, equipment…

7 - AI and living pilots both can eject:
• AI pilots (including MK3 trader) can eject in a rescue pod when their ships are shot down. This will allow you to collect and reinstall them in your own ships. Living pilots can also eject when their ships are destroyed. You can rescue them and whether sell them to pirates or taxi them in a station, and get a reward for this.

8 - Full control of AI’s:
• You can switch them between ships, get a track record of them, stock or sell or buy them…

9 - Advanced rename function:
• You can rename your ship by using many available options. You can also add up to 8 different colors to your names on top of additional information.
• Additional informations are automatically added to the ship name. These data can be hidden or unhidden at will. These informations are very useful to identify at a glance which ship is supposed to do what.

New in 3.57 : PilotAI is now in German, thanks to CS

Compatibility with other scripts

This script is fully compatible with:
XFP Mod v.4.x
Xtended .7x
New Horizons Mod

MK3 or Naffarin’s Station Traders script - traders will increase their level according to their trading ability and experience. MK3’s can also eject if the ship is destroyed.

Known conflicts with other Scripts:

- Player Response Fleet by LV
- Bankkonto - Bank Account by Blacky_BPG
- Terracorps FleetPackage by Siath70
- Leveling AI by Nemeo
- RSwE by Klyith
- Bounty Enhancer by LV


PilotIA use the 'signal-killed', and thus is more or less compatible with every script using this signal...




Enjoy [/b]

[Mailo]

I'm speechless, this sounds fantastic

Thanks for making this available in English, my french is not good enough to follow forums in it. I will use this as soon as possible (just restarted, am only up to a M4, a M5 and two TS).

One question: shouldn't the Xenon be more likely to use AI in their ships? What was the reason they got a 0% chance?

[Azz]

Hello Mailo
Xenons are pure AI, they are fully integrated into their vessels and completely dependent on them
They cannot thus eject

That's why this rate of ejection of 0 %

It is at least the interpretation which I chose

[Mailo]

[Phlt]

[Azz]

Yes very good ideas
We could imagine that xenons has a very weak probability to eject IA, but very high level (24 and more)

I also like the idea of the ejection of computer components and microchips, what would be rather funny, if not really useful...


I note it for the next release
Thanks Mailo

[Puruco]

Hi Azz:

1. Can I form squadrons with big ships only (M1, M2, ect.) instead of only figthers?

2. If # 1 is true can I make a second, third and so on squadron from the M1 figthers sihps?

3. Does this script conflict with Trader Comand Software MK3 optimization by gnasirator from the german forum?

Thanks....

[Mailo]

Just installed it and played with it a bit. Funny, the first two sectors I visited had Hacker stations in them, after reading the manual afterwards I found that there are just three in the universe. A good omen

I also found two AIs so far when Sector Police killed some pirates. Fun!

[Azz]

Puruco :

You can make as many squadrons as you want, (max 99), made up of the ships which you want...
For each squadron the more powerful ships will become the leader, and the wingers protect it and attacks or protects its target

For example :
You can make a squadron with only big ships to manage them more easily, m1 will become the leader, and you can make other squadrons with fighters and assign them to the protection of the M1, or another big ship

I don't know the script 'Trader Comand Software MK3 optimization. To be sure, only install the optional script 'lib.ship.signal.killed.trader.xml' wich is in the patch folder and not 'plugin.autotrade.sector.xml' and 'plugin.autotrade.galaxy.xml', so your mk3 will be at least able to eject, without risk of conflict.

[Puruco]

[Azz]

PiloteAi doesn't substitute itself to sector trader. You can use both together...


It is fully compatible with universe and sector traders MK3, it modifies slightly these two scripts (plugin.autotrade.secto and plugin.autotrade.galaxy) to add one or two small functions (essentially the adjustment of the military rank of the ship according to its merchant's level)
but as said previously it's completly optional...

But, anyway, as the other ships, the traders will benefit from the bonuses of speed and manoeuvrability, and in addition to that, you will be able to engage on these ships merchant, as for any other, the command 'AI Extension' that will permit to it to use some advanced functions (SAM abilities, ECM, damage management, advanced shielding management etc..)

[Mailo]

Is it just my impression or does this increase combat difficulty all over? I had no problems fighting 3-5 M3 in my M4 using corkscrewing excessively, but after the skript install, I seem to get hit rather more.

If it's not just my imagination, but really the case ... great

[Sandalpocalypse]

That's pretty impressive.

I am not sure I understand part 14 of the manual - Patch Folder. Is this required, or just recommended? Are there any downsides to replacing these scripts with the patched versions?

[Azz]

even though PiloteAI can operate without, it's highly recommended to install these scripts, (it's why it's called 'patch' and not 'bonus').
And no, there is no downside...

the only thing to take in account is if you have already installed a script wich modify the trader mk3, as puruco do.

Installation of these scripts adds :
- the ability to your Trader MK3 to eject if their ships are destroyed
- the military level will be automatically adjusted on the merchant level for trader MK3 and Naffarin's station trader
- appropriate tags (prefix and suffix) will be added to the name to clearly identify these ships (both Trader MK3, Station Trader and vanillia Patrol)

[X-Freak Cartman]

Well, nice project so far... unfortunately, it seems as if it's incompatible with the patrol script adaption for X3 (another script to improve the patrol AI, don't find the link) and some of my scripts:

GAIUS, Fight Command Software MK3 and FLAME

I'm not quite sure of the FCS MK3 itself, but as you change the signals, it's incompatible with GAIUS, which is needed for MK3... which will be needed for the Flame Management FLAME itself.

well, have fun...