Game autopilot

roxor · February 13th, 2004

Here is a really great idea for a feature to include in a multiplayer game: an autopilot that can play the game for you if you need to leave the game for a moment (eg. answer the phone).

The autopilot would learn your playing style while you are in control. Then, when it is enabled, it then plays like you do. So, if you are a crap player, don't expect the autopilot to win the game for you. It will be just as crap as you are.

It would learn which areas of levels you like to hang around in, which weapons you like to use, your movement style, and whether you snipe a lot or run around just blasting everything in sight.

Whadda ya think?

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Rob6021 · February 13th, 2004

I like the idea, It's just this would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implent unless the game was preprogrammed to handle this. Also This would spawn a new way to cheat.

**hushypushy** · February 14th, 2004

i dont think this would be such a good idea, i mean look at games like CS. wouldnt that be weird? games like that, you have good streaks and bad streaks, AI cant duplicate that (yet).

and for RPGs/fighters/adventures/racing.....there's always the pause button

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roxor · February 14th, 2004

True, you could have good and bad streaks, but the system would still be learning your playing style over the entire time since you created your player profile. So, as a result good and bad streaks would cancel each other out in the long run.

>> I like the idea, It's just this would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implent unless the game was preprogrammed to handle this.

Of course. It only seems natural to make this a feature of the game right at the very beginning. Making a mod to do this would be just plain impractical, but when writing a game from scratch, it would be just grand.

>> Also This would spawn a new way to cheat.

Oh, great. That's one of the last things we need. But how would one do it?

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Omegainf · February 14th, 2004

It reminds me of a bot for Quake that learned the way you played causing the difficulty to increase as your abilities increased

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Titus03 · February 26th, 2004

Very interesting... ! But I want to play games myself, only in flight simulators autopilot is such a fine feature, but in other games I like just press the "pause" and answer to my phone.

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roxor · February 27th, 2004

Yes, but you can't pause a multiplayer game (and even when you can (like Doom), anyone can unpause it). That's what this autopilot was intended for. For when you are playing a multiplayer game, and you need to momentarily leave the game for some reason.

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JuniorCRB · February 27th, 2004

i like the idea imagine if starcraft kept doing your work while you were on the phone

Mad · February 27th, 2004

I could cause people to Macro on RPG games.
I happens a lot on Ultima Online and Ragnarok....

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roxor · February 27th, 2004

Well, I originally thought of it for use in first person shooters. Imagine having Unreal Tournament fragging people for you while you're over on the phone...

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WindHydra · February 27th, 2004

If it's UT, just go answer the phone!
You'll be right back even if u die

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February 13th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
roxor Nutcase Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Great Southern Land Posts: 703	Game autopilot Here is a really great idea for a feature to include in a multiplayer game: an autopilot that can play the game for you if you need to leave the game for a moment (eg. answer the phone). The autopilot would learn your playing style while you are in control. Then, when it is enabled, it then plays like you do. So, if you are a crap player, don't expect the autopilot to win the game for you. It will be just as crap as you are. It would learn which areas of levels you like to hang around in, which weapons you like to use, your movement style, and whether you snipe a lot or run around just blasting everything in sight. Whadda ya think? __________________ "I feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up!" - Tom Lehrer

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February 13th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Rob6021 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 39	I like the idea, It's just this would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implent unless the game was preprogrammed to handle this. Also This would spawn a new way to cheat.

February 14th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	i dont think this would be such a good idea, i mean look at games like CS. wouldnt that be weird? games like that, you have good streaks and bad streaks, AI cant duplicate that (yet). and for RPGs/fighters/adventures/racing.....there's always the pause button __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

February 14th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
roxor Nutcase Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Great Southern Land Posts: 703	True, you could have good and bad streaks, but the system would still be learning your playing style over the entire time since you created your player profile. So, as a result good and bad streaks would cancel each other out in the long run. >> I like the idea, It's just this would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implent unless the game was preprogrammed to handle this. Of course. It only seems natural to make this a feature of the game right at the very beginning. Making a mod to do this would be just plain impractical, but when writing a game from scratch, it would be just grand. >> Also This would spawn a new way to cheat. Oh, great. That's one of the last things we need. But how would one do it? __________________ "I feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up!" - Tom Lehrer

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Omegainf Penadinho Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro Posts: 2,595	It reminds me of a bot for Quake that learned the way you played causing the difficulty to increase as your abilities increased __________________

February 26th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
Titus03 かわいいですね。 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ? (In PAL-area) Posts: 1,120	Very interesting... ! But I want to play games myself, only in flight simulators autopilot is such a fine feature, but in other games I like just press the "pause" and answer to my phone. __________________ MY DESKTOP: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @3.0GHz · ASUS Commando · 4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB · Corsair 620W 620HX · 4x Seagate 320GB HDD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Windows XP Pro SP3/Ubuntu 9.04 MY LAPTOP: (Toshiba Satellite Pro A300-293) Intel Core2 Duo T5870 @2.0GHz · 4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3470 256MB · 320 GB HDD · Intel HD Audio 24-bit Ubuntu 9.04 Female avatar is turned on.

February 27th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
roxor Nutcase Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Great Southern Land Posts: 703	Yes, but you can't pause a multiplayer game (and even when you can (like Doom), anyone can unpause it). That's what this autopilot was intended for. For when you are playing a multiplayer game, and you need to momentarily leave the game for some reason. __________________ "I feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up!" - Tom Lehrer

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JuniorCRB Sega Fanboy Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: I don't know Posts: 757	i like the idea imagine if starcraft kept doing your work while you were on the phone

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Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 3,301	I could cause people to Macro on RPG games. I happens a lot on Ultima Online and Ragnarok.... __________________ [Windows 7 RTM PRO X64] [Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L] [Intel E5200@2.5Ghz] [Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB DDR2 800MHz] [HIS HD4670 1GB GDDR3] [19" LCD SyncMaster T190] [Samsung SATA II HD322HJ 320GB] [LG HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30] (@gigaherz) S.N.K.M.A.D.: Synthetic Networked Killing and Masterful Assassination Device

February 27th, 2004	#10 (permalink)
roxor Nutcase Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Great Southern Land Posts: 703	Well, I originally thought of it for use in first person shooters. Imagine having Unreal Tournament fragging people for you while you're over on the phone... __________________ "I feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up!" - Tom Lehrer

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WindHydra Wind, Life, Eternity Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: El Monte Posts: 1,331	If it's UT, just go answer the phone! You'll be right back even if u die __________________ My deviantArt :bounce: We ran like the wind, under the cerulean skies...