Building an AI Diagnostic Toolset

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Building an AI Diagnostic Toolset

• Paul Tozour Ion Storm Austin

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Cracking Open the Cranium

• The difference between success and failure comes
  from being able to diagnose and correct AIs
  behavioral flaws as quickly and easily as possible

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AI Tools

• commands
• change the state of the system
• diagnostics
• view any part of the system without modifying it

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Commands 1/2

• Destroy
• Invulnerable
• Stop movement
• Freeze
• Blind
• Deaf
• Insensate
• Duplicate
• Forget
• Reset
• Modify State

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Commands 2/2

• Set Target
• Change Game Speed
• Teleport to Location
• Teleport to AI
• Follow
• Switch player control
• Spawn objects

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Diagnostics 1/2

• Unit identification
• Unit statistics
• Unit AI state
• View Search space
• View pathfinding search
• View computed movement path
• View Pre-smoothed path
• View embedded tactical information
• View past locations
• View current target

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Diagnostics 2/2

• View designer-specified patrol paths
• View formation leader
• View sensory knowledge
• View animation and audio commands issued
• View current animations
• View player commands
• Show strategic and tactical data structures
• Show fire arcs considered
• Show tracers