AI

All entities in Oolite have an AI or state engine, this is a plist file that determines their behaviour. This behaviour can be simple for rocks tumbing (DumbAI.plist) to complex for escorting craft (escort.plist).

Oolite standard AI's

• buoyAI

//Sends warnig messages when attacked, summons police.

• collectLootAI

//intercepts and scoops loot.

• crewroles

//Under development: tactical AI by customised pilots.

• dockingAI

//scripts the docking maneuvres.

• dumbAI

//just tumbles randomly

• enteringPirateAI

//pirate behaviour, navigation towards planet.

• enteringTraderAI

//trader behaviour, navigation towards planet.

• escortAI

//escort behaviour.

• exitingTraderAI

//Trader behaviour, navigation towards witchpoint.

• fallingShuttleAI

//Shuttle station -> planet.

• hardMissileAI

//Identical to missileAI, minus detonation upon ECM.

• homeAI

//Landing on planet.

• interceptAI

//General interception and combat.

• minerAI

//Looks for rocks, mines them.

• missileAI

//Intercept and detonation.

• nullAI

//Only uses performIdle-method, preferred AI for sub entity.

• pirateAI

//Pirate behaviour.

• planetPatrollAI

//Police patroll navigation around planet waypoints.

• policeInterceptAI

//Interception, attack, comms and legal bussines.

• risingShuttleAI

//Shuttle: planet -> station.

• rockHermitAI

//Behaviour of rockhermit.

• route1PatrollAI

//Police patroll navigation route 1.

• route1TraderAI

//Trader navigation route 1.

• route2PatrollAI

//Police patroll navigation route 2 (sun).

• route2SunskimAI

//General navigation route2.

• scavengerAI

//Scavenger behaviour, looks for loot.

• shuttleAI

//Shuttle behaviour.

• stationAI

//Station behaviour.

• sunskimExitAI

//General navigation sun -> witchpoint.

• thargletAI

//Checks for presence of motherThargoid, requests target from mother, or tumbles.

• thargoidAI

//Kills all humans.

• timebombAI

//Pauses 5 second, sets range, then detonates with cascade effect.

Related Links

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