Top Gun AI - The Official Tournament Thread

[PixelStory]

Yay for 50th page

[Slam_Jones]

Yay for 50th page

500 replies and going strong

[GDJ]

Death by lack of fuel? Yarr! I'll git you next time, GDJ!

If you can catch me!

[Alphasus]

Today is a sad day, our first plane has been eliminated permanently.

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[GDJ]

*Taps*

[Zixor]

Why not allow vulcan turrets with restricted(2 degrees or less) movement?

I like the way you think.

My theory on missile effectivness is that positioning and relative velocities of the aircrafts makes a huge difference.

[Alphasus]

I like the way you think.

My theory on missile effectivness is that positioning and relative velocities of the aircrafts makes a huge difference.

Just as it does in real life.

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Also Zixor, do you want to test against the F-9 Before your match? The coordinates for setup are Lat:-0.03 or 0.07 Lon:275.5 Altitude:1

[dangerouspeople1]

One of my planes took me days to design and trying to make it flawless, one is put together in 15-20 mins.

I guess it's obvious that which is which...

I think the MIT should probably be a bomber rather than a fighter

[Zixor]

I'll run some simulation matches later today when I'm free.

By the way Alph, any chance of having some matches set up on th eice caps or desert or something just to mix it up?

[Alphasus]

Maybe for the final, you have given me an idea.

[Guest]

Alphasus,

Are you using the Legacy Targeting option with BDA or the normal one?

I'm testing both right now, it seems the legacy targeting is better for guns, and the new targeting is better for missiles.

EDIT: Never mind, I saw the setting you're using in the Round 8 video.

Edited August 17, 2015 by Guest

[Zixor]

I've run some tests with vulcan turrets set to limited range (1 to 2 degrees in each axis). Cannon fire has become noticeably more effective; dogfights tend to last about 4 minutes or so until a wing or engine is shot off. I think the best way to incorporate this into a future competition would be to allow turrets to have a total of 3 to 5 degrees of range that they can distribute between the three axis BD armory lets you tweak (for example, 2 degrees of positive pitch + 1 degree of negative pitch + 2 degrees of yaw = 5 degrees total).

I'll try to record some of my test matches tomorrow.

[Alphasus]

Or what we could do is enable legacy targeting after the planes run out of missiles.

[dangerouspeople1]

But would it be a little unfair to the plane that runs out of missiles first? Because in the older versions, they can just switch to the guns and continue, but now they need to wait until the other plane runs out of missile. Before that happens, the first plane cannot defend itself effectively.

[Alphasus]

Better than how we have it now so that missiles either miss and it becomes a fuel fight or he is completely destroyed. Or, I could set a time for guns to go on.

[dangerouspeople1]

Yea...you're right. We don't actually have a good solution,either a missile fight or a gun fight.

[Alphasus]

from now on, in gun duels, I will use legacy targeting to stop the fuel running out issue after 5 minutes of nothing.

Edited August 18, 2015 by Alphasus

[Guest]

That makes me nervous. Hope my heatwave can be the one which breaks this record.

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BTW, can I put the "lieutenant" badge on my signature now? Or does the final stage means the finals but not semi-final?

Well, actually, you can´t. The lieutenant badge was thougt for people who reach the final stage in the challonge bracket (aka win their group/their losers group). In the end its Alphasus´ decision, but I think we will have to many lieutenants if you get the badge for a single win. Please tell me your decision, so I can update the bracket post.

[Alphasus]

Oh ok, sorry. Yeah, lieutenant for getting to the end of your group works quite well. I misunderstood myself. I have an idea for a badge: How about Ace for getting 5 wins in a row?

[Guest]

Good idea! I will do some other badges with similar titles I thing. They will have a single silver star, and if you score the archievement twice or more often, you´ll get more stars (only on request).

Ideas:

Ace: Score 5 wins in a row

Hotshot: Destroy 3 planes with you machine gun

Engineer: Win a battle damaged

General: Host an Alpha tournament

Tightwad: Lose a battle because of lack of fuel

Sergeant: Win a battle

Is this OK or do you think we need more/less? Also, should I make these a bit smaller so they don´t clutter up you sig?

[Alphasus]

They need to be a tad smaller, yes. But that is just the right amount. Uploading new vids now.

[dangerouspeople1]

Oh, I'll remove it then, hope that I can get it legit.

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Did you forget to update the match resultin Group J?

[Alphasus]

no it is going to be updated in a moment, once I do the battle.

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Also, I dread that fight. It will take forever....

[Guest]

OK, best idea I had so far would be this:

It is thought to be put next to your rank badge.

Problem is, you can´t really read "Engineer". I will have to come up with a better solution.

[Alphasus]

Why not make the engineer written in darker text to increase contrast?

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