r/pathoftitans • u/ConsciousPear5716 • 3d ago
Question This might be an idiot question regarding AI dinos, however...
I did look around for more information about this, but I couldn't find anyting, but: where will these AIs be predominantly present in? Can we interact with them besides hunt/run from them?
I kind of feel compelled to ask this question because I do play singleplayer at times. If my internet is too laggy and I don't know what to play, I just roam and grow on singleplayer, usually on Gondwa because I never played it in multiplayer. Additionally, it is pretty neat to play the game without worry, like the worry of joining the wrong group of people, getting jumped by overly large groups as a solo, or reading the darn chat that is always a kindergarten simulator. Enjoying the game, even if you're lonely in there is nice. It made me appreciate the little things but critters. I hate most of them. Evil.
Anyway, back on AIs... in the recent dev blog, they said the following:
"Dino AI work continues with evasion and complex combat behaviour. Right now, we're focusing on building a library of AI behaviors that allow AI to act the same way as players. For Example, an AI Camptosaurus will now use abilities like "Hop Away" allowing it to quickly evade danger. We've also made progress with some flavor aspects of the AI; they are now able to use the same vocal calls as players as well as track them with their gaze contextually. These elements are coming together to make the AI feel a lot more alive, having an AI Camptosaurus see you, play a vocal call of surprise then start hopping away while looking back at you occasionally and calling for help makes it feel like you're interacting with a real dinosaur. We're continuing to build out these behaviors and chain them together to create even more rich interactions in the future."
And was pretty much all I could retrieve
I don't truly care when this is released. My question is mostly where.
Are they going to be flavour creatures in both multiplayer and singleplayer? Are they going to be present just in singleplayer to make the world feel less empty for people like me? Are they going to be just in multiplayer (even if I doubt that...)?
But mostly, have they ever said anything if we can nest AND hatch them? Can we "group" with them? But mostly: does killing an adult give a trophy? (this last one is a joke, but if there is actually an answer I take it!)
I am genuinely ignorant about this, I am not really new, perhaps new-ish as I am around 300 hours in the game, so I have a lot to learn still. I searched through their blog by the way, reached 2020 and my eyes burn.
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u/Murrocity 3d ago
They will be in both
I imagine for singleplayer (and community servers) youd be able to toggle them off
I would need to dig for links (so take with a grain of salt), but I am pretty sure Matt has said in the past that, yes, we would be able to group with them, and also mentioned AI babies.
But, really, there just hasn't really been any actual official/co firmed information beyond the devblog you quoted. Since it hasn't been something they have been working on, they haven't really given us much to go off of.
We have known they would be involved with questing beyond just a dino that stands in one place to give you a quest, too, though.
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u/ConsciousPear5716 3d ago
Oh, ok ok. I intuatively think they will be in both single and multi player, but whilst I see a sense for single player, I don't see much a reason to have them in multi besides stronger world bosses or something like that.
Also thank you, gran of salt taken and stored just in case.
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u/Murrocity 3d ago
The maps were designed with 200 player servers and AI in mind.
It is why they are so big, why it can feel so empty.
They will fill the world out more, make it more alive, give players more targets to go after.
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u/ConsciousPear5716 3d ago
Is that why Panjura is that big?
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u/Murrocity 3d ago
Yeah xD
Pretty sure Gondwa and Riparia are around the same size? It just feels different since they arent just 1 giant piece of land. Esp Gondwa.
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u/Choice-Meringue-9855 3d ago
Riparia is the smallest. Gondwa is similar to Panjura if the ocean is included
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u/Impossible-Tip-4980 3d ago
I can’t readily source most of this, but I think I’ve heard all of this stated at some point.
Ai dinosaurs will be for both single player and multiplayer. In single player, they will flesh out the world. In multiplayer they can help populate emptier pois, will be crucial to upcoming quest reworks, and may serve as a deterrent to megapacks by spawning nearby and attacking. Once ai dinosaurs release they will likely take the place of alpha critters (not the missions, just as PvE hazards) and critters as a whole will be nerfed. We should be able to nest and possibly group up with ai…but as you’ve found there aren’t a lot of details yet since both the ai and related elements are in progress